| LC control no. | no 00047547 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mingus, Sue |
| Variant(s) | Mingus, Sue Graham Ungar, Sue Mingus, Susan Graham, Sue, 1930-2022 Ungaro, Sue |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1930-04-02 |
| Death date | 2022-09-24 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Acting |
| Affiliation | Mingus Dynasty (Musical group) Charles Mingus Orchestra Mingus Big Band Revenge Records Let My Children Hear Music |
| Found in | Charles Mingus [VR] p1998: credits (Sue Mingus) Tonight at noon, 2003: t.p. (Sue Graham Mingus) Charles Mingus collection, 1925: finding aid (Sue Mingus, Charles Mingus' widow; 1975 August - Married Sue Ungar) LC database, Sept. 28, 2022 (access points: Mingus, Sue; Mingus, Susan; Ungaro, Sue; usage: Sue Mingus, [in contents note] Susan Mingus) Washington post WWW site, viewed Sept. 28, 2022 (in obituary dated Sept. 27, 2022: Sue Mingus, who founded jazz ensembles, published music books and produced albums as part of a four-decade campaign to promote the legacy of her late husband, the composer, bandleader and double bass virtuoso Charles Mingus, died Sept. 24 in Manhattan. She was 92. She met her husband in 1964 while she was acting in an underground film directed by Robert Frank, "O.K. End Here." She formed the bands Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Big Band. Collaborating with musicologist Andrew Homzy and the composer and conductor Gunther Schuller, she produced the 1989 Lincoln Center premiere of Charles's composition "Epitaph." She launched her own music company, Revenge Records, to reissue recordings of Charles Mingus's concerts. Ms. Mingus started a nonprofit organization, Let My Children Hear Music, to promote her educational efforts, which grew to include an annual festival and high school jazz competition. She was born Sue Graham in Chicago on April 2, 1930; first marriage to Alberto Ungaro) OK end here, c2008: credits frame (Sue Ungaro [actress]) |
| Associated language | eng |
| Invalid LCCN | no2008162752 |
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