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Charles Mingus

1922 - 1979

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Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979) was an American jazz upright bassist, composer, bandleader, pianist, and author. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Eric Dolphy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Mingus has received more than 2,869,848 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Charles Mingus is the 269th most popular musician (up from 291st in 2019), the 1,509th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,698th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Musician.

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  • 2.9M

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  • 59.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Charles Mingus ranks 269 out of 3,175. Before him are Billy Idol, Eddie Van Halen, J. J. Cale, Narciso Yepes, Dolores O'Riordan, and Louis Vierne. After him are Mauro Giuliani, Lars Ulrich, PJ Harvey, Keith Moon, Slash, and Arthur Nikisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Charles Mingus ranks 71. Before him are Ugo Tognazzi, Adolfo Celi, Enrico Berlinguer, Rajko Mitić, Toots Thielemans, and Carlo M. Cipolla. After him are Arthur Penn, Denholm Elliott, Karl-Otto Apel, Richard Hamilton, Yuri Lotman, and María Casares. Among people deceased in 1979, Charles Mingus ranks 47. Before him are Dimitri Tiomkin, Mamie Eisenhower, Abul A'la Maududi, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Ali Hassan Salameh, and Rudi Dutschke. After him are Nicholas Ray, Conrad Hilton, Feodor Lynen, Louis Chiron, Heinz Reinefarth, and Alfredo Ottaviani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Mingus ranks 1,509 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Greengard (1925), Matt LeBlanc (1967), Robert Sheckley (1928), Sam Cooke (1931), James Van Allen (1914), and Gary Ridgway (1949). After him are Jake Gyllenhaal (1980), Elias James Corey (1928), James Brolin (1940), Phil Jackson (1945), Henry Norris Russell (1877), and Nicholas Ray (1911).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Charles Mingus ranks 74. Before him are Ludacris (1977), John Zorn (1953), Don Cherry (1936), Beck (1970), Paul Stanley (1952), and J. J. Cale (1938). After him are Art Blakey (1919), Burt Bacharach (1928), Marilyn Manson (1969), Bill Haley (1925), Sidney Bechet (1897), and Kirk Hammett (1962).

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