• Baron Mingus – West Coast 1945-49 (1949, Uptown)
• Strings and Keys (duo with Spaulding Givens) (1951, Debut)
• The Young Rebel (1952, Swingtime)
• The Charles Mingus Duo and Trio (1953, Fantasy)
• Charles Mingus Octet (1953, Debut)
• The Moods of Mingus (1954, Savoy)
• The Jazz Experiments of Charles Mingus (1954, Bethlehem)
• Jazzical Moods (1954, Bethlehem)
• Mingus at the Bohemia (1955, Debut)
• The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1955, Debut)
• Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956, Atlantic)
• The Clown (1957, Atlantic)
• The Jazz Experiments of Charles Mingus (1957)
• Mingus Three (1957, Jubilee)
• East Coasting (1957, Bethlehem)
• A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (1957, Bethlehem)
• Blues & Roots (1959, Atlantic)
• Mingus Ah Um (1959, Columbia)
• Mingus Dynasty (1959, Columbia)
• Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959, United Artists)
• Pre Bird (1960, Mercury)
• Mingus at Antibes (1960, Atlantic)
• Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (1960, Candid)
• Reincarnation of a Love Bird (1960, Candid)
• Tonight at Noon (1961, Atlantic)
• Vital Savage Horizons (1962, Alto)
• Tempo di Jazz (1962, Tempo di Jazz)
• Town Hall Concert (1962, Blue Note)
• Oh Yeah (1962, Atlantic)
• Tijuana Moods (1962, RCA)
• The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963, Impulse!)
• Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus (1963, Impulse!; sometimes referred to as Five Mingus)
• Mingus Plays Piano (1963, Impulse!)
• Soul Fusion (1963, Pickwick live)
• Revenge! (live 1964 performance with Eric Dolphy, 32 Jazz; previously issued by Prestige as The Great Paris Concert)
• Town Hall Concert (1964, Fantasy)
• Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Vol. 1 (1964, Ulysse Musique)
• Charles Mingus Live In Oslo 1964 Featuring Eric Dolphy (1964, Jazz Up)
• Charles Mingus Sextet Live In Stockholm 1964 (1964, Royal Jazz)
• Charles Mingus Sextet Live In Europe (1964, Unique Jazz)
• The Great Concert Of Charles Mingus (1964, America)
• Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy CORNELL March 18 1964 (2007, Blue Note)
• Mingus In Europe (1964, Enja)
• Mingus In Stuttgart, April 28, 1964 Concert (1964, Unique Jazz)
• Right Now: Live At The Jazz Workshop (1964, Fantasy)
• Mingus At Monterey (1964, Mingus JWS)
• Music Written For Monterey 1965. Not Heard… Played In Its Entirety At UCLA, Vol. 1&2 (1965, Mingus JWS)
• Charles Mingus – Cecil Taylor (1966, Ozone)
• Statements (1969, Joker)
• Paris TNP (1970, Ulysse Musique)
• Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970, Beppo)
• Charles Mingus (1971, Columbia)
• Charles Mingus And Friends In Concert (1972, Columbia)
• Charles Mingus Quintet Featuring Dexter Gordon (1972, White Label)
• Let My Children Hear Music (1972, Columbia)
• Passions of a Man (1973, Atlantic)
• Mingus At Carnegie Hall (1974, Atlantic)
• Changes One (1974, Atlantic)
• Changes Two (1974, Atlantic)
• Mingus Moves (1974, Atlantic)
• Village Vanguard 1975 (1975, Blue Mark Music)
• The Music Of Charles Mingus (1977, Bayside)
• Stormy & Funky Blues (1977)
• Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (1977, Atlantic)
• Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977)
• His Final Work (1977)
• Something Like a Bird (1979, Atlantic) (Mingus does not play on this session)
• Me, Myself An Eye (1979, Atlantic) (Mingus does not play on this session)
• Epitaph (1990, Columbia) (Mingus does not play on this session)
• Mingus Mysterious Blues (1990, Candid) (Mingus does not play on this session)

As a sideman

• Robbins’ Nest (with Illinois Jacquet) (1945, Toho)
• Mellow Mama (with Dinah Washington) (1945, Delmark)
• Hot Piano (with Wilbert Baranco) (1946, Tops)
• Ivie Anderson and Her All Stars (with Ivie Anderson) (1946, Storyville)
• Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra 1948 (with Lionel Hampton) ((1948, Weka)
• Lionel Hampton in Concert (with Lionel Hampton) ((1948, Cicala Jazz)
• The Red Norvo Trio (with Red Norvo) (1951, Savoy)
• Move (with Red Norvo) (1951, Savoy)
• Miles Davis at Birdland 1951 (with Miles Davis) (1951, Beppo)
• Jazz in Storyville (with Billy Taylor) (1951, Roost)
• The George Wallington Trios Featuring Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach (1952, Prestige)
• Spring Broadcasts 1953 (with Bud Powell) (1953, ESP)
• Inner Fires (with Bud Powell) (1953, Electra/Musician)
• Jazz at Massey Hall (aka. The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever) (with Charlie Parker) (1953, Debut)
• Introducing Paul Bley (with Paul Bley) (1953, Debut)
• Explorations (with Teo Macero) (1953, Debut)
• The New Oscar Pettiford Sextet (with Oscar Pettiford) (1953, Debut)
• Ada Moore (with Ada Moore) (1954, Debut)
• Mad Bebop (with J.J. Johnson) (1954, Savoy)
• The Eminent J.J. Johnson (with J.J. Johnson) (1954, Blue Note)
• Evolution (with Teddy Charles) (1955, Prestige)
• Relaxed Piano Moods (with Hazel Scott) (1955, Debut)
• The John Mehegan Trio/Quartet (with John Mehegan) (1955, Savoy)
• Very Truly Yours (with Jimmy Scott) (1955, Savoy)
• The Fabulous Thad Jones (with Thad Jones) (1955, Debut)
• New Piano Expressions (with John Dennis) (1955, Debut)
• Easy Jazz (with Ralph Sharon) (1955, London)
• Blue Moods (with Miles Davis) (1955, Prestige)
• The Word from Bird (with Teddy Charles) (1956, Atlantic)
• New Faces (with Jimmy Knepper) (1957, Debut)
• Money Jungle (with Duke Ellington and Max Roach) (1962, Blue Note)