MINGUS, CHARLES. Jazz bassist ( in Nogales, Arizona; in Cuernavaca, Mexico). He began trombone study at the age of eight but after a few lessons changed to cello. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Los Angeles, where he played in the Los Angeles Junior Philharmonic Orchestra. At seventeen he exchanged his cello for a double bass and joined a local jazz group led by Buddy Colette, a fellow high-school student...