August 17, 2019, marked the 60th anniversary of the release of Miles Davis’ Kind of…
Tag: Charles Mingus
Year By Year: Five Essential Albums of 1972
Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…
Miles Davis/Charles Mingus/Elvin Jones – “Nature Boy”
Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and Elvin Jones on the same recording? Yes, it happened. And…
The Ultimate Charles Mingus Playlist
There was no one in jazz quite like Charles Mingus. An iconoclast, an intellectual, a…
Year By Year: Five Essential Jazz Albums of 1964
Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…
Betty Carter – “Open the Door”
Betty Carter (Photo: Jack Vartoogian/DL Media, Inc.) Betty Carter, a charismatic singer who imbued her…
Year By Year: Five Essential Jazz Albums of 1963
Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…
Year By Year: Five Essential Albums of 1962
Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…
Year By Year: Five Essential Jazz Albums of 1960
Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…
Charles Mingus – “Better Git It In Your Soul”
Bassist, composer, bandleader and jazz iconoclast Charles Mingus was born on this day (April 22) in Nogales, Arizona, in 1922.
Year By Year: Five Essential Albums of 1959
Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…
Year By Year: Five Essential Jazz Albums of 1957
Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…
Year By Year: Five Essential Jazz Albums of 1956
Jazz may not have an official yearbook, but it does have a vast and well-documented…
Charles Mingus – “Haitian Fight Song”
Bass great Charles Mingus recorded tracks from his album The Clown on this day (March 12) in…
JAZZIZ Time Capsule: 1970s Big Band
This playlists destination: the 1970s, a decade of bell bottoms, big hair and even bigger bands.
Undiscovered Charles Mingus Tapes To Be Released
The Lost Tapes: Charles Mingus Live in Detroit, a 5-CD or 5-LP box set of…
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra to pay tribute to Mingus and Bird
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra (SNJO), directed by saxophonist Tommy Smith, will join forces with…
“Jazz on Film” series at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, June 3-24
The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston will host the fourth edition of the annual…
New Charles Mingus biography by author Krin Gabbard
Author and jazz scholar Krin Gabbard’s new book, Better Git It in Your Soul, is…
