ALBUMThe Charles Mingus Centennial SessionsMingus Big Band
ALBUMMingus SingsFrank Lacy & Mingus Big Band
ALBUMI Am Three (Bonus Track Version)Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty & Mingus Orchestra
ALBUMTonight at NoonMingus Big Band
ALBUMBlues & PoliticsMingus Big Band
ALBUMQue Viva Mingus!Mingus Big Band
ALBUMGunslinging BirdsMingus Big Band
ALBUMNostalgia in Times SquareMingus Big Band
Artist Biography
Founded in 1991 and managed by Charles Mingus’s widow, Sue Mingus, the Mingus Big Band is a New York City-based ensemble with a rotating cast of musicians that primarily plays the late jazz legend’s scores. The group, which can number up to 20 musicians at a time, usually plays a weekly gig in New York City, cycling through Mingus’s repertoire of lengthy, complex, often avant-garde compositions. The band has included such musicians as Chris Potter, Alex Foster, Randy Brecker, John Stubblefield, James Carter, Frank Lacy, Lew Soloff, and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, among others. The band’s impressive discography, which includes both concert and studio recordings, is surpassed only by the experience of hearing them live.