Pre-Bird (studio album)
by Charles Mingus

Pre-Bird by Charles Mingus
Year: 1961
Overall rank: 32,951st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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70/100 (from 23 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1961 (121st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (1,968th)
Award Best albums of all time (32,951st)

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Charles Mingus bestography

Pre-Bird is ranked 22nd best out of 53 albums by Charles Mingus on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Charles Mingus is The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady which is ranked number 93 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 12,891.

Charles Mingus album bestography « Higher ranked (22,272nd)
Mingus At Antibes
This album (32,951st)
Pre-Bird
Lower ranked (36,124th) »
Tonight At Noon

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Genius of the bass does a difficult album for the casual jazz fab
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Best Albums of 1961
1. My Favorite Things by John Coltrane
2. King Of The Delta Blues Singers by Robert Johnson
3. Sunday At The Village Vanguard by Bill Evans Trio
4. Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman Double Quartet
5. Olé Coltrane by John Coltrane
6. Africa/Brass by John Coltrane Quartet
7. The Blues And The Abstract Truth by Oliver Nelson
8. Showcase by Patsy Cline
9. Two Steps From The Blues by Bobby Bland
10. Eastern Sounds by Yusef Lateef
11. This Is Our Music by Ornette Coleman
12. The Genius Sings The Blues by Ray Charles
13. West Side Story (The Original Sound Track Recording) by Various Artists
14. Someday My Prince Will Come by The Miles Davis Sextet
15. Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane by Thelonious Monk With John Coltrane
16. Djangology by Django Reinhardt
17. Lonely And Blue by Roy Orbison
18. Out Of The Cool by Gil Evans Orchestra
19. A Night In Tunisia by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
20. Time Further Out by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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