Definitions for mingus
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1. Mingus

   Mingus is the tenth studio album by Joni Mitchell, and a collaboration with jazz musician Charles Mingus. Recorded in the months before his death, it would be Mingus's final musical project; the album is wholly dedicated to him. The album is quite experimental, featuring minimalist jazz, overplucked, buzzing acoustic guitars, and even wolves howling through "The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey". All of the lyrics are by Mitchell, while the music for four of the songs was composed by Mingus, three being new tunes, a fourth being his tribute to saxophonist Lester Young from his 1959 classic Mingus Ah Um, "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat", for which Mitchell wrote a set of lyrics. As with the release preceding, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Mitchell hired personnel from jazz fusion group Weather Report to play on the sessions. Mingus would also mark the first reunion of saxophonist Wayne Shorter and pianist Herbie Hancock in the studio since recording together on Shorter's seminal Native Dancer album, featuring Milton Nascimento, released in September 1974. The album is spliced with excerpts from tape recordings provided by Sue Graham Mingus, including a scat singing interplay between Joni and Mingus, and Charles and Sue arguing over his age at a birthday party. In "Funeral", Mingus and others discuss how long he'll live and what his funeral will be like. He refers to the Vedanta Society and asserts that "I'm going to cut Duke [Ellington]!". "God Must Be a Boogie Man" was the only song Mingus was unable to hear, having taken shape two days after his death; Mitchell posits in the liner notes that Mingus would have found it hilarious.

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1. MINGUS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mingus is ranked #16064 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Mingus surname appeared 1,803 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Mingus.
   
   92.4% or 1,666 total occurrences were White.
   2.6% or 48 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 42 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.6% or 29 total occurrences were Black.
   0.5% or 10 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mingus in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mingus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mingus
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html