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Mingus Centennial: The Composer + new releases

By David Brown | The Jazz Continuum
April 26, 2022
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Celebrating the centennial of the birth of composer, bandleader and bassist

Charles Mingus

bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus. We'll feature Mingus compositions as performed by

Henry Threadgill

woodwinds
b.1944

" data-original-title="" title="">Henry Threadgill, Chuck D,

Bill Frisell

guitar, electric
b.1951

" data-original-title="" title="">Bill Frisell,

Marc Ribot

guitar
b.1954

" data-original-title="" title="">Marc Ribot,

Harry Skoler

clarinet

" data-original-title="" title="">Harry Skoler,

Yoko Miwa

piano

" data-original-title="" title="">Yoko Miwa,

Joe Henderson

saxophone
1937 - 2001

" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Henderson,

Anthony Braxton

woodwinds
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Braxton and

" data-original-title="" title="">Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Then we'll spin Mingus last major work, Cumbia Jazz & Fusion. We'll start and end the show with some recent acquisitions and new releases form the

Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit,

Myra Melford

piano
b.1957

" data-original-title="" title="">Myra Melford Fire and Water Quintet, the

Dave Rempis

saxophone
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Rempis /

Avreeayl Ra

drums
b.1947

" data-original-title="" title="">Avreeayl Ra Duo and more.

Playlist

Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, Fendika "Fluku" from Ethiobraz (PNL Records) 0:01:15
Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit
drums
" data-original-title="" title="">Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, Fendika "Gue" from Ethiobraz (PNL Records) 0:03:55
Dave Rempis
saxophone
b.1975
" data-original-title="" title="">Dave Rempis,
Avreeayl Ra
drums
b.1947
" data-original-title="" title="">Avreeayl Ra "Persea" from Bennu (Aerophonic) 0:11:40
Bunky Green
saxophone, alto
1933 - 2025
" data-original-title="" title="">Bunky Green "Tension and Release" from Places We've Never Been (Vanguard) 0:22:42
Hal Willner
producer
1957 - 2020
" data-original-title="" title="">Hal Willner "Meditations on Integration" from Weird Nightmare Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 0:31:37
Hal Willner
producer
1957 - 2020
" data-original-title="" title="">Hal Willner "Gunslinging Bird" from Weird Nightmare Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 0:35:22
Hal Willner
producer
1957 - 2020
" data-original-title="" title="">Hal Willner "Jump Monk" from Weird Nightmare Meditations on Mingus (Columbia) 0:37:02
Harry Skoler
clarinet
" data-original-title="" title="">Harry Skoler "Peggy's Blue Skylight" from Living In Sound: The Music of Charles Mingus (Sunnyside) 0:42:00
Joe Henderson
saxophone
1937 - 2001
" data-original-title="" title="">Joe Henderson "Portrait" from State of the Tenor, Live at the Village Vanguard (Blue Note Records) 0:58:10
Anthony Braxton
woodwinds
b.1945
" data-original-title="" title="">Anthony Braxton "Sue's Changes" from Quartet (Standards) 2020 (New Braxton House Records) 1:05:03
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
woodwinds
1935 - 1977
" data-original-title="" title="">Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" from The Return of the 5000 lb. Man (Warner Bros. Records) 1:14:45
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "Cumbia & Jazz Fusion" from Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (Atlantic) 1:21:52
Charles Mingus
bass, acoustic
1922 - 1979
" data-original-title="" title="">Charles Mingus "Cumbia & Jazz Fusion" from Cumbia & Jazz Fusion (Atlantic) 1:21:52
Myra Melford
piano
b.1957
" data-original-title="" title="">Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet "II" from For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt) 1:50:57
Myra Melford
piano
b.1957
" data-original-title="" title="">Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet "X" from For the Love of Fire and Water (RogueArt) 1:53:08

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