Charles Mingus, Jr. was an American jazz double bassist, composer, and bandleader. His compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop, drawing heavily from black gospel music and blues, while sometimes containing elements of Third Stream, free jazz, and classical music. He once cited Duke Ellington and his church as his main influences. […]

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