2.  Born April 22, 1922 on US Army Base in Nogales, Arizona  Raise largely in Watts area of LA  Multi-cultural family heritage  Church music to Duke Ellington  Studied trombone and cello and the double bass under guidance of H. Rheinshagen and Lloyd Reese  Began composing in teens  By the early 40’s was touring with bands such as Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory, and Lionel Hampton

3.  Played and recorded with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bud Powell, Art Tatum and Duke Ellington  Mid-50’s formed own publishing and recording companies  Founded the “Jazz Workshop”  1952 co-founded Debut Records, as well as other label's such as Impulse!, Candid, Atlantic, Blue Note, Mercury, and Columbia  On the forefront of the avant-garde  Decade which followed is noted as the most productive and fertile period for Mingus. These works included Pithecanthropus Erectus, The Clown, Tijuana Moods, Mingus Dynasty, Migus Ah Um, The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Cumbia and Jazz Fusion, and Let My Children Hear Music  Recorded over 100 albums and wrote over 300 scores  Known as “The Angry Man of Jazz”

4.  Paced slowed down in the late 1960’s and early 70’s  By mid-1970’s, he was suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease  Died at age 56 in Cuernavaca, Mexico and ashes were scattered in the Ganges River

5.  His music is being performed and reinterpreted by the Mingus Big Band which started in October of 2008  Epitaph, one of Charles Mingus’ masterpieces  Awards › 1971 inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame › 1993 the Library of Congress acquired Mingus’ compilation of music. “The most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jazz in the Library’s history.” › 2005 inducted in the Jazz at Lincoln Center, Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame

6.  Flowers For a Lady Flowers For a Lady  Shortnin’ Bread Shortnin’ Bread  Mingus Bass Solo Mingus Bass Solo

7.  http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/Mingus http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com/Mingus  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mingus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mingus