For the Centenary of Charles Mingus’ birth, LJN asked saxophonist Chris Biscoe, who has run the Mingus Moves Sextet since 1995 (see details of three forthcoming gig dates below), to reflect on […]
Charles Mingus – Mingus Three (expanded reissue) (Rhino 603497841035 – album review by Mark McKergow) Friday 22 April 2022 marks the centenary of the birth of Charles Mingus, double bassist, composer, pianist, band leader, activist […]
BBC Radio 3 has kindly sent out a press release amalgamating the station’s three programmes to mark the Mingus centenary over the Easter weekend, a few days ahead of the day itself, […]
The 43rd of Jon Turney’s weekly selections is one great bassist’s homage to another. Hard to believe the original Buena Vista Social Club album is 25 years old. And after the first […]
Charles Mingus – Live at Carnegie Hall Deluxe Edition (Rhino. Two CDs or 3 LPs. Album review by John Bungey) You may well know the single album that emerged from Mingus’s show […]
The tenth of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE), a salute to a great Ellingtonian. This is Mingus’ great, late quintet, in a recording that stands among his best work. His indispensable […]
The Bromley Youth Music Trust (BYMT) jazz school is starting a new project in January 2021, where school kids will be given the chance to play Charles Mingus The BYMT jazz school […]
Charles Mingus – @ Bremen 1964 & 1975 (Sunnyside SSC1570. CD Review by Olie Brice) A fascinating look at two of Charles Mingus’ greatest bands, recorded by the same radio station in […]
The “Classic Album Sundays” series presented “My Classic Album: Gary Crosby OBE on Charles Mingus’ The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady“, an interview with Tina Edwards: My Classic Album: Gary Crosby […]
