Literature and Arts B-82: Sayin' Something: Jazz as Sound, Sensibility, and Social Dialogue

15. Charles Mingus

Kernfeld, Barry. "Mingus, Charles." In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed., edited by Barry Kernfeld. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/J302400 (accessed September 9, 2008).

Levallet, Didier and Denis-Constant Martin. L'Amerique de Mingus: Musique et Politique: Les Fables of Faubus de Charles Mingus. Paris: P.O.L., 1991.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4117.15.49  

Mingus, Sue. Charles Mingus: The Official Site. Biographies, bibliographies, discographies, recordings and more (Accessed 5 July 2007).

Priestley, Brian. Mingus, a Critical Biography. New York: Da Capo Press, 1982.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4117.15.72  

Rustin, Nichole T. "Mingus fingers: Charles Mingus, Black Masculinity, and Postwar Jazz Culture." Ph.D diss., New York University, 1999.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: ML 410.M6795 R87 1999 

Santoro, Gene. Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Location: Lamont Library, Widener Library; Call Number: ML 418.M45 S26 2000  
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4117.15.79 

Weber, Horst. Charles Mingus: Sein Leben, Seine Musik, Seine Schallplatten. Gauting-Buchendorf: Oreos, 1984.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4117.15.93  

Zenni, Stefano. Charles Mingus : Polifonie Dell’universo Musicale Afroamericano. Viterbo: Stampa alternativa: Nuovi equilibri, 2002.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: ML 418.M45 Z46 2002 

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