9/29 LIVESTREAM 9:30PM EST - Mingus Big Band at Birdland, NYC - Thursday, September 29th

Mingus Big Band at Birdland Jazz Club - Thursday, September 29th

Sets at 7:00 & 9:30pm

***Livestream Tickets available for the 9:30pm EST show***

Celebrating 100 years of Great American composer and bassist, Charles Mingus! This is the first week of performances since the passing of Sue Mingus, and we'll be featuring arrangements of recently departed Sy Johnson.

MBB at Birdland, NYC from Sept. 27 - Oct. 1 - 10 Shows!

Two sets each night.

In-Person Tickets: https://birdlandjazz.com/calendar/

Livestream tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/livestream-event-the-mingus-big-band-tickets-419014893827

The Mingus Big Band celebrates the music of 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 City. It maintained weekly performances in the city from May 2004 until October 2008, when it began “Mingus Mondays” at Jazz Standard where it alternated with the Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. Mingus Mondays became a NYC institution and Monday night stronghold for over 12 years, halted only by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mingus Big Band tours extensively in the United States and abroad, and has eleven recordings to its credit, six of which have been nominated for Grammys.

TRUMPETS Tatum Greenblatt, Summer Camargo, Philip Harper

SAXOPHONES Alex Terrier, Sarah Hanahan, Wayne Escoffery, Sam Dillon, Lauren Sevian

TROMBONES Conrad Herwig, Robin Eubanks, Earl McIntyre

PIANO David Kikoski

BASS Boris Kozlov

DRUMS Donald Edwards

SPECIAL GUEST VOCALIST (first set) Ku-umba Frank Lacy