Charles Mingus

Jazz Legends: Charles Mingus & Eric Dolphy - 1964 (2022)

Billie (2020)

'Lady Day' was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Before her mysterious death in 1978, Lipnack Kuehl had taped over 200 hours of inte ...

Mingus Erectus (2020)

Music can change the lives of those who listen to it. This was the case for author Noël Balen, who was inspired to write a collection of poems, accompanied by a record, as a tribute to legendary double bassist Charles Mingus. A genuine work of art, this d ...

Charles Mingus Quintet - Live in Berlin 1972 (2008)

Joe Gardner, trumpet; Hamiet Bluiett, baritone sax & clarinet; John Foster, piano; Charles Mingus, bass; Roy Brooks, drums. Cat Anderson, trumpet, guest star on "Perdido". Philarmonie, Berlie, Germany, November 5, 1972. ...

Jazz Icons: Charles Mingus Live in '64 (2007)

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 an ...

Mingus in Greenwich Village (2005)

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1997)

Don McGlynn's uncompromising and soulful documentary look at the tumultuous life of musician and rebel Charles Mingus is fascinating stuff. Mingus said of himself "I am half black man, half yellow man, but I claim to be a Negro. I am Charles Mingus, the fa ...

Last Date (1991)

A documentary about the weeks leading up to the early death of jazz legend Eric Dolphy. Centered around his last month alive and the titular record done in Holland with Misha Mengelberg and Han Bennink, the documentary traces his LA roots up through the la ...

Charles Mingus: Epitaph (1990)

Conductor Gunther Schuller leads 30 renowned musicians in this spectacular world-premiere performance of Charles Mingus's epic composition, "Epitaph," filmed at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on June 3, 1989. Clocking in at more than two hours long, the ...

Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975 (1975)

Charles Mingus was one of the greatest jazz bassists of all time, but most of all he was an innovative composer and a leader with a clear vision of what he wanted and where his music had to go. In 1975 he made his first appearance at the Montreux Jazz Fest ...

Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 (1968)

A close-up of bass player and composer Charlie Mingus as he and his five-year-old daughter await eviction by the City of New York. ...

You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You (1964)

Description by D.A Pennebaker: "This movie is something of a mystery. Timothy Leary was getting married to a model named Nena Von Schlebrugge up in Millbrook, New York at the Hitchcock house, where Leary had been carrying on his hallucinogenic revelries f ...

All Night Long (1962)

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart. ...

Dos dies i l’eternitat (2023)

After his first breakup, Marc, a film student, goes with Laia on a trip to the south of France to see if he can get over his ex. The emotions appear but Marc feels at a standstill. ...

Regarde, on ne voit rien (2020)

The Clown (1998)

The clown is set into motion by two unidentified persons lurking behind it, in the shadows. Oblivious, the clown embarks on its metaphoric life journey. The clown is only successful when a series of calamities bring about is demise, and ultimately, his dea ...

Weird Nightmare (1993)

A tribute to Charles Mingus. ...

Charles Mingus: Epitaph (1990)

Conductor Gunther Schuller leads 30 renowned musicians in this spectacular world-premiere performance of Charles Mingus's epic composition, "Epitaph," filmed at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on June 3, 1989. Clocking in at more than two hours long, the ...

Stations of the Elevated (1981)

Stations of the Elevated exposes viewers to an underground art scene- that is, one found exclusively on the sides of subways and train cars. A moving portrait of late-70's NYC, the film boasts a soundtrack by jazz legends Charles Mingus & Aretha Franklin. ...

Shadows (1960)

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia's darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was. ...