Mingus Big Band: 97th Charles Mingus Birthday Celebration
Mon
April 22, 2019
7:30 pm
EDT
(Doors: 5:30 pm )
Jazz Standard
,
116 East 27th St., New York, NY
All Ages
$30.00
“…No composer–bandleader–instrumentalist since Ellington encompassed more of jazz’s accomplishment and promise. Mingus wasthe black–music experience in the United States – in its hybridization, its questing after form, its improvisation, competitiveness, impertinence, outrage, intellectualization, joy, emotionalism, bitterness, comedy, parody, and frustration.” (Gary Giddins, Riding On A Blue Note: Jazz and American Pop, 1991