http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62112&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rssBassist, composer, pianist, bandleader, and poet, Charles Mingus was a creative whirlwind. He began his career as a Bop and Cool Jazz player in New York City, before forming the Jazz Composer's Workshop in 1952. In 1955, Mingus started his own group, known as the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop. A year later, Mingus enlisted drummer Dannie Richmond, who was to become his lifelong partner in rhythm. And thus began Mingus's creative explosion. He wrote a series of tunes that featured Gospel-inflected shouts, raucous blues, and Ellington-esque arrangements, showcased on the albums <I>Blues and Roots</I>, <I>Mingus Ah Um</I>, and <I>Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus</I>. He enlisted a big band and recorded a masterpiece of modern music, <I>The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady</I>. He also toured Europe with a quintet, featuring the great Eric Dolphy. In 1977, after a short retirement and before his death, he recorded two more small combo albums, both entitled <I>Changes</I>. A virtuoso bassist and composer, Mingus irrevocably changed the face of jazz.Avant Garde Jazzen720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:58:59 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.62112&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Bassist, composer, pianist, bandleader, and poet, Charles Mingus was a creative whirlwind. He began his career as a Bop and Cool Jazz player in New York City, before forming the Jazz Composer's Workshop in 1952. In 1955, Mingus started his own group, known as the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop. A year later, Mingus enlisted drummer Dannie Richmond, who was to become his lifelong partner in rhythm. And thus began Mingus's creative explosion. He wrote a series of tunes that featured Gospel-inflected shouts, raucous blues, and Ellington-esque arrangements, showcased on the albums <I>Blues and Roots</I>, <I>Mingus Ah Um</I>, and <I>Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus</I>. He enlisted a big band and recorded a masterpiece of modern music, <I>The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady</I>. He also toured Europe with a quintet, featuring the great Eric Dolphy. In 1977, after a short retirement and before his death, he recorded two more small combo albums, both entitled <I>Changes</I>. A virtuoso bassist and composer, Mingus irrevocably changed the face of jazz. http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878374&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Sep 1959 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 1878374 tra.1878374 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Ah Um alb.87617 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/2/1412299_170x170.jpg 2003-06-10 00:00:00.0 1959-09-01 00:00:00.0 true Better Git It In Your Soul tra.1878374 440000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878374&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878374&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.946035&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1963 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 946035 tra.946035 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Plays Piano alb.123238 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/6/9/9/1109967_170x170.jpg 1997-03-25 00:00:00.0 1963-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Roland Kirk's Message tra.946035 163000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.946035&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.946035&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878375&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Sep 1959 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 1878375 tra.1878375 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Ah Um alb.87617 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/2/1412299_170x170.jpg 2003-06-10 00:00:00.0 1959-09-01 00:00:00.0 true Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat tra.1878375 342000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878375&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878375&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878376&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Sep 1959 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 1878376 tra.1878376 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Ah Um alb.87617 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/2/1412299_170x170.jpg 2003-06-10 00:00:00.0 1959-09-01 00:00:00.0 true Boogie Stop Shuffle tra.1878376 298000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878376&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878376&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1884570&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 1884570 tra.1884570 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.0 Ken Burns Jazz alb.244896 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/5/5/4/1184551_170x170.jpg 2000-11-07 00:00:00.0 2000-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Better Get Hit In Your Soul tra.1884570 442000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1884570&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1884570&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878380&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Sep 1959 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 1878380 tra.1878380 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Ah Um alb.87617 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/2/1412299_170x170.jpg 2003-06-10 00:00:00.0 1959-09-01 00:00:00.0 true Fables Of Faubus tra.1878380 492000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878380&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878380&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28240399&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:02:40 -0800 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 28240399 tra.28240399 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 AH UM - 50th Anniversary (Legacy Edition) alb.28225465 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/4/4/1674473_170x170.jpg 2009-05-26 00:00:00.0 null true Better Git It In Your Soul tra.28240399 441000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28240399&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28240399&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878377&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Sep 1959 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 1878377 tra.1878377 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Ah Um alb.87617 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/2/1412299_170x170.jpg 2003-06-10 00:00:00.0 1959-09-01 00:00:00.0 true Self-Portrait In Three Colors tra.1878377 187000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878377&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878377&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878381&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Sep 1959 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 1878381 tra.1878381 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Ah Um alb.87617 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/2/1412299_170x170.jpg 2003-06-10 00:00:00.0 1959-09-01 00:00:00.0 true Pussy Cat Dues tra.1878381 552000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878381&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878381&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29271217&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Sun, 6 Nov 1977 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 29271217 tra.29271217 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.0 Lionel's Sessions alb.29265757 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/9/1/7/1747192_170x170.jpg 2009-09-04 00:00:00.0 1977-11-06 00:00:00.0 false Slop tra.29271217 306000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29271217&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.29271217&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878379&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Sep 1959 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 1878379 tra.1878379 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Ah Um alb.87617 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/2/1412299_170x170.jpg 2003-06-10 00:00:00.0 1959-09-01 00:00:00.0 true Bird Calls tra.1878379 377000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878379&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878379&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878378&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Sep 1959 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 1878378 tra.1878378 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Ah Um alb.87617 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/2/1412299_170x170.jpg 2003-06-10 00:00:00.0 1959-09-01 00:00:00.0 true Open Letter To Duke tra.1878378 349000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878378&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878378&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28240402&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Fri, 5 Jun 2009 09:01:53 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 28240402 tra.28240402 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 AH UM - 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Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney! tra.1877059 398000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1877059&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1877059&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2453939&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1963 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 2453939 tra.2453939 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Plays Piano alb.123238 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/6/9/9/1109967_170x170.jpg 1997-03-25 00:00:00.0 1963-01-01 00:00:00.0 true I Can't Get Started tra.2453939 223000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2453939&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2453939&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.946600&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 10 Aug 1993 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 946600 tra.946600 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.69 Changes Two alb.189452 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/0/0/1270064_170x170.jpg 2009-04-14 00:00:00.0 1993-08-10 00:00:00.0 true Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love tra.946600 253000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.946600&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.946600&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3076754&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1974 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 3076754 tra.3076754 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.69 Mingus Moves (Collectables) alb.253498 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/7/0/1260731_170x170.jpg 2009-04-14 00:00:00.0 1974-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Opus 4 tra.3076754 402000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3076754&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.3076754&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21814763&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 21814763 tra.21814763 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Late Night Martini Lounge alb.21802164 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/8/8/2/1312883_170x170.jpg 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 2008-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Peggy's Blue Skylight tra.21814763 314000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21814763&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21814763&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7155801&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Mon, 4 Apr 1960 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 7155801 tra.7155801 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Blues & Roots alb.7149434 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/9/1/8/1268193_170x170.jpg 2005-03-15 00:00:00.0 1960-04-04 00:00:00.0 true Moanin' tra.7155801 483000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7155801&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.7155801&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2453948&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Tue, 1 Jan 1963 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 2453948 tra.2453948 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 Mingus Plays Piano alb.123238 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/6/9/9/1109967_170x170.jpg 1997-03-25 00:00:00.0 1963-01-01 00:00:00.0 true Memories Of You tra.2453948 278000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2453948&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss 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Mingus Ah Um alb.87617 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/2/2/1412299_170x170.jpg 2003-06-10 00:00:00.0 1959-09-01 00:00:00.0 true GG Train tra.1878384 277000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878384&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1878384&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28240405&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Wed, 27 May 2009 06:28:21 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 28240405 tra.28240405 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.99 AH UM - 50th Anniversary (Legacy Edition) alb.28225465 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/7/4/4/1674473_170x170.jpg 2009-05-26 00:00:00.0 null true Fables Of Faubus tra.28240405 493000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28240405&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28240405&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.946576&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss Avant Garde Jazz Fri, 12 Oct 1962 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Charles Mingus on Rhapsody Online 946576 tra.946576 Charles Mingus art.62112 0.0 The Complete Town Hall Concert alb.212274 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/2/7/7/397727_170x170.jpg 1994-07-13 00:00:00.0 1962-10-12 00:00:00.0 true In A Mellotone (Finale) tra.946576 501000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.946576&variant=play&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.946576&variant=data&rws=%2Fcharles-mingus%2Ftop-tracks.rss