Grade List: Charles Mingus

  1. Charles Mingus: West Coast 1945-1949 (1945-1949 [2001], Uptown) B
  2. Charles Mingus: Debut Rarities: Volume 2 (1951, Debut OJC)
  3. Charles Mingus: The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (1954 [1999], Bethlehem) A-
  4. Charles Mingus: Mingus at the Bohemia (1955 [1990], Debut/OJC) B+(***)
  5. Charles Mingus: The Charles Mingus Quartet + Max Roach (1955 [1990], Debut/OJC) B
  6. Charles Mingus: Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956, Atlantic) A
  7. Charles Mingus: The Complete Debut Recordings (1951, Debut)
  8. Charles Mingus [Hampton Hawes, Danny Richmond]: Mingus Three (1957 [1997], Roulette) B+
  9. Charles Mingus: Thrice Upon a Theme (1954-1957 [2006], Aim) B
  10. Charles Mingus: The Clown (1957 [1984], Atlantic) B
  11. Charles Mingus: New Tijuana Moods (1957 [1986], RCA) A-
  12. Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods Complete (1957, RCA)
  13. Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods (First Edition) (1957 [2002], Bluebird) A-
  14. Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods (1957 [2007], RCA Victor/Legacy) A
  15. Charles Mingus: East Coasting (1957 [2000], Bethlehem) A-
  16. Charles Mingus: A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (1957, Bethlehem) A-
  17. Charles Mingus: Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959, Blue Note) B+
  18. Charles Mingus: Blues and Roots (1959, Atlantic) A
  19. Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um (1959, Columbia) A+
  20. Charles Mingus: Mingus Dynasty (1959 [1994], Columbia) A-
  21. Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um [Legacy Edition] (1959, Columbia/Legacy) A
  22. Charles Mingus: The Complete 1959 Columbia Recordings (1959 [1998], Columbia) A-
  23. Charles Mingus: Mingus at Antibes (1960 [1994], Atlantic) A
  24. Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960, Candid) A-
  25. Charles Mingus: Mingus (1960 [1961], Candid) A-
  26. Charles Mingus: Pre-Bird (1960 [1999], Verve) B-
  27. Charles Mingus: Mysterious Blues (1960 [1990], Candid) B+
  28. Jazz Artists Guild: Newport Rebels (1960 [2024], Candid) B+(***)
  29. Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus and the Newport Rebels (1960 [2010], Candid) B+(**)
  30. Charles Mingus: Incarnations (1960 [2024], Candid) B+(**)
  31. Charles Mingus: Reincarnations (1960 [2024], Candid) B+(**)
  32. Charles Mingus: Oh Yeah (1961 [1988], Atlantic) A-
  33. Charles Mingus: Tonight at Noon (1957-1961 [1964], Atlantic) B+(***)
  34. Charles Mingus: Passions of a Man: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1956-1961 [1997], Rhino) A-
  35. Charles Mingus: The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962 [1994], Blue Note) B+(*)
  36. Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963 [1995], Impulse) A-
  37. Charles Mingus: Mingus Plays Piano (1963 [1997], Impulse) B+(*)
  38. Charles Mingus: Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963 [1995], Impulse) A-
  39. Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady / Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963 [2012], Impulse) A-
  40. Charles Mingus: The Impulse Story (1963 [2006], Impulse) B-
  41. Charles Mingus [Eric Dolphy]: Cornell 1964 (1964 [2007], Blue Note) B+(**)
  42. Charles Mingus: Town Hall Concert (1964 [1990], Jazz Workshop/OJC) A-
  43. Charles Mingus: Meditations on Integration (1964, Bandstand)
  44. Charles Mingus: The Great Concert, Paris 1964 (1964, Musidisc)
  45. Charles Mingus: Revenge! The Legendary Paris Concerts (1964 [1996], Revenge) B+
  46. Charles Mingus: Mingus at Monterey (1964 [2025], Candid) B+(**)
  47. Charles Mingus: Astral Weeks (1964, Moon)
  48. Charles Mingus: At UCLA 1965 (1965 [2006], Sunnyside) B+(*)
  49. Charles Mingus: In Paris: The Complete America Session (1970 [2007], Sunnyside) B+(**)
  50. Charles Mingus: Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife . . . (1959-1971 [1988], Columbia) B+(**)
  51. Charles Mingus: Ken Burns Jazz: The Definitive Charles Mingus (1957-1971 [2000], Columbia/Legacy) A
  52. Charles Mingus: Let My Children Hear Music (1972 [1992], Columbia) C+
  53. Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972 [1996], Columbia/Legacy) B+(**)
  54. Charles Mingus: The Lost Album: From Ronnie Scott's (1972 [2022], Resonance) B+(***)
  55. Charles Mingus: Mingus Moves (1973 [1993], Rhino) B+(**)
  56. Charles Mingus: Jazz in Detroit / Strata Concert Gallery / 46 Selden (1973 [2018], BBE) B+(***)
  57. Charles Mingus: Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974 [1996], Rhino) A
  58. Charles Mingus: Mingus at Carnegie Hall [Deluxe Edition] (1974 [2021], Atlantic) A
  59. Charles Mingus: Changes One (1974 [1975], Rhino) A
  60. Charles Mingus: Changes Two (1974 [1975], Rhino) A-
  61. Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus @ Bremen 1964 and 1975 (1964-1975 [2020], Sunnyside) A-
  62. Charles Mingus: Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977, Atlantic) B+(*)
  63. Charles Mingus: Cumbia and Jazz Fusion (1976-1977 [1978], Atlantic) B+(*)
  64. Charles Mingus: Mingus in Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts (1977 [2025], Resonance) A-
  65. Charles Mingus: Thirteen Pictures: The Charles Mingus Anthology (1952-1977 [1993], Rhino) A-
  66. Charles Mingus: Me Myself an Eye (1978, Atlantic) B+(***)
  67. Charles Mingus: Something Like a Bird (1978 [1980], Atlantic) A-
  68. Charles Mingus: Changes: The Complete 1970s Atlantic Studio Recordings (1973-1978 [2023], Rhino) B+(***)

Number of A-listed albums: 30 (of 62 rated).

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