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Charles Mingus Quiz

The studio albums of Charles Mingus, the bassist and composer whose bands turned gospel, blues and collective improvisation into some of the most ambitious writing in jazz.

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The studio albums of Charles Mingus, the bassist and composer whose bands turned gospel, blues and collective improvisation into some of the most ambitious writing in jazz. Studio albums only, curated to the widely-recognised records across his 1956–1978 LP-era catalogue. Excluded: his many live albums, the 10-inch and EP-era sides, compilations and box sets, records issued after his death, dates led by other bandleaders, and sessions billed to a collective rather than to him. Because his full studio catalogue runs past thirty titles, this set is the canonical selection rather than the exhaustive discography. Name the albums, answer real trivia about the music and the career, match each cover to its title, sort them into release order, or pick his studio albums out of a grid of decoys. Sourced from Wikipedia's Charles Mingus discography and cross-checked against Wikidata.

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