Sue Mingus ex-Husband: Who is Charles Mingus?

Sue Mingus was an American record producer and band manager.

She was married to jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus, and formed tribute groups to perform his music after his death.

She won a Grammy Award in 2011, having earlier received four nominations.

Sue was acting in O.K. End Here (1963), an experimental film directed by Robert Frank, when she first met Charles Mingus.

Who is Sue Mingus’s ex-husband?

Sue Mingus was married to Charles Mingus.

Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz upright bassist, pianist, composer, bandleader, and author.

A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history.

Sue Mingus married Charles in 1975. They met nine years earlier during his concert at the Five Spot Café and remained married until his death.