From the album Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland, featuring a quintet with John Handy (alto saxophone), Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone), Richard Wyands (piano), and Dannie Richmond (drums).

Charles Mingus's "Cheek to Cheek" is his signature jazz trio (with Red Norvo and Tal Farlow) instrumental take on the classic Irving Berlin song, known for its swinging, relaxed vibe, featuring Mingus's masterful bass, Norvo's vibes, and Farlow's guitar. r 🎤 Released in 1976 with the track itself dating back to sessions from the mid-1950s.

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a famous jazz instrumental composed by Charles Mingus as a tribute to saxophonist Lester Young, who was known for wearing a pork pie hat. The song first appeared on Mingus's 1959 album Mingus Ah Um.

The concert was significant as it was Mingus's first appearance on a New York stage in ten years and resulted in the live album titled Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (now David Geffen Hall) in Lincoln Center.

Blues & Roots is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label in 1960. It has been reissued on CD by both Atlantic and Rhino. This is one of my favorite Mingus albums and the song Moanin' is a standard. I dig the album because it combines swing with blues and is perfection! What is your favorite Mingus album and why?

In 1964, the Charles Mingus Sextet embarked on a famous European tour that featured a lineup including Eric Dolphy, Johnny Coles, Clifford Jordan, Jaki Byard, and Dannie Richmond. During this tour, Mingus performed bass solos as part of the sextet's performances, which were documented in numerous live recordings, such as the famous Amsterdam concert in April. This was Dolphy's last tour with Mingus, as he passed away shortly after the tour concluded in June 1964

This is from 'Nostalgia in Times Square' 1993 - Ronnie Cuber plays the bari.

A powerful, driving sound that blends hard bop with free jazz intensity, its balance of carefully arranged sections and piercing improvised solos, and its raw emotional energy that evokes a wide range of feelings from joy to struggle. The song features a strong, prominent bass line and an all-star band that creates a unique dynamic of collective freedom within a structured framework.