1949 Baron Mingus - West Coast 1945–49 (Uptown)
1951 Strings and Keys (duo with Spaulding Givens, Debut)
1952 The Young Rebel (Swingtime)
1953 The Charles Mingus Duo and Trio (Fantasy) Charles Mingus Octet (Debut)
1954-55 Jazz Composers Workshop (Savoy)
1954 The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus (Bethlehem, originally issued as Jazzical Moods Vol. 1 & 2)
1955 Mingus at the Bohemia (Debut) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (Debut)
1956 Pithecanthropus Erectus (Atlantic)
1957 The Clown (Atlantic) Mingus Three (Jubilee) Tijuana Moods (RCA) East Coasting (Bethlehem)
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Bethlehem)
1959 Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (United Artists)
1959 Blues & Roots (Atlantic) Mingus Ah Um (Columbia) Mingus Dynasty (Columbia)
1960 Pre-Bird (a.k.a. Mingus Revisited) (Mercury) Mingus at Antibes (Atlantic)
Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (Candid) Mingus! (Candid) Reincarnation of a Lovebird (Candid)