Skills
I am an accoplished musician and bandleader. I've been playing jazz professionally since 1945, when I was 23 years old; I've recorded over one hundred albums, and I've written over three hundred compositions.
Composer:
Expert
Bandleader:
Expert
Bassist:
Virtuoso
Pianist:
Accomplished
Education
Studied Double Bass with Red Callender
Studied Double Bass with Herman Reinshagen
Studied Composition with Lloyd Reese
Work Experience
Founded Debut Records with my wife Celia and Max Roach
1952
Founded the Jazz Workshop
1955
Worked with an extensive number of collaborators to create diverse and lasting works
1956-1964
Returned to recording and composing
1974-1977
Projects
Awards & Honors
Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition
1971
Inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
1971
Stamp in my honor issued by the United States Postal Service
1995
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1997
Album Mingus Dynasty (1959) inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
1999
Inducted into the Jazz at Lincoln Center, Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame
2005