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R and R | Charles Mingus and the Newport Rebels | 0 |
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Body and Soul | Charles Mingus and the Newport Rebels | 0 |
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Mysterious Blues | Charles Mingus and the Newport Rebels | 0 |
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Bugs | Charles Mingus and the Newport Rebels | 0 |
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Re-Incarnation of a Love Bird | Charles Mingus and the Newport Rebels | 0 |
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Lock 'em Up | Charles Mingus and the Newport Rebels | 0 |
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Alice's Wonderland | Mingus in Wonderland | 0 |
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No Private Income Blues | Mingus in Wonderland | 0 |
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I Can't Get Started | Mingus in Wonderland | 0 |
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Nostalgia in Times Square | Mingus in Wonderland | 0 |
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Passions of a Woman Loved | Tonight at Noon | 0 |
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Peggy's Blue Skylight | Tonight at Noon | 0 |
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Old Blues for Walt's Torin | Tonight at Noon | 0 |
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Invisible Lady | Tonight at Noon | 0 |
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Tonight at Noon | Tonight at Noon | 0 |
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Half-Mast Inhibition | Pre Bird | 0 |
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Bemoanable Lady | Pre Bird | 0 |
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Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | Pre Bird | 0 |
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Weird Nightmare | Pre Bird | 0 |
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Mingus Fingus No. 2 | Pre Bird | 0 |
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Eclipse | Pre Bird | 0 |
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Prayer for Passive Resistance | Pre Bird | 0 |
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Take the "A" Train | Pre Bird | 0 |
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Jelly Roll | Mingus Ah Um | 0 |
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Pussy Cat Dues | Mingus Ah Um | 0 |
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Fables of Faubus | Mingus Ah Um | 0 |
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Bird Calls | Mingus Ah Um | 0 |
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Open Letter to Duke | Mingus Ah Um | 0 |
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Self-Portrait in Three Colors | Mingus Ah Um | 0 |
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Boogie Stop Shuffle | Mingus Ah Um | 0 |
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Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | Mingus Ah Um | 0 |
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Better Git It in Your Soul | Mingus Ah Um | 0 |
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All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud's Wife Was Your Mother | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | 0 |
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What Love? | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | 0 |
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Original Faubus Fables | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | 0 |
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Folk Forms, No. 1 | Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | 0 |
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Invisible Lady | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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Peggy's Blue Skylight | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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"Old" Blues for Walt's Torin | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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Passions of a Man | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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Eat That Chicken | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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Ecclusiastics | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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Devil Woman | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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Hog Callin' Blues | Oh Yeah | 0 |
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Half-Mast Inhibition | Mingus Revisited | 0 |
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Bemoanable Lady | Mingus Revisited | 0 |
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Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me | Mingus Revisited | 0 |
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Weird Nightmare | Mingus Revisited | 0 |
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Mingus Fingus No. 2 | Mingus Revisited | 0 |
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Eclipse | Mingus Revisited | 0 |
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Prayer for Passive Resistance | Mingus Revisited | 0 |
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Take the "A" Train | Mingus Revisited | 0 |
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Minor Intrusions | Intrusions | 0 |
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Four Hands | Intrusions | 0 |
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Thrice Upon a Theme | Intrusions | 0 |
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Spur of the Moment | Intrusions | 0 |
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What Is This Thing Called Love | Intrusions | 0 |
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Duke Ellington's Sound of Love | Changes One | 0 |
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Devil Blues | Changes One | 0 |
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Sue's Changes | Changes One | 0 |
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Remember Rockefeller at Attica | Changes One | 0 |
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Carolyn "Keki" Mingus | Me, Myself an Eye | 0 |
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Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting | Me, Myself an Eye | 0 |
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Devil Woman | Me, Myself an Eye | 0 |
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Three Worlds of Drums | Me, Myself an Eye | 0 |
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Mode D: Trio and Group Dancers / Mode E: Single Solos and Group Dance / Mode F: Group and Solo Dance | The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | 0 |
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Track C: Group Dancers | The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | 0 |
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Track B: Duet Solo Dancers | The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | 0 |
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Track A: Solo Dancer | The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | 0 |
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The Clown | The Clown | 0 |
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Reincarnation of a Lovebird | The Clown | 0 |
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Blue Cee | The Clown | 0 |
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Haitian Fight Song | The Clown | 0 |
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Slippers | A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry With Charles Mingus | 0 |
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Duke's Choice | A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry With Charles Mingus | 0 |
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New York Sketchbook | A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry With Charles Mingus | 0 |
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Nouroog | A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry With Charles Mingus | 0 |
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Scenes in the City | A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry With Charles Mingus | 0 |
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Blue Bird | Blue Bird | 0 |
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I Left My Heart in San Francisco | Blue Bird | 0 |
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Reincarnation of a Lovebird | Blue Bird | 0 |
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Memories of You (alternate take 3) | East Coasting | 0 |
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East Coasting (alternate take 3) | East Coasting | 0 |
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Fifty-First Street Blues (take 4) | East Coasting | 0 |
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Conversation (take 16) | East Coasting | 0 |
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Celia (take 5) | East Coasting | 0 |
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West Coast Ghost (take 6) | East Coasting | 0 |
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East Coasting (take 4) | East Coasting | 0 |
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Memories of You (take 7) | East Coasting | 0 |
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The Call | Mingus Moves | 0 |
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Big Alice | Mingus Moves | 0 |
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Opus 3 | Mingus Moves | 0 |
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Newcomer | Mingus Moves | 0 |
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Flowers for a Lady | Mingus Moves | 0 |
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Wee | Mingus Moves | 0 |
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Moves | Mingus Moves | 0 |
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Opus 4 | Mingus Moves | 0 |
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Canon | Mingus Moves | 0 |
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Love Chant | Pithecanthropus Erectus | 0 |
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Profile of Jackie | Pithecanthropus Erectus | 0 |
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A Foggy Day | Pithecanthropus Erectus | 0 |
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Pithecanthropus Erectus | Pithecanthropus Erectus | 0 |
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Lock 'em Up | Mingus | 0 |
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Stormy Weather | Mingus | 0 |
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MDM | Mingus | 0 |
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Compositional Theme Story: Medleys, Anthems and Folklore | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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I'm Getting Sentimental Over You | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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Old Portrait | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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Meditations for Moses | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blues | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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She's Just Miss Popular Hybrid | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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Memories of You | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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Roland Kirk's Message | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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Body and Soul | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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I Can't Get Started | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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Myself When I Am Real | Mingus Plays Piano | 0 |
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Farewell, Farewell | Something Like a Bird | 0 |
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Something Like a Bird, Part 2 | Something Like a Bird | 0 |
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Something Like a Bird, Part 1 | Something Like a Bird | 0 |
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Bugs (take 3) | Reincarnation of a Love Bird | 0 |
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Body and Soul (take 2) | Reincarnation of a Love Bird | 0 |
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R & R (take 1) | Reincarnation of a Love Bird | 0 |
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Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (take 4) | Reincarnation of a Love Bird | 0 |
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Reincarnation of a Love Bird (take 1) | Reincarnation of a Love Bird | 0 |
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Wedding March / Slow Waltz (take 12) | Cumbia & Jazz Fusion | 0 |
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Wedding March / Slow Waltz (take 9) | Cumbia & Jazz Fusion | 0 |
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Music for "Todo Modo" | Cumbia & Jazz Fusion | 0 |
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Cumbia & Jazz Fusion | Cumbia & Jazz Fusion | 0 |
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Flamingo (composite (partial) alternate take) | Tijuana Moods | 0 |
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Los Mariachis (composite (partial) alternate take) | Tijuana Moods | 0 |
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Ysabel's Table Dance (composite (partial) alternate take) | Tijuana Moods | 0 |
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Dizzy Moods (composite (partial) alternate take) | Tijuana Moods | 0 |
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Flamingo | Tijuana Moods | 0 |
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Los Mariachis | Tijuana Moods | 0 |
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Tijuana Gift Shop | Tijuana Moods | 0 |
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Ysabel's Table Dance | Tijuana Moods | 0 |
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Dizzy Moods | Tijuana Moods | 0 |
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E's Flat Ah's Flat Too | Blues & Roots | 0 |
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My Jelly Roll Soul | Blues & Roots | 0 |
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Tensions | Blues & Roots | 0 |
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Moanin' | Blues & Roots | 0 |
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Cryin' Blues | Blues & Roots | 0 |
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Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting | Blues & Roots | 0 |
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Strollin' | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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Put Me in That Dungeon | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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Mood Indigo | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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New Now Know How | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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Far Wells, Mill Valley | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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Things Ain't What They Used to Be | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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Gunslinging Bird | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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Song With Orange | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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Diane | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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Slop | Mingus Dynasty | 0 |
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For Harry Carney | Changes Two | 0 |
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Duke Ellington's Sound of Love | Changes Two | 0 |
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Black Bats and Poles | Changes Two | 0 |
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Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Silk Blue | Changes Two | 0 |
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Free Cell Block F, 'Tis Nazi U.S.A. | Changes Two | 0 |
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Laura | Mingus Three | 0 |
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Dizzy Moods | Mingus Three | 0 |
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Summertime | Mingus Three | 0 |
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Hamp's New Blues | Mingus Three | 0 |
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I Can't Get Started | Mingus Three | 0 |
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Back Home Blues | Mingus Three | 0 |
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Yesterdays | Mingus Three | 0 |
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Nobody Knows | Three or Four Shades of Blues | 0 |
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Three or Four Shades of Blues | Three or Four Shades of Blues | 0 |
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Noddin' Ya Head Blues | Three or Four Shades of Blues | 0 |
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Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat | Three or Four Shades of Blues | 0 |
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Better Git Hit in Your Soul | Three or Four Shades of Blues | 0 |
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Getting Together | Jazz Composers Workshop No. 2 | 0 |
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Rose Geranium | Jazz Composers Workshop No. 2 | 0 |
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Transeason | Jazz Composers Workshop No. 2 | 0 |
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Level Seven | Jazz Composers Workshop No. 2 | 0 |
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Smog L.A. | Jazz Composers Workshop No. 2 | 0 |
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Tea for Two | Jazz Composers Workshop No. 2 | 0 |
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Eulogy for Rudy Williams | Jazz Composers Workshop No. 2 | 0 |
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Gregarian Chant | Jazz Composers Workshop No. 2 | 0 |
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Purple Heart | Jazz Composers Workshop No. 2 | 0 |
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New Now Know How | Alternate Takes | 0 |
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Diane | Alternate Takes | 0 |
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Song With Orange | Alternate Takes | 0 |
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Jelly Roll | Alternate Takes | 0 |
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Bird Calls | Alternate Takes | 0 |
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Better Git It in Your Soul | Alternate Takes | 0 |
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Hora Decubitus | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | 0 |
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Theme for Lester Young | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | 0 |
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Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | 0 |
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Mood Indigo | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | 0 |
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Celia | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | 0 |
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I X Love | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | 0 |
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II B.S. | Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | 0 |
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The I of Hurricane Sue | Let My Children Hear Music | 0 |
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The Chill of Death | Let My Children Hear Music | 0 |
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Hobo Ho | Let My Children Hear Music | 0 |
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Taurus in the Arena of Life | Let My Children Hear Music | 0 |
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Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | Let My Children Hear Music | 0 |
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Adagio ma non troppo | Let My Children Hear Music | 0 |
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The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers | Let My Children Hear Music | 0 |
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Charles Mingus (22nd April 1922 – 5th January 1979) was an American jazz bassist, composer, bandleader, and occasional pianist from Los Angeles. He was also known for his activism against racial injustice. Mingus' legacy is notable: he is ranked among the finest composers and performers in jazz, and recorded many highly regarded albums. Dozens of musicians passed through his bands and later went on to impressive careers. (show more...)
