Clarkdale High School combined with Mingus High School in Jerome in 1960 to form Mingus Union High School, then located in Jerome.

When Celia Mingus married Saul Zaentz, then head of Fantasy Records, Charles Mingus gave Saul and Celia control of the Debut catalog as a wedding gift.

He played with one of the Stan Kenton big bands, Toshiko Akiyoshi ( his then wife ), Charles Mingus, Eberhard Weber, the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble, Embryo and numerous other notable bands and musicians.

According to the book, Roadside History of Arizona, by Marshall Trimble, " Mingus Mountain was named for Joseph and Jacob Mingus, two brothers who settled in the area in the 1880s and later operated a sawmill near the base of the mountain ".

The hall is named for Nesuhi Ertegun, one of the founders of Atlantic Records, which released records by Coltrane and Mingus, among other important jazz figures.

His influences ranged from the blues of Big Bill Broonzy, the jazz of Charles Mingus, to the classical piano of Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Throughout his life, Robert Palmer published scholarly liner notes on albums by dozens of top jazz, blues, rock and roll and world music artists, including Sam Rivers, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Yoko Ono, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Bo Diddley, Ray Charles, Ornette Coleman, the Master Musicians of Jajouka, La Monte Young, and many more.

Charles Mingus said of him in 1961: " Of the white boys, Ronnie Scott gets closer to the negro blues feeling, the way Zoot Sims does.

Although Pullen was able to play the piano in almost any style, the attribute that had made his contributions so important to the wide-ranging music of Mingus was his ability to place extremely precise singing runs or glissandi over heavy chords, reminiscent of traditional blues, while never losing contact with the melodic line.

They were asked to bill themselves as a " Mingus group " but not wanting to be identified as mere copyists they declined and performed as the George Adams / Don Pullen Quartet.

Charles Mingus had known Eric from growing up in Los Angeles, and Dolphy joined his band shortly after arriving in New York.

Before a concert in Oslo, he informed Mingus that he planned to stay in Europe after their tour was finished, partly because he had become disillusioned with the United States ' reception to musicians who were trying something new.

All of these musicians had strong backgrounds in jazz ; Berliner had worked closely with Charles Mingus and Kay was part of the Modern Jazz Quartet.

He had a fast-track musical education in a band with Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter Gordon, Buddy Collette and Jack Kelso.

The problems seem to have arisen because Mingus had piles of new music in his head, and wanted to stage an open rehearsal which United Artists and producer Alan Douglas wanted to record and release.

Then UA moved up the date five weeks, Mingus kept writing even newer music while rehearsals were underway, the musicians were unprepared ( the Coss article suggests that in three previous rehearsals not one piece had been played all the way through ), and the audience-most of whom were apparently expecting a fully rehearsed concert rather than a taping session with false starts, retakes and edit pieces-was flabbergasted.

He had been invited by Sue Mingus to catalogue a trunkful of Mingus's handwritten charts and in the process had discovered a vast assortment of orchestral pages written by Mingus with measures numbered consecutively well into the thousands.

Mingus thought the gift fitting as Celia had handled the bulk of Debut's business affairs, and most of the seed money came from Celia's mother.

Los Angeles had a vibrant African-American musical community even when it was relatively small: a number of musical artists congregated around Central Avenue, and the community produced a number of great talents, including Charles Mingus, Buddy Collette, Gerald Wilson, and others in the 1930s and 1940s before disappearing in the 1950s.

Working with Hampton ’ s group gave her the chance to be band mates with artists such as Charles Mingus and Wes Montgomery as well as with Ernest Harold “ Benny ” Bailey, who had recently vacated Gillespie ’ s band and Albert Thornton “ Al ” Grey who would later go on to join Gillespie ’ s band.

On the formation of the first Mingus Dynasty band Pullen occupied the piano chair and appeared on their recording Chair In The Sky in 1979, but he soon left the band, feeling the music had diverged too far from Mingus ' intentions.

Meanwhile, a thriving jazz scene had appeared along Los Angeless Central Avenue, featuring musicians such as Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Teddy Edwards, Charles Mingus, and Buddy Collette.

A recording of the band exists, playing the earliest recorded version of the now famous Mingus composition " Peggy's Blue Skylight ", but it has never been released, despite featuring in the movie itself.

He has been active in Free Jazz circles, recording with Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Lee Konitz, John McLaughlin, Hōzan Yamamoto, Dave Holland, Gunther Schuller, the Mingus Epitaph Orchestra, Sam Rivers, Pharoah Sanders, Globe Unity Orchestra and many others.

It has been recorded by a countless number of artists, ranging from Charles Mingus to Paul Robeson, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, Joe Sample, Nat " King " Cole, Frank Sinatra, Louie Armstrong, Earl Grant, Joe Jackson, Yukihiro Takahashi, The Georgetown Chimes, and Kelly Hogan.

This questing bass quality has been wryly characterized as a " roving " ( rather than the conventional " stay-at-home ") style, and was pioneered by such jazz bassists as Charles Mingus, Scott LaFaro, and Steve Swallow.

In some cases, bassists supplement their performing and teaching income with other related music jobs, such as working as a bass repairer ( luthier ); as a contractor who hires musicians for orchestras or big bands, composing music ( e. g., Dave Holland ), songwriting, conducting ( e. g., David Currie ) or acting as a bandleader ( e. g., Charles Mingus ).

* a clip of John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Charles Mingus performing ( Mingus ' piece is " Haitian Fight Song ")

During this time, Adams also began working with Charles Mingus, performing on one of Mingus's most acclaimed albums from the period, Blues & Roots.

He is perhaps best known for recording and performing with Charles Mingus.

His playing drew the admiration of bass player Charles Mingus, who was in London to shoot the 1961 motion picture All Night Long.

Hayes appeared in a number of films, including All Night Long ( 1961 ) with Charles Mingus and Dave Brubeck, and ( with his group ) in A King in New York, by Charles Chaplin ( 1957 ), The Beauty Jungle ( 1964 ) and Dr Terror's House of Horrors ( 1965 ).

* Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy: Cornell 1964 ( 1964 )

Other important pioneers included Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, Joe Maneri and Sun Ra.

Eric Dolphy's work with Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, and Chico Hamilton, along with his solo work, helped to set the stage for free jazz in the music community.

He worked with many famous jazz musicians, including Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Billy Eckstine, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, Eric Dolphy and Booker Little.

Other artists included BB King, Gary Moore, Weather Report, Crossfire, Buddy Guy, Camarón de la Isla, Soft Machine, Chuck Berry, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Eric Clapton, Luther Allison, Bo Diddley, Stan Getz, Airto Moreira, Joe Henderson, Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Etta James, Sonny Rollins, Son House, Count Basie, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, B. B.

* Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964 ( 2007, Blue Note )

He appeared on albums by Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, and George Russell, belonging to the latter's sextet for two years.

He recorded albums by many artists including Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Derek and the Dominos, Rod Stewart, Wishbone Ash, Cream, Lulu, Chicago, The Allman Brothers Band, Joe Bonamassa, The J. Geils Band, Meat Loaf, Sonny & Cher, The Rascals, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross, The Eagles, Kenny Loggins, James Gang, Dusty Springfield, Eddie Harris, Charles Mingus, Herbie Mann, Booker T. and the MGs, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin and Joe Castro.

The CD includes performances by Rufus Wainwright, Debbie Harry, David Johansen, Eric Mingus and Sandra Bernhard

The personnel for the Candid recording were Charles Mingus ( bass, vocals ), Dannie Richmond ( drums, vocals ), Eric Dolphy ( alto saxophone ), and Ted Curson ( trumpet ).