Metropole Orkest , Kandace Springs, Christian Scott, Shabaka Hutchings, Jules Buckley

A jazz titan, Charles Mingus (1922–79) is one the most important figures in jazz music. A prodigious double bassist, pianist, bandleader and composer, Mingus mixed the classic approach of Duke Ellington with the revolutionary style of American black music through the 1950s to the 1970s. Cutting his own path in a time of fast-moving social and political change in post-war America, Mingus influenced artists from Debbie Harry, Joni Mitchell to Elvis Costello.

To celebrate the life and music of this jazz legend, this Prom features Mingus favourites including ‘Better Git It in Your Soul’, ‘Moanin’’ and ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat’. It will be broadcast on BBC Four on 25th August.