Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64

About Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64

Charles Mingus showcases three exceptional concerts performed in April 1964 featuring his most celebrated lineup--Jaki Byard (piano), Dannie Richmond (drums), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Clifford Jordan (tenor sax) and the great Eric Dolphy (alto sax, flute and bass clarinet). Recorded within an eight-day span, less than three months before Dolphy's death, the three concerts showcase Mingus's visionar…

Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64 is a 2007 music film. At 120 minutes long, it arrived in September 2007.

Its themes are jazz, jazz singer or musician, and live music.

Charles Mingus plays himself. In the United States it streams on Stingray Djazz Amazon Channel.

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