Mingus Dynasty

Mingus Dynasty
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1960
RecordedNovember 1 and 13, 1959
StudioCBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length59:34
LabelColumbia
ProducerTeo Macero
Charles Mingus chronology
Blues & Roots
(1960)
Mingus Dynasty
(1960)
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
(1960)
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(Original LP release)
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Mingus Dynasty is a jazz album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on Columbia Records in May 1960. It is a companion album to his 1959 record Mingus Ah Um, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The title alludes to Mingus's ancestry, which was partially Chinese.

Tracks one, three, four, and five were released in their unedited form in 1979 on vinyl and in 1999 on CD. The cuts amount to about eight minutes.