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Charles Mingus
Born:
04/22/1922
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Died:
01/05/1979
Years Active:
1943-1979
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Charles Mingus, Jr. was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader and civil rights activist. His compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz and classical music.