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Mingus Big Band at Da Camera Jazz Series at Miller Outdoor Theatre
Courtesy of Leo Boucher | Posted on July 1, 2019
When
Sat, August 17, 2019
8:30 pm
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Musicians
Wayne Escoffery
saxophone, tenorKu-umba Frank Lacy
tromboneHelen Sung
pianoAlex Sipiagin
trumpetMingus Big Band
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
The Grammy Award-winning Mingus Big Band celebrates the music of legendary composer/bassist Charles Mingus, who died in 1979. Under the artistic direction of Sue Mingus, this 14-piece band performed Thursday nights from 1991 to 2004 at Fez under Time Cafe in New York. It maintained weekly residencies in the city from 2004 until 2008, when it began Mingus Mondays at the Jazz Standard. The Mingus Big Band tours extensively in the United States and abroad, and has ten recordings to its credit, three of which have been nominated for Grammys. The ensemble won the Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2010 for Mingus Big Band Live At Jazz Standard....