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Title: Charles Mingus - Soul Fusion
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Jazz, Post-Bop Jazz, Los Angeles, California 5/26
Matrix #: QJ-25171
Condition: VG+ (CC), sounds great, looks great | Members: Charles M (22' - 79')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: By the late 1970s, Mingus was suffering from ALS, losing the physical ability to play bass while still fighting to compose and direct music.
2. Scene Ecology: Mingus connected gospel, blues, swing, bebop, protest, and collective improvisation, making jazz feel less like style and more like argument.
3. Media Narrative: Soul Fusion sits near the end of his life, when Mingus was already being understood as more than a bassist: a composer, bandleader, and volatile American witness.

5/30/2026 CC