Please join us for special series at Chelsea Table & Stage to explore the legendary works of the great American composer Charles Mingus and celebrate his centennial year. 100 YEARS OF MINGUS! .

TWO nights of Mingus Orchestra in September 9/16 & 9/23. Sets at 7 and 9:30pm

9/16 lineup:

Tatum Greenblatt
Conrad Herwig
David Lee Jones
Wayne Escoffery
Stefano Doglioni
John Clark
Michael Rabinowitz
Boris Kozlov
David Gilmore
Adam Cruz

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.