Charles Mingus - Flowers For A Lady

the musician : Charles Mingus
the tune : Flowers For A Lady
the artist : Ryan Inzana

Mingus - Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk

the musician : Charles Mingus
the tune : Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk
the artist : Louis Joos

Charles Mingus - Pussy Cat Dues

the musician : Charles Mingus
the tune : Pussy Cat Dues
the artist : Louis Joos

Most of you might not know Louis Joos but here in Belgium he is somewhat of a personnality in the illustration world. Louis is immersed in the jazz world, drawing a lot about jazz and he was kind enough to send me some of his images for the blog, go check his website for more. Thank you Louis.

Charles Mingus - Jazz Pour Tous In Belgium

the musician : Charles Mingus
the tune : April 19, 1964
the artist : Serge Dehaes

A long video for a change, and here are the players:
Charles Mingus - Bass
Jaki Byard - Piano
Eric Dolphy - Alto Sax, Flute & Bass Clarinet
Clifford Jordan - Tenor Sax
Dannie Richmond - Drums

Charles Mingus - Work Song

the musician : Charles Mingus
the tune : Work Song
the artist : David Mottram

Charles Mingus - Original Faubus Fables

the musician : Charles Mingus
the tune : Original Faubus Fables
the artist : Schiani Ledo

A young Charles Mingus

the musician : Charles Mingus
the tune : Solo Bass
the artist : Daniel Stolle

As Daniel says himself :"This drawing is very loosely based on a young Mingus." I find that interesting, and very nicely executed.

Charles Mingus - Take The A Train

the musician : Charles Mingus
the tune : Take The A Train
the artist : Peter Schachter

Peter completed this image using the Spray Can app on his iPhone. No zoom, so all work is done by fingertip at the 2"x3" scale. And it looks great!

Chasin the Winter Blues Away

the musician : Charles Mingus
the tune : Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
the artist : Teresa Woo-Murray

Jazz around the city

the musician : Charles Mingus with Shafi Hadi on tenor sax
the album : Soundtrack of John Cassavetes' movie "Shadows"
the artist : Serge Dehaes