Sue Mingus and the Mingus Big Band: Letting Our Children Hear Music
Sean MurphyThe Mingus Big Band is bigger than most big bands because they play the music of Charles Mingus. Of the many words one could use to describe Mingus, (and one…
Isn’t Being Irreplaceable The Whole Point?
This weekend I had the chance to hang out with some good friends, some of whom I used to work with (the happy occasion was a party following the baptism…
Mingus Ah Um: An Open Letter to the 20th Century
1959 was, by any measure, a watershed year for jazz music. Some all-time great recordings were released during this year, including Kind Of Blue (Miles Davis), Giant Steps (John Coltrane),…