Charles Mingus' exhilarating blend of roots and the avant-garde only rarely seems as binary* (see below) as it does on this recording from the 1960 Antibes Jazz Festival. Most often on a Mingus album, ...
About an hour and 45 minutes north of Manhattan sits the village of Millbrook, N.Y. In the 1960s, a sprawling American Queen Anne mansion just outside the village became something of a counterculture ...
Charles Mingus showcases three exceptional concerts performed in April 1964 featuring his most celebrated lineup--Jaki Byard (piano), Dannie Richmond (drums), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Clifford Jordan ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Just about everything in the music business comes back around at some point. Repackaging and reissues are profitable for the industry, particularly when ...
The Village Voice and Jean Shepherd will bring together some of America’s most brilliant interpreters of modern jazz on Saturday midnight, June 15. Loew’s Sheridan, at Seventh Avenue and 12th Street, ...
In 1973, composer and bass virtuoso Charles Mingus signed his last recording contract with Atlantic; he'd stay with the label till his death in 1979. A new box set collects his music from that era.
Candid Records restores Mingus At Monterey from original mono tapes, delivering improved sound and pressing quality over earlier, collectible editions. Legendary bassist, composer, and bandleader ...
Art Kane’s “Harlem 1958” gathered giants of the music. Sonny Rollins, 94, looks back at the historic picture. By Hank Shteamer Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron ...
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