Results for "Don't Be Afraid... The Music of Charles Mingus"

Don't Be Afraid... The Music of Charles Mingus

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Dizzy Moods; Black Saint & the Sinner Lady; Meditation on Integration; Tijuana Gift Shop; Los Mariachis; Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too.

Don't Be Afraid... The Music of Charles Mingus

By Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2005

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Don't Be Afraid... The Music of Charles Mingus

by Jack Bowers
November 1, 2005

With the Mingus Big Band keeping the music of its namesake alive and flourishing, the question arises, is there a need for another band to canvass the same territory? Apparently the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra believes so, hence its newest album, Don't Be Afraid... The Music of Charles Mingus. Well, some of the music anyway, as ...

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra: Don't Be Afraid... The Music of Charles Mingus

by Jim Santella
October 22, 2005

Six compositions by Charles Mingus give the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra something different to work with. The swing is still there, but each piece echoes with the emotional strength and ferocity that its composer espoused through his ensembles. As with the original, you get a powerful bass line that leads the way, and you get thrilling ...