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Charles Mingus

5 albums as leader and 5 as sideman (1956–1958), each listed chronologically.

As Leader · 5

1956

Jazz Composers Workshop

1956 · Savoy Records

As LeaderDouble Bass✎ Note
1956

Mingus At The Bohemia

1956 · Debut Records

As LeaderDouble Bass✎ Note
1956

Jazz Composers Workshop

1956 · Savoy Records

As LeaderDouble Bass
1957

East Coasting

1957 · Bethlehem Records

As LeaderDouble Bass
1957

The Clown

1957 · Atlantic

As LeaderDouble Bass

As Sideman · 5

1956

Jazz At Massey Hall

Quintet, The

1956 · Debut Records

SidemanDouble Bass
1956

Move!

Red Norvo Trio, The With Tal Farlow, Charles Mingus

1956 · Savoy Records

SidemanDouble Bass
1957

Four Trombones

Kai Winding + J.J. Johnson + Bennie Green + Willie Dennis And Featuring John Lewis & Charles Mingus

1957 · Debut Records

SidemanDouble Bass✎ Note
1957

Mingus Three

Charles Mingus With Hampton Hawes And Dannie Richmond

1957 · Jubilee

SidemanDouble Bass
1958

Modern Jazz Concert (Six Compositions)

George Russell, Harold Shapero, Jimmy Giuffre, Charles Mingus, Milton Babbitt, Gunther Schuller

1958 · Columbia

SidemanVocals✎ Note

Notes on these albums · 1

1956 · Jazz Composers Workshop and 3 more

Modern Jazz Concert (Six Compositions)
George Russell, Harold Shapero, Jimmy Giuffre, Charles Mingus, Milton Babbitt, Gunther Schuller · 1958
Jazz Composers Workshop
Charles Mingus, Wally Cirillo, Teo Macero, John LaPorta · 1956
Four Trombones
Kai Winding + J.J. Johnson + Bennie Green + Willie Dennis And Featuring John Lewis & Charles Mingus · 1957
Mingus At The Bohemia
Charles Mingus · 1956

Mingus is best known as a bandleader fronting his own groups, but here he turns up as a sideman on a landmark live album. The bass sound at the show was recorded so poorly that Mingus later re-recorded his entire bass part as a studio overdub — the "live" record isn't quite live.

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