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Mingus Big Band and Cyrus Chestnut Trio at The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia
by Victor L. Schermer
Cyrus Chestnut Trio and Mingus Big BandThe Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania February 22, 2008 There is a saying to the effect that When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." That is what the Kimmel Center did with two problems that ...
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy: Cornell 1964
by Chris M. Slawecki
Confrontational, sprawling and historic, this resurrected March 1964 performance by one of his favorite bands--Johnny Coles (trumpet) and Clifford Jordan (saxophone) with favorite sons Dannie Richmond (drums), Jaki Byard (piano) and Eric Dolphy (reeds, flutes)--presents the muse of bassist Charles Mingus in all its terrible glory. Split here between two CDs, this performance begins ...
Mingus Orchestra Tonight January 15th Sets at 8:30 & 10:30PM
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:30 & 10:30PM This Tuesday January 15th Mingus Orchestra Alto Saxophone/clarinet/flute/soprano - Craig Handy Tenor Saxophone/soprano - Wayne Escoffery Trombone - Conrad Herwig
Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy: Cornell 1964
by Samuel Chell
Following upon the first-time release of Mingus At UCLA 1965 (Universal 2007), which afforded penetrating if uneven glimpses into bassist Charles Mingus' creative process, this two-disc release offers more satisfying music and a fuller picture of an earlier and smaller but more distinguished Mingus ensemble--the fabled 1964 touring unit that would be recorded later that same ...
Cornell 1964
Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: CD1: ATFW; Sophisticated Lady; Fables of Faubus; Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk; Take the
The Unfinished Score
by Raul d'Gama Rose
In the act and art of writing--whether word or music, prose or poetry, a writer is almost completely lost in the creative challenge; the adventure that unfolds as words or notes start to appear on the page or in between the lines and spaces of a score sheet--both of which start off blank--is both exciting and ...
Sue Graham Mingus: All the Things You Could Be By Now If Charles' Wife Was Your Flamekeeper
by R.J. DeLuke
Charles Mingus was a larger than life figure on the music scene. Crashing. Volatile. Complex. Swinging. Intense. Delicate. Raucous and joyous. Depending on who you talk to, and maybe even what day, different images might be conjured up. Different words used to describe him by those who knew and performed with him.
Charles Mingus Sextet [with Eric Dolphy]: Cornell 1964
by AAJ Italy Staff
Chissà dove si trovava questo nastro! In qualche cassetto, magari tra un maglione fuori moda e un fascicolo di vecchie carte! O c'è una forza magica e misteriosa che fa riapparire ogni tanto, come bolle sulla superficie di una pozza immobile, dei frammenti della storia musicale del Novecento e ce li restituisce come pietre preziose. Cronologicamente ...


