Jazz Workshop, Inc. controls 100% of publishing copyrights of some Charles Mingus compositions and a majority percentage of others. It has licensed the music of Charles Mingus for use in a variety of film, television, and commercial projects ranging from Hollywood blockbusters like "Jerry McGuire" and "The Wolf of Wall Street" and international advertising campaigns for Volkswagon and Dolce & Gabbana, to independent and short films. Jazz Workshop also offers licenses for festival, dance, marching band, and educational uses. Mingus wrote over 300 compositions, which were recorded by him and others, including the Mingus Legacy bands that are managed by Jazz Workshop, Inc.

For mechanical rights please contact: The Harry Fox Agency

For synchronization rights please contact:

Spirit Music Group: U.S. domestic & international 235 West 23rd St. 4th Fl, NY, NY 10011

Union Square Music: United Kingdom

Budde Music: Germany, Switzerland, Austria

Warner Music: Italy 

If you would like to discuss Mingus music for your project, or if you cannot determine which label a particular tune was recorded for, or which label administers the Master Use Licenses for film synchronization, you may contact Harry Fox Agency and they will assist you in contacting the master holders. The Master Recordings of Charles Mingus and the Mingus Big Band are controlled, and licenses administered, by the various record labels. Tunes were often recorded under different titles and by different ensembles, and they may be able to provide an alternative to fit your project.

Master Use Licensing Direct Contacts

Harry Fox Agency administers the catalog and can assist you in contacting the master holders.

MINGUS LEGACY BANDS' MASTERS:

Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Jazz Workshop, Inc./Jazz Standard 212-736-4749
I Am Three
Live in Tokyo - Sue Mingus Music/Sunnyside
Contact Universal: 310-865-0770.
Mingus Big Band recordings prior to 2002, are administered by Dreyfus.

CHARLES MINGUS MASTER RECORDINGS:

Music Written For Monterey 1965 Not Heard... Played In Its Entirety At UCLA
Sue Mingus Music/Sunnyside 212-736-4749
Town Hall 212-736-4749
Revenge 212-736-4749

Charles Mingus - The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 
Mosaic 212-736-4749

Atlantic masters are administered by Warner Special Projects

Columbia/Sony/Fantasy/BMG

For the Verve/Impulse catalog, contact Universal Music Group's Licensing department at (818) 866-5039.

Mingus at Cornell '64
Capitol/Blue Note/EMI please call (212) 253-3000 for further assistance.