"Actor: Charles Mingus"

• Charles Mingus - Epitaph | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £3.07   |  Saving you £13.18 (728.18%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On June 3rd 1989 the Alice Tully Hall at New York's Lincoln Center was the venue for the world premiere performance of Charles Mingus' masterpiece Epitaph. Conductor Gunther Schuller directed 30 musicians in what the New York Times described as One of the most memorable jazz events of the decade. The piece had been discovered after Mingus' death in 1979 and painstakingly restored and copied. It is the largest and longest piece for jazz orchestra ever written and is now available here on DVD for the first time. 1. Main Score: Part One 2. Percussion Discussion 3. Main Score: Part Two 4. Started Melody 5. The Soul 6. Untitled Ballad 7. Moods In Mambo 8. Self Portrait: The Chill Of Death 9. O.P. (Oscar Pettiford) 10. Please Don't Come Back From The Moon 11. Monk Bunk And Vice Versa 12. Peggy's Blue Skylight 13. Wolverine Blues 14. The Children's Hour Of Dream 15. Freedom 16. Untitled Interlude 17. Better Get Hit In Your Soul 18. Noon Night 19. Main Score Reprise

• Jazz Icons - Charles Mingus - Live in '64 | DVD | (01/10/2007) from £17.15   |  Saving you £2.84 (16.56%)   |  RRP £19.99

  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 with an eight-day span, less than three months before Dolphy's death, the three concerts showcase Mingus's visionary leadership and the band's incredible depth and diversity with unique performances and arrangements of classics including So Long Eric and the groundbreaking Meditations On Integration.

• Charles Mingus-Triumph | DVD | (26/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• Charles Mingus Quintet - Montreux 1975/77 | DVD | (01/12/2008) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (-26.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Charles Mingus was one of the greatest bassists and composers of jazz. His music incorporated many influences including gospel blues classical latin and many styles of jazz. He pioneered melodic bass playing in jazz. Early in his career Mingus wrote in classical notation but by the mid-1950's dictated parts to his musicians verbally or played them on the bass or piano giving them the freedom to express their own musical personality. Mingus' titles were often fiercely political

• All Night Long | DVD | (26/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Set in London's Jazz scene of the 1950s this atmospheric modernisation of Othello features a strong cast and appearences by some of the best-known names from the music world.

• Charlie Mingus - Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress | DVD | (10/12/2007) from £6.73   |  Saving you £2.26 (33.58%)   |  RRP £8.99

  Recorded in - Oslo Norway April 12 1964 in Stockholm Sweden April 13 1964 & in Antibes France July 13 1960 Tracklist: Orange Was The Colour Of Her Dress -- Ow! Recorded In - Oslo Norway April 12 1964 Band Line Up Eric Dolphy (As B-Cl) Clifford Jordan (Ts) Johnny Coles (Tp) Jaki Byard (P) Charles Mingus (B) Danny Richmond (Dr) Meditations Recorded In Stockholm Sweden April 13 1964 Band Line Up Eric Dolphy (As B-Cl) Clifford Jordan (Ts) Johnny Coles (Tp) Jaki Byard (P) Charles Mingus (B) Danny Richmond (Dr) I'll Remember April Recorded In Antibes France July 13 1960 Band Line Up Eric Dolphy (As) Ted Curson (Tp) Booker Ervin (Ts) Bud Powell (P) Charles Mingus (B) Danny Richmond (Dr)

• Charles Mingus - Mingus In Greenwich Village | DVD | (24/03/2005) from £13.48   |  Saving you £-4.49 (-49.90%)   |  RRP £8.99

  One of the least conventional human testimonies ever filmed about a Jazzman. a poignant profile of jazz legend Charlie Mingus whose distinctive bass stylings and radical arrangements revolutionized the jazz scene.