Please join THE MINGUS DYNASTY Birdland Theater. 100 YEARS OF MINGUS!  2 sets 7pm & 9:30pm

TRUMPET Philip Harper
ALTO SAX Mark Gross
TENOR SAX Wayne Escoffery
TROMBONE Conrad Herwig
PIANO David Kikoski
BASS Neal Caine
DRUMS Donald Edwards

Assembled in 1999 by Sue Mingus, the 10-piece Mingus Orchestra plays with the intensity of Mingus Big Band, with a focus on composition and exploration of Mingus’ more diverse works. Its distinctive sound and textures emerge from an expanded repertory and more unusual instrumentation including bassoon, bass clarinet, French horn, and guitar ­— instruments not heard in the Big Band, and most jazz and modern improvisational music. The other six instruments are chaired by musicians that also perform in Mingus Big Band, and include drums, bass, trombone, trumpet, alto and tenor saxophone, with additional doublings on flute, soprano and clarinet. The band was featured on the Grammy-nominated CD Tonight At Noon, performing with Elvis Costello and has toured domestically, and alternating with Mingus Mondays at Jazz Standard and Joe’s Pub.