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CHARLES MINGUS

Currency:USD Category:Memorabilia Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
CHARLES MINGUS
(1922 - 1979) American jazz bass player, the first to exploit the bass as a solo instrument. Mingus was a major influence in jazz in the Fifties and Sixties, and his work remains most influential today. Rare, partly-printed D.S. "Charles Mingus", 1p. 4to., [n.p.], Mar. 28, 1973, an American Federation of Musicians contract engaging Mingus to appear at Nassau Community College on April 5, 1973 for a ninety-minute performance for which Mingus would receive $3,000. The contract also stipulates that the employer would provide a "grand piano in good condition tuned to A440 pitch". Nicely signed by Mingus at bottom, also signed by his employer. Staple hole at top, else very good.

Estimate: $600 - 800.

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