Mingus Unearthed! Just in time for Record Store Day Resonance Records releases never before heard live Mingus recordings from performances in Argentina. Also new music from David Murray with Ekep ...

Professionally recorded for Columbia Records, but never released, this live concert from London's Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club is seeing the light of day some fifty years later, as well as marking the ...

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Charles Mingus might be the ultimate example of someone who's "jazz famous." Within jazz circles, he's revered, but he should be as well-known as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, or John Coltrane. His ...

In 1973, composer and bass virtuoso Charles Mingus signed his last recording contract with Atlantic; he'd stay with the label till his death in 1979. A new box set collects his music from that era.