Charles Mingus Discography - session index

1945 (The age of 23)

• Russell Jacquet Orch.  LA, early 1945
• Howard McGhee 6  Hollywood, CA, May, 1945
• Charles Mingus 6  LA, c. June, 1945
• Illinois Jacquet All Stars  Hollywood, CA, Aug. 2, 1945
• Wynonie Harris w/ Illinois Jacquet All Stars  same location, date
• Illinois Jacquet All Stars  LA, Aug. 28, 1945
• Ernie Andrews w/ Wilbert Baranco 3  LA, Oct. 4, 1945
• Bob Mosley All Stars  LA, Nov., 1945
• Dinah Washington w/ Lucky Thompson's All Stars  LA, Dec. 10, 1945
• Dinah Washington w/ Lucky Thompson's All Stars  LA, Dec. 12, 1945
• Dinah Washington w/ Lucky Thompson's All Stars  LA, Dec. 13, 1945

1946

• Wilbert Baranco Rhythm Bombardiers  LA, Jan., 1946
• Ivie Anderson All Stars  same location, date
• Charles Mingus Orch.  LA, early 1946
• Baron Mingus Rhythm  Hollywood, CA, Mar. or Aug., 1946 or 1947 or Jan., 1949
• Baron Mingus Presents His Symphonic Airs  same location, date
• Howard McGhee Orch.  Hollywood, CA, spr. 1946
• Lady Will Carr 3  LA, Apr. 26, 1946
• Baron Mingus 8  LA, Apr., 1946
• Baron Mingus 8  LA, May 6, 1946
• Gene Morris 5  LA, late 1946
• JATP  live in LA, c. 1946

1947 (The age of 25)

• Charles Mingus, a.o.  LA, c. Feb., 1947
• Lionel Hampton Orch.  Hollywood, CA, Nov. 3, 1947
• Lionel Hampton Orch.  Hollywood, CA, Nov. 10, 1947
• Lionel Hampton 6  Hollywood, CA, Nov. 14, 1947
• Curley Hamner Orch.  Hollywood, CA, Dec. 31, 1947
• Curley Hamner Orch.  Hollywood, CA, Dec., 1947

1948

• Lionel Hampton Orch.  RB, Howard Theatre, Washington, DC, May 1, 1948
• Charles Mingus 4  LA, c. middle 1948
• Baron Mingus Rhythm  Hollywood, CA, middle 1948
• Lionel Hampton Orch.  RB, Geneva, NY, July 1, 1948
• Lionel Hampton Orch.  RB, Geneva, NY, July 7, 1948
• Lionel Hampton Orch.  RB, Geneva, NY, July 21, 1948
• Lionel Hampton Orch.  RB, Peoria, IL, Aug. 4, 1948
• Lionel Hampton Orch.  RB, Denver, CO, Aug. 11, 1948

1949

• Charles Mingus 1  Ralph Manza's home, SF, Feb. 10, 1949
• Charlie Mingus 22 Piece Be Bop Band  Hollywood, CA, spr. 1949

1950

• Red Norvo 3  LA, May 3, 1950
• Red Norvo 3  Chicago, IL, Oct. 13, 1950
• Red Norvo 3  Standard Transcriptions, Chicago, IL, prob. late 1950-early 1951

1951

• Red Norvo 3  LA, Apr. 13, 1951
• Charles Mingus - Nadi Qamar (as Spaulding Givens) 2  Hollywood, CA, Apr., 1951
• Miles Davis 6  Birdland, NYC, Sep. 29, 1951
• Billy Taylor 3  Storyville, Boston, MA, Nov. 6, 1951
• Melvin Moore  NYC, Dec. 18, 1951
• Mel Torme w/ Red Norvo 3  Hollywood, CA, 1951

1952 (The age of 30)

• Charles Mingus 5  Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, Apr. 12, 1952
• George Wallington 4  NYC, Sep. 4, 1952
• Charles Mingus 5  Lennie Tristano's Manhattan Studio, 317 East 32nd Street, NY, Sep. 16, 1952
• Charlie Parker 4  RB, Birdland, NYC, Sep. 20, 1952
• Oscar Pettiford 4  NYC, Oct. 16 or Feb. 21, 1952
• John Mehegan - Charles Mingus 2  NYC, late 1952
• Charlie Parker 6  Hi-Hat Club, Boston, MA, Dec. 8-12, 1952

1953

• Sonny Stitt w/ Johnny Richards' Orch.  Coastal Recording Studios, NYC, Mar. 18, 1953
• Bud Powell 3  WJZ RB, Birdland, NYC, Mar. 23, 1953
• Bud Powell 3  Club Kavakos, Washington, DC, Apr. 5, 1953
• Bud Powell 3 w/ Joe Timer Big Band  same location, date
• Spaulding Givens 3  NYC, Apr. 14, 1953
• The Gordons w/ Hank Jones 3  NYC, Apr. 29, 1953
• The 5  Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, May 15, 1953
• Bud Powell 3  same location, date
• The 5  same location, date
• Miles Davis 4  WOR Studios, NYC, May 19, 1953
• Chalie Parker 4  WJZ RB, Birdland, NYC, May 22, 1953
• Charlie Parker 4 w/ Gil Evans Orch.  Fulton Recording Studios, NYC, May 25, 1953
• Bud Powell 3  WJZ RB, Birdland, NYC, May 30, 1953
• Charlie Parker 5  same location, date
• Dizzy Gillespie 4  Birdland, NYC???, c. late May, 1953
• Charlie Parker 4  WJZ RB, NYC, May, 1953
• Bud Powell 3  WJZ RB, Birdland, NYC, June 20, 1953
• Billy Taylor 3  NYC, sum. 1953
• Bud Powell 3  WJZ RB, Birdland, NYC, July 11, 1953
• Trombone Rapport / Four Trombones  Putnam Central Club, Brooklyn, NY, Sep. 18, 1953
• Charles Mingus 9  NYC, Oct. 28, 1953
• Sonny Stitt w/ Johnny Richards' Orch.  Fulton Recording Studios, NYC, Nov. 16, 1953
• Paul Bley 3  NYC, Nov. 30, 1953
• Teo Macero 5  NYC, Dec. 12, 1953
• Oscar Pettiford Jazz Groups  NYC, Dec. 29, 1953

1954

• Ada Moore  NYC, June 27, 1954
• Thad Jones 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 11, 1954
• J.J. Johnson - Kai Winding 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 24, 1954
• J.J. Johnson - Kai Winding 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Aug. 26, 1954
• J.J. Johnson 5  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Sep. 24, 1954
• Charles Mingus 6  NYC, Oct. 31, 1954
• Vin Strong 4  NYC, Nov. 9, 1954
• Charles Mingus 6  NYC, Dec., 1954

1955

• Teddy Charles 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 6, 1955
• Hazel Scott 3  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Jan. 21, 1955
• Johnny Mehegan 3  NYC, Jan. 30, 1955
• Wally Cirillo 4  same location, date
• Jimmy Scott  NYC, Feb. 5, 1955
• Thad Jones 4  Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, Mar. 10, 1955
• John Dennis 3  same location, date
• Ralph Sharon 6  NYC, May 27, 1955
• Miles Davis 5  Audio-Video Studios, NYC, July 9, 1955
• Alonzo Levister Orch.  NYC, Sep. 19, 1955 or Sep. 17, 1954
• Thad Jones w/ Alonzo Levister Orch.  NYC, prob. Sep. 26, 1955 or Sep. 17, 1954
• Charles Mingus 5 + Max Roach  Cafe Bohemia, NYC, Dec. 23, 1955

1956

• Charles Mingus 5  Audio-Video Studios, NYC, Jan. 30, 1956
• Metronome All Stars  NYC, June 18, 1956
• Quincy Jones Orch.  Beltone Recording Studios, NYC, Sep. 14, 1956
• Quincy Jones Orch.  Beltone Recording Studios, NYC, Sep. 19, 1956
• Teddy Charles 4  NYC, Nov. 12, 1956

1957 (The age of 35)

• Charles Mingus 5  NYC, Feb. 12, 1957
• Charles Mingus 5  NYC, Mar. 13, 1957
• Gunther Schuller - George Russell Orch.  Brandeis Jazz Fest., NYC, June 18, 1957
• Charles Mingus 3  NYC, July 9, 1957
• Jimmy Knepper 5  NYC, July 10, 1957
• Charles Mingus 6  NYC, July 18, 1957
• Charles Mingus 6  Cincinnati, OH, Aug. 6, 1957
• Charles Mingus 6  NYC, Aug. 6, 1957
• Shafi Hadi 6  NYC, Sep., 1957
• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Oct., 1957
• Shadows (Soundtrack)  NYC, prob. Oct. or late 1957 or 1958

1958

• Shadows (Soundtrack)  NYC, early 1958
• Langston Hughes  NYC, Mar. 18, 1958
• Billie Holiday  Baltimore, MD, July, 1958
• Shadows (Soundtrack)  NYC, Oct., Nov., 1958

1959

• Charles Mingus 5  Nonagon Art Gallery, NYC, Jan. 16, 1959
• Charles Mingus 9  NYC, Feb. 4, 1959
• Charles Mingus 7  NYC, May 5, 1959
• Charles Mingus 7  NYC, May 12, 1959
• Charles Mingus 10  NYC, Nov. 1, 1959
• Charles Mingus 9  NYC, Nov. 13, 1959

1960

• Charles Mingus - Gunther Schuller Orch.  NYC, May 24, 1960
• Charles Mingus 9  NYC, May 25, 1960
• Charles Mingus 5 + Bud Powell  Juan-les-Pins Jazz Fest., Antibes, France, July 13, 1960
• Charles Mingus 4  Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Oct. 20, 1960
• Charles Mingus 8  same location, date
• Charles Mingus 8  Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios, NYC, Nov. 11, 1960
• Jazz Artists Guild  same location, date

1961

• Charles Mingus 6  Birdland, NYC, Oct. 21, 1961
• Charles Mingus 6  NYC, Nov. 6, 1961
• Charles Mingus 5  London, England, late 1961

1962 (The age of 40)

• Charles Mingus - Thelonious Monk - John Coltrane - Eric Dolphy  Birdland, NYC, Feb. 9, 1962
• Charles Mingus 6  Birdland, NYC, Mar. 24, 1962
• Charles Mingus 6  Birdland, NYC, Mar. 31, 1962
• Charles Mingus 8  Birdland, NYC, May 5, 1962
• Charles Mingus 6  Birdland, NYC, May 12, 1962
• Duke Ellington 3  NYC, Sep. 17, 1962
• Charles Mingus Orch.  Town Hall, NYC, 1st set, Oct. 12, 1962
• Charles Mingus Orch.  Town Hall, NYC, 2nd set, Oct. 12, 1962
• Charles Mingus 7  Birdland, NYC, Oct. 19, 1962
• Charles Mingus 6  Birdland, NYC, Oct. 26, 1962

1963

• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Jan. 20, 1963
• Charles Mingus 1  NYC, June 30, 1963
• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Sep. 20, 1963

1964

• Charles Mingus 6  Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Mar. 18, 1964
• Charles Mingus 6  Town Hall, NYC, Apr. 4, 1964
• Charles Mingus 6  Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland, Apr. 10, 1964
• Charles Mingus 6  University Aula, Oslo, Norway, Apr. 12, 1964
• Charles Mingus 6  Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 13, 1964
• Charles Mingus 6  Stockholm, Sweden, Apr. 13, 1964
• Charles Mingus 6  Old Fellow Palaet's Store Sal, Copenhagen, Denmark, Apr. 14, 1964
• Charles Mingus 6  Bremen, West Germany, Apr. 16, 1964
• Charles Mingus 6  Salle Wagram, Paris, France, Apr. 17, 1964
• Charles Mingus 5  Theatre Des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France, Apr. 18, 1964
• Charles Mingus 5  Palais De Congres, Liege, Belgium, Apr. 19, 1964
• Charles Mingus 5  Bologna, Italy, Apr. 24, 1964
• Charles Mingus 5  Wuppertal Townhall, Wuppertal, West Germany, Apr. 26, 1964
• Charles Mingus 5  Mozartsaal, Stuttgart, West Germany, Apr. 28, 1964
• Charles Mingus 5  The Jazz Workshop, SF, June 2 & 3, 1964
• Charles Mingus Orch.  Monterey Jazz Fest., Monterey, CA, Sep. 20, 1964

1965

• Charles Mingus 5  Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, sum. 1965
• Charles Mingus 8  Royce Hall, University Of Los Angeles, LA, Dec. 25, 1965

1966

• Charles Mingus 7  live in NYC, Jan. 18, 1966
• Charles Mingus & Cecil Taylor  same location, date

1970 (The age of 48)

• Charles Mingus 5  Slug's, NYC, Mar. 31, 1970
• Charles Mingus 6  Teatro Lirico, Milan, Italy, Oct. 25, 1970
• Charles Mingus 6  Theatre National Populaire Du Palais De Chaillot, Paris, France, Oct. 28, 1970
• Charles Mingus 6  Studio Decca, Paris, France, Oct. 31, 1970
• Charles Mingus 6  Berlin, West Germany, Nov. 5, 1970

1971

• Charles Mingus w/ Toshiyuki Miyama New Herd Orch.  Nippon Columbia Studios, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 14, 1971
• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Sep. 23, 1971
• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Sep. 30, 1971
• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Oct. 1, 1971
• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Nov. 18, 1971

1972 (The age of 50)

• Charles Mingus Orch.  Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC, Feb. 4, 1972
• Charles Mingus Orch.  Village Vanguard, NYC, Apr. 17, 1972
• Newport In New York '72  Radio City Music Hall, NYC, July 6, 1972
• Charles Mingus w/ Dizzy Gillespie  Niece Jazz Fest., France, July 20, 1972
• The Great Pescara Jam Sessions  Pescara Jazz Fest., Pescara, Italy, July 29 or 30, 1972
• Charles Mingus 6  Loosdrecht, Holland, Aug. 12, 1972
• Charles Mingus 6  Ronnie Scott's, London, England, Aug. 14 or 15, 1972
• Charles Mingus 6  Munich, Germany, Aug. 17, 1972
• Charles Mingus 4  Chateuvallon, France, Aug. 22, 1972
• Charles Mingus 5 feat. Dexter Gordon  Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 28, 1972
• Charles Mingus 5  Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 20, 1972
• Charles Mingus 5  Berliner Jazztage, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany, Nov. 5, 1972

1973

• Charles Mingus 5  The Jazz Workshop, Boston, MA, Jan. 23, 1973
• Charles Mingus 5  NYC, Oct. 29, 30 & 31, 1973

1974

• Charles Mingus 9  Carnegie Hall, NYC, Jan. 19, 1974
• Charles Mingus 5  Umbria Jazz Fest., Piazza Del Popolo, Todi, Italy, July 28, 1974
• Charles Mingus 6  NYC, Dec. 27, 1974
• Charles Mingus 5  NYC, Dec. 28, 1974
• Charles Mingus 5  NYC, Dec. 30, 1974

1975

• Charles Mingus 5  Village Vanguard, NYC, Apr. 15, 1975
• Charles Mingus 5  Postaula, Bremen, Germany, July 9, 1975
• Charles Mingus 5  Pescara Jazz Fest., Pescara, Italy, July 14, 1975
• Charles Mingus 5  Ahus Jazz Fest., Piratenteatern, Sweden, July 19, 1975
• Charles Mingus 5 w/ Guests  Montreux Jazz Fest., Casino De Montreux, Switzerland, July 20, 1975
• Charles Mingus 5  La Spezia, Italy, July 27, 1975

1976

• Charles Mingus 5  Keystone Korner, SF, Mar., 1976
• Charles Mingus 5  Jazzhus Montmartre, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. 16, 1976

1977 (The age of 55)

• Charles Mingus Piano 1  NYC, Mar. 1, 1977
• Charles Mingus 9  NYC, Mar. 9, 1977
• Charles Mingus 9  NYC, Mar. 10, 1977
• Charles Mingus 10  same location, date
• Charles Mingus Orch.  same location, date
• Charles Mingus 10  Dirmaphon Studio, Rome, Italy, Mar. 31, Apr. 1, 1977
• Charles Mingus 5  Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 3, 1977
• Charles Mingus 5  Sitges, Spain, July 16, 1977
• Charles Mingus 5  Milan, Italy, July 20, 1977
• Charles Mingus 10  NYC, Sep. 6, 1977
• Charles Mingus 10  NYC, Nov. 6, 1977
• Charles Mingus, a.o.  Dec. 20, 1977?

1978

• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Jan. 18, 1978
• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Jan. 19, 1978
• Charles Mingus Orch.  NYC, Jan. 23, 1978