"Charles Mingus"
8" x 10"
From the "Legends of Jazz" series.
Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) one of the most important figures in twentieth century American music,
Charles Mingus was a virtuoso bass player, accomplished pianist,
bandleader and composer. Born on a military base in Nogales, Arizona in
1922 and raised in Watts, California, his earliest musical influences
came from the church– choir and group singing– and from “hearing Duke
Ellington over the radio when [he] was eight years old.” He studied
double bass and composition in a formal way (five years with H.
Rheinshagen, principal bassist of the New York Philharmonic, and
compositional techniques with the legendary Lloyd Reese) while absorbing
vernacular music from the great jazz masters, first-hand. His early
professional experience, in the 40′s, found him touring with bands like
Louis Armstrong, Kid Ory and Lionel Hampton.
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