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Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1964) finds Charles Mingus revisiting and reworking earlier compositions into tightly arranged, high-energy ensemble settings. The music balances Mingus's forceful bass and bandleading with dense horn voicings, gospel and blues inflections, and moments of collective improvisation, yielding a sound that is both orchestral and raw. The repeated-title presentation underscores the album as a bold statement of Mingus's musical identity in the mid 1960s.