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Charles Mingus was born in Nogales, Arizona in 1922. Through his life he had studied the cello and the trombone. Ever since birth, Mingus had been gifted with musical talents. As most musicians in the making, Mingus had an idol/influence, named Duke Ellington. Duke was a jazz musician who was a big influence on most jazz composers. As Charles got older, he learned the rules to jazz, like improvisation. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 improvise on nothing鈥?, Mingus said to his son. In jazz you must learn to improvise, which was what Mingus was telling his son. If you must improvise you need something to work off of. Like in jazz, you need a rhythm to keep the rest of the song going

You might mention he's a bassist!!!!!!!!

He's a bassist, and you should look up some stories about him and his infamous temper. There's a certain story where he started tearing apart a piano, literally, pulling out the strings, because someone wouldn't pay him for a gig. I can't remember the specifics, but I'm sure you can find some stories like that.

Mingus studied, played, and composed on the piano. He even released an album as a solo pianist, "Mingus Plays Piano." I think the fact that he played bass and piano are more important than mentioning that he played cello and trombone.

You should also mention that he was a prolific composer, writing such standards as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," "Fables of Faubus," and "Better Get It In Your Soul." You say that he is a musician who influenced many composers, but that sentence doesn't necessarily mean he was a composer himself.

As well as his brilliant musicianship, compositions and bandleading, he was a pioneer in concert recording. Jazz at Massey Hall, with Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and Max Roach joining Mingus (was supposed to be Ray Brown, but Brown fell ill and young stud Mingus got the call) for what is considered one of the greatest live recordings ever made, was recorded by Mingus.

His temper is such that he once threw his trombonist Jimmy Knepper down a flight of stairs in anger.