Charles Mingus – Essential Works 1955 - 1959

Excellent showcase of the work of U.S. jazz double bassist Charles Mingus, a luminary of this instrument who, thanks to his temperament, improvisational talent and unconventionality, broke up the entrenched structures of 1950s hard bop and combined it with the modern jazz of the 1960s

The tracks on this 2LP are a testament to Mingus' creative abilities to create jazz beyond the norm, to define a new aesthetic, to lead the way for other artists as creators and inventors.