Charles Mingus News

The Jazz Loft Project, based at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, will host a celebration at the West End Wine Bar in Durham on Thursday, December 3, from 6 to 10 p.m. to mark the publication of The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 and the launch of ...

The University of Iowa Jazz Repertory Ensemble directed by Brent Sandy and the Johnson County Landmark under the direction of John Rapson will share a concert of big band standards and arrangements at 8 p.m. today in the Second Floor Ballroom of the Iowa Memorial Union.

In its sophomore year, EJJ has quickly garnered attention throughout Europe, and now the States, too, is taking notice.

The next meeting of the Jazz St. Louis CD Listening Club will be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 8 at Borders , 1519 S. Brentwood Blvd.

Randy Brecker served musical stints with everyone from Clark Terry and Charles Mingus to Blood, Sweat & Tears.

In July of 1934 the first issue of DownBeat magazine hit newsstands in Chicago. For the next seven-plus decades and counting the publication has been synonymous with jazz.

Rob Reich, Daniel Johnston and Daniel Fabricant are the Nice Guy Trio. Porto Franco Records Tuesday sees the release of the Nice Guy Trio's debut album, "Here Comes the Nice Guy Trio." Amid its jazzy harmonies and pleasant syncopation, you will hear an unusual-for-jazz sound, that of the accordion.

In Manhattan in the late 1950s, it was great to be young and a jazz fan. The drinking age in New York state was 18, so a college student with a draft card and the price of a couple of beers could sit at the bar of a club and catch a full evening of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Bill Evans, or other greats.

A Staff writer for AAJ-NY , Elliott enjoys music with energy, chops and tension; whether it be from the mainstream or the outermost fringe.

Founded in 1979, the same year as the Walkman, this NYC underground label put out cassette-only releases that helped shape hardcore punk in the US ROIRing lion ... HR of Bad Brains in 2009.

MUSIC AS A CONTINUUM: For Palmer , Roscoe Mitchell, the Gnawa clansmen of Morocco, Charles Mingus, and Darius Milhaud were all colleagues.

John Handy's world is in boxes. There are dozens of them, containing a lifetime's worth of possessions and memories, and they combine to form a maze throughout his two-story house in the Oakland hills.

Submitted by Stephanie Hubbard on 2009-10-26.   The Yale Jazz Ensemble, directed by Thomas C. Duffy, will present its fall concert on Monday, Nov.

Glittering Year, Golden Anniversary In February, Thelonious Monk, a pianist-composer best known then for solo and combo work, appeared in concert with a big band at New York's Town Hall, an event preserved on disc by Riverside Records.

In this series on the fast-changing, 100-year-old history of jazz , the alto saxophone genius Charlie Parker has featured to an extent that might seem at odds with his short life, and a period of creative intensity that lasted barely 15 years.

I know pride precedes the fall as they say, but I can't help but be a bit smug when it comes to pointing out two of my many favorite blasts from the past.

Chico Hamilton Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 P.M. Chico Hamilton Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, October 23, for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with Jazz legend Chico Hamilton Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Barnes and ...

The Mitch Marcus Quintet has Sylvain Carton on alto and Marcus on tenor saxophone.

New York's Jazz Standard Monday October 12 Mingus Big Band Charles Mingus was looking for individuality in his musicians and thats one of the great things also about being in the Mingus Big Band, because it really forces you to have your own individual sound.

Four Manhattan School of Music alumni are being honored at a special alumni homecoming reception on October 16, 2009.