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| Jazz at Massey Hall | 1953 | 1 | 17 | 483 | 
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| Pithecanthropus Erectus | 1956 | 8 | 32 | 737 |
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| Blues and Roots | 1959 | 8 | 35 | 766 |
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| Mingus Ah Um | 1959 | 5 | 12 | 369 |
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| Mingus at Antibes | 1960 | 10 | 200 | 1296 |
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| Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus | 1960 | 8 | 142 | 910 |
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| Oh Yeah | 1961 | 31 | 414 | 2465 |
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| Money Jungle | 1962 | 7 | 187 | 1177 |
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| The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady | 1963 | 4 | 73 | 348 |
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| Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus | 1963 | 13 | 222 | 1401 |
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| The Great Concert of Charles Mingus | 1964 | 19 | 264 | 1639 |
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| Tijuana Moods/New Tijuana Moods | 1964 | 12 | 168 | 1044 |
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| Town Hall Concert | 1964 | 23 | 285 | 1762 |
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| Let My Children Hear Music | 1971 | 49 | 437 | 1688 |
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| Mingus Dynasty | 1960 | 
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| Mingus at Monterey | 1964 |
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| Changes One | 1974 |
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Track C - Group Dancers | 1963 | 46 | 492 | 2277 |
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