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Originally Posted by SATCHMO
Yes Charles Mingus is not very well known for his piano skills, but for his bass playing and arranger/composer skills, which is where I think largely the instrument most prominently came into play for him as it's generally the composers primary resource. Plays Piano is a rare album of him playing solo improvisational piano and, while its not a very well known album of his, it's absolutely gorgeous. To my knowledge its the only album he ever released with him on the instrument.
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He also plays piano throughout
Oh Yeah (With a healthy dose of vocals) with Watkins on bass. He performs on piano on a few tracks on
At Antibes as well as co-pianist on
Ah Um for one track. He also has some tracks on
Cumbia and Jazz Fusion, initially unreleased, but put on the album as bonus tracks on the albums rerelease.