Mingus

Mingus is the tenth studio album by Canadian musician Joni Mitchell. It was released on June 13, 1979, and was her last studio album for Asylum Records. The album is a collaboration between Mitchell and Charles Mingus. It was recorded in the months before and after Mingus' death in January 1979 and is wholly dedicated to him. The album is one of Mitchell's most experimental and jazz-centric works.

DownBeat gave the album 5 stars. Neil Tesser called the album "a wonderful piece of work". He pointed out that, "On four of the songs, the late bassist supplied the music and Joni wrote the lyrics; her words for the improvisatory, often nonstrophic melodies make this the first real advance in the jazz art of vocalese since Lambert, Hendricks & Ross".