Charles Mingus

Work : None | New Career 1940 (Began as a professional musician) | Social : None | Joined group 1941 (Played with Lee Young) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1947 (Debut album) | Social : None | Joined group 1950 (Joined the Red Novo group) | Work : None | New Job 1951 (Post office for short period) | Work : None | Start Business 1952 (Co-founded record company) | Work : None | New Career 1956 (Working as a composer) | Work : None | Begin Major Project 1957 (Commissioned by the Brandeis University) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released 17 June 1969 (Reappeared after self-imposed retirement) | Work : None | Published/ Exhibited/ Released May 1971 (Released autobiography) | : None | Death by Disease 5 January 1979 (Age 56, Lou Gehrig's disease) | Traits : Mind | I.Q. high/ Mensa level (Mensa level) | Diagnoses : Major Diseases | Lou Gehrig's disease | Family : Childhood | Family traumatic event (Mom died when he was an infant) | Family : Childhood | Order of birth (Third of four) | Family : Childhood | Sibling circumstances (Siblings into music also) | Family : Relationship | Number of Divorces (Three) | Family : Relationship | Number of Marriages (Three) | Family : Parenting | Kids more than 3 (Six) | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Composer/ Arranger | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Conductor | Vocation : Entertain/Music | Instrumentalist (Bass and piano) | Vocation : Writers | Autobiographer | Notable : Famous | Top 5% of Profession | Notable : Book Collection | Culture Collection