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American jazz ensemble

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.

Discography

Nostalgia in Times Square (Dreyfus, 1993)
Gunslinging Birds [de] (Dreyfus, 1995) -GRAMMY NOMINATION
Live in Time (Dreyfus, 1996) -GRAMMY NOMINATION
Que Viva Mingus! (Dreyfus, 1997)
Blues & Politics (Dreyfus, 1999)
Tonight at Noon: Three of Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002) -GRAMMY NOMINATION
I Am Three (Sunnyside, 2005) -GRAMMY NOMINATION
Live in Tokyo at the Blue Note (Sunnyside, 2006) -GRAMMY NOMINATION
Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard (Jazz Workshop / Sue Mingus Music, 2010) -GRAMMY WIN
Mingus Sings (Sunnyside, 2015)
The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions (Jazz Workshop, 2022) -GRAMMY NOMINATION
The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions, Vol. 2 (Candid Records, 2024)

Band roster

References

"Mingus Big Band - Artist Profile". eventseeker.com.
"Mingus Big Band | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

External links

Official Site

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Discography
Studio albums	The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus Jazz Composers Workshop Pithecanthropus Erectus The Clown East Coasting Mingus Three A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry Mingus Ah Um Blues & Roots Mingus Dynasty Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus Pre-Bird Mingus Oh Yeah Tijuana Moods Money Jungle The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Tonight at Noon Mingus Plays Piano Blue Bird Pithycanthropus Erectus Let My Children Hear Music Mingus Moves Changes One Changes Two Three or Four Shades of Blues His Final Work Cumbia & Jazz Fusion Something Like a Bird Charles Mingus with Orchestra Reincarnation of a Lovebird
Live albums	Mingus at the Bohemia (1956) Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland (1959) The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962) The Charles Mingus Quintet & Max Roach (1963) Astral Weeks (1964) Town Hall Concert (1964) Revenge! (1964) The Great Concert of Charles Mingus (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume I (1964) Mingus in Europe Volume II (1964) Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (1964) Mingus at Monterey (1964) My Favorite Quintet (1965) Music Written for Monterey 1965 (1965) Charles Mingus Sextet In Berlin (1970) Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert (1972) Mingus at Antibes (1974) Mingus at Carnegie Hall (1974) Cornell 1964 (2007)
Books	Beneath the Underdog (1971 autobiography)
Related	Mingus Big Band Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard Mingus Dynasty Sue Mingus Jazz at Massey Hall (1953) Weary Blues (1958) Newport Rebels (1960) Pepper Adams Plays the Compositions of Charlie Mingus (1964) Mingus (1979) Epitaph (1990) Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog (1998 documentary)

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