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Mingus Big Band

Formed 1991United States17 albums

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Biography

Mingus Big Band is a 14-piece ensemble, based in New York City, that specializes in the compositions of Charles Mingus. It was managed by his widow, Sue Mingus, along with Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. In addition to its weekly Wednesday night appearance at DROM NYC in New York City, Mingus Big Band tours frequently, giving performances and clinics in America, Europe, and other parts of the world. The band has received seven Grammy Award nominations and won a Grammy in 2011 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard.

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Members

Britt WoodmanChris PotterDavid KikoskiDavid SánchezEric MillerMark ShimOrrin EvansRandy BreckerRonnie CuberSteve BerriosSteve TurreVincent Herring

Songs recorded

  1. Boogie Stop Shuffle4 versions
  2. Ecclusiastics4 versions
  3. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat4 versions
  4. Jump Monk3 versions
  5. Moanin'3 versions
  6. Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting3 versions
  7. Baby Take a Chance With Me2 versions
  8. Chair in the Sky2 versions
  9. Dizzy Moods2 versions
  10. Duke Ellington's Sound of Love2 versions
  11. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too2 versions
  12. Fables of Faubus2 versions
  13. Gunslinging Birds2 versions
  14. Haitian Fight Song2 versions
  15. Invisible Lady2 versions
  16. My Jelly Roll Soul2 versions
  17. Nostalgia in Times Square2 versions
  18. O.P.2 versions
  19. Open Letter To Duke2 versions
  20. So Long Eric2 versions
  21. Song With Orange2 versions
  22. Sweet Sucker Dance2 versions
  23. The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady2 versions
  24. The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive-Ass Slippers2 versions
  25. Weird Nightmare2 versions
  26. All the Things You Could Be by Now If Sigmund Freud’s Wife Was Your Mother
  27. Bird Calls
  28. Birdcalls
  29. Black Saint & Sinner Lady
  30. Celia
  31. Children's Hour of Dream
  32. Consider Me
  33. Cryin' Blues
  34. Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
  35. Devil Woman
  36. Diane / Alice's Wonderland
  37. Dizzy Profile
  38. Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid, Too
  39. Don't Let it Happen Here
  40. Don’t Let It Happen Here
  41. Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
  42. Duke Ellington's Song of Love
  43. Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love
  44. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (Aka "Hora Decubitus")
  45. E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too
  46. Eat That Chicken
  47. Eat That Chicken (Paella)
  48. Eclipse
  49. Far Wells Mill Valley
  50. Farewell Farwell
  51. Free Cell Block F
  52. GG Train
  53. Goodbye Porkpie Hat
  54. Gunslinging Bird
  55. Hobo Ho
  56. Hog Callin' Blues
  57. Intro to Nobody Knows the Bradley I Know
  58. Intro to Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
  59. It Was a Lonely Day In Selma, Alabama / Freedom
  60. Jelly Roll
  61. Little Royal Suite
  62. Los Mariachis
  63. Love Chant
  64. Love Is a Dangerous Necessity
  65. Love's Fury
  66. MDM
  67. Meditations
  68. Meditations For A Pair of Wire-Cutters
  69. Meditations for Moses
  70. Mingus Fingers
  71. Moanin' Mambo
  72. Moods in Mambo
  73. New Now Know How
  74. New York Sketchbook
  75. Nobody Knows the Bradley I Know
  76. Noon Night/Celia Medley
  77. Noonlight
  78. Number 29
  79. O.P. (Oscar Petitford)
  80. Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me
  81. Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me
  82. Opus Four
  83. Orange Is the Color of Her Dress
  84. Paris in Blue
  85. Passions of a Woman Loved
  86. Pedal Point Blues
  87. Peggy's Blue Skylight
  88. Pithecanthropus Erectus
  89. Please Don't Come Back From the Moon
  90. Portrait
  91. Prayer for Passive Resistance
  92. Profile of Jackie
  93. Pussycat Dues
  94. Reincarnation of a Lovebird
  95. Self Portrait in Three Colors
  96. Self-Portrait In Three Colors
  97. Self-Portrait in 3 Colors
  98. She's Just Miss Popular Hybrid
  99. Slippers
  100. Song for Keki
  101. Started Melody
  102. Sue's Changes
  103. Tensions
  104. The Clown
  105. The I of Hurricane Sue
  106. The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive‐Ass Slippers
  107. The Who Never Sleeps / East Coasting
  108. This Subdues My Passion
  109. Tijuana Gift Shop
  110. Tonight at Noon
  111. Us Is Two
  112. Wham Bam
  113. Work Song (Break the Chains)
  114. Ysabel's Table Dance

Albums

Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt Paris, Vol. 1
Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt Paris, Vol. 1Big Band Charlie Mingus · 1989
Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris Vol. 2
Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris Vol. 2Big Band Charlie Mingus · 1993
Nostalgia in Times Square
Nostalgia in Times SquareMingus Big Band · 1993
Live in Time
Live in TimeMingus Big Band · 1996
¡Que Viva Mingus!
¡Que Viva Mingus!Mingus Big Band · 1998
Blues & Politics
Blues & PoliticsMingus Big Band · 1999
The Essential Mingus Big Band
The Essential Mingus Big BandMingus Big Band · 2001
Tonight at Noon... Three of Four Shades of Love
Tonight at Noon... Three of Four Shades of LoveMingus Big Band · 2002
I Am Three
I Am ThreeMingus Big Band, Orchestra & Dynasty · 2005
Live in Tokyo at the Blue Note
Live in Tokyo at the Blue NoteMingus Big Band · 2006
Live At Jazz Standard
Live At Jazz StandardMingus Big Band · 2010
Gunslinging Birds
Gunslinging BirdsMingus Big Band · 2013
Mingus Sings
Mingus SingsKu-umba Frank Lacy & Mingus Big Band · 2015
The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note
The Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul NoteMingus Dynasty, Big Band Charlie Mingus · 2015
The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions
The Charles Mingus Centennial SessionsMingus Big Band · 2022
The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions Vol. 2
The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions Vol. 2Mingus Big Band · 2024
Live at the Theatre Boulogne - Billancourt
Live at the Theatre Boulogne - BillancourtMingus Big Band

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