Charles Mingus

The best album credited to Charles Mingus is The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady which is ranked number 92 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 12,163.

Charles Mingus is ranked number 69 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 26,898.

Charles Mingus official website: http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com

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Charles Mingus best albums

The following albums by Charles Mingus are ranked highest in the greatest album charts:

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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1963

Appears in:

980 charts

Rank Score:

12,163

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Average Rating:

86 (1,042 votes)

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Mingus Ah Um

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1959

Appears in:

665 charts

Rank Score:

6,749

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Overall Rank:

231

Average Rating:

84 (734 votes)

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Pithecanthropus Erectus

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1956

Appears in:

265 charts

Rank Score:

1,977

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Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

246 charts

Rank Score:

1,362

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

131

Overall Rank:

1,275

Average Rating:

80 (246 votes)

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Let My Children Hear Music

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

153 charts

Rank Score:

990

Rank in 1972:

Rank in 1970s:

320

Overall Rank:

1,724

Average Rating:

82 (157 votes)

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Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1964

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

790

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Year of Release:

1957

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

704

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Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

479

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273

Overall Rank:

3,182

Average Rating:

78 (151 votes)

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Oh Yeah

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1962

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

347

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344

Overall Rank:

4,194

Average Rating:

76 (98 votes)

Comments:

10.

Presents Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus

Year of Release:

1960

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

235

Rank in 1960:

Rank in 1960s:

447

Overall Rank:

5,809

Average Rating:

71 (78 votes)

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This may not be a complete discography for Charles Mingus.This listing only shows those albums by this artist that appear in at least one chart on this site. If an album is 'missing' that you think deserves to be here, you can include it in your own chart from the My Charts page!

Charles Mingus bestography composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	9	0%
1960s	15	0%
1970s	15	0%
1980s	3	0%
1990s	4	0%
2000s	2	0%
2010s	3	0%
2020s	3	0%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	44	81%
Yes	10	19%

Live?	Albums	%
No	42	78%
Yes	12	22%

Charles Mingus best tracks

Include tracks from compilations & live albums | Exclude tracks from compilations & live albums The same track can appear on multiple albums, so excluding tracks from compilations and live albums helps to remove duplicates from this list.

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Group Dancers ((Soul Fusion) Freewoman And Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries)

(from the album The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady)

Average Rating: 91 (240 votes)Comments: 1

Duet Solo Dancers (Hearts' Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces)

(from the album The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady)

Average Rating: 90 (233 votes)Comments: 1

Solo Dancer (Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!)

(from the album The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady)

Average Rating: 90 (235 votes)Comments: 2

Moanin'

(from the album Blues & Roots)

Average Rating: 89 (75 votes)Comments: 0

Better Git It In Your Soul

(from the album Mingus Ah Um)

Average Rating: 88 (161 votes)Comments: 3

Trio And Group Dancers (Stop! Look! And Sing Songs Of Revolutions!) / Single Solos And Group Dancers (Saint And Sinner Join In Merriment On Battle Front) / Group And Solo Dance (Of Love, Pain And Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, 'Til It's Freedom Day)

(from the album The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady)

Average Rating: 88 (224 votes)Comments: 0

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

(from the album Mingus Ah Um)

Average Rating: 88 (158 votes)Comments: 0

Haitian Fight Song

(from the album The Clown)

Average Rating: 87 (49 votes)Comments: 0

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting

(from the album Blues & Roots)

Average Rating: 86 (67 votes)Comments: 1

10.

II B.S.

(from the album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus)

Average Rating: 86 (45 votes)Comments: 1

11.

Boogie Stop Shuffle

(from the album Mingus Ah Um)

Average Rating: 85 (137 votes)Comments: 0

12.

The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers

(from the album Let My Children Hear Music)

Average Rating: 85 (43 votes)Comments: 1

13.

Hobo Ho

(from the album Let My Children Hear Music)

Average Rating: 85 (39 votes)Comments: 0

14.

Pithecanthropus Erectus

(from the album Pithecanthropus Erectus)

Average Rating: 84 (75 votes)Comments: 1

15.

Hog Callin' Blues

(from the album Oh Yeah)

Average Rating: 84 (24 votes)Comments: 0

16.

Better Get Hit In Yo' Soul

(from the album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus)

Average Rating: 84 (40 votes)Comments: 0

17.

Theme For Lester Young

(from the album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus)

Average Rating: 84 (39 votes)Comments: 0

18.

Fables Of Faubus

(from the album Mingus Ah Um)

Average Rating: 84 (129 votes)Comments: 1

19.

Ysabel's Table Dance

(from the album Tijuana Moods)

Average Rating: 83 (38 votes)Comments: 1

20.

Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too

(from the album Let My Children Hear Music)

Average Rating: 83 (36 votes)Comments: 0

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Charles Mingus ratings

Average Rating:

87/100 (from 103 votes)

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85/100 !	08/21/2025 10:19	pago82	1,405	67/100
90/100 !	06/09/2025 15:24	Invader666	337	71/100

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This artist is rated in the top 1% of all artists on BestEverAlbums.com. This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 86.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.3/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 15.1.

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Charles Mingus forum mentions

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90/100

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Socipluco 07/12/2015 13:37 | #145575

Charles Mingus was one of the most important jazz musicians of all time. One of those whose own names mean jazz on its own, like the kinds of Davis, Taylor or Sanders. He was one of the very few double-bass players who could take their instrument out of the rhythm section and smash it right on the listener's face, with a sound so hard and fierce that it pumps in your chest, but still with high technical precision. Fierce like him, a really bad tempered person. But beyond this, he was a great, great, great composer, the only one who could probably match the level of Duke Ellington. His mastery in orchestrating different musical voices in a whole so united and complete was even beyond compares. Just listen to "the sinner lady" for an example, but his all discography is worth listen. A master.

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85/100

From zonrod 12/01/2011 20:46 | #31847

don't know much about Jazz but this one is just great to listen to.

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100/100

From REZAP 11/30/2011 13:17 | #31745

RESPECT!!!

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From JasonZaia 01/21/2015 01:09 | #132085

Totally on my wish list!

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