The best Charlie Mingus is not actually him playing bass, what he is known for. It is arguably one of the truest sets ever 
recorded, a solo piano album, intensely personal and rich. It was titled Mingus Plays Piano and recorded in 1963, thesame year the Beatles took England by storm. The recordings, from a poignant Memories of You to a staggeringly breathtaking Myself When I am Real, display romanticism, introspection and everything that makes solo, improvisational music so personal.
This album is very accessible and can be freely referred.
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