The Mingus Big Band is an ensemble, based in New York City

New York City

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, that specializes in the compositions of the late Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus

Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music...

. It is managed by his widow, Sue Mingus

Sue Mingus

Sue Graham Mingus is the widow of jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus.In 2002, Pantheon released Sue Mingus' memoir of her life with Mingus, entitled Tonight at Noon: a Love Story...

 and represented by Tree Lawn Artists, Inc.. In addition to its weekly Monday night appearance at the Jazz Standard in New York City, the Mingus Big Band also tours frequently in Europe and other parts of the world. The band has featured an impressive array of musicians: Steve Slagle, Randy Brecker, Frank Lacy, John Stubblefield, Ryan Kisor, Alex Foster, Jack Walrath (an alumnus of one of Mingus' last bands), Vincent Herring, Ronnie Cuber, John Hicks, Seamus Blake, and many more.

The band has received six Grammy nominations.

Discography

• Nostalgia in Times Square (1993)
• Gunslinging Birds (1995)
• Live in Time (1997)
• Que Viva Mingus! (1998)
• Blues and Politics (1999)
• The Essential Mingus Big Band (2001)
• Tonight at Noon (2002)
• I Am Three (2005)
• Live in Tokyo at the Blue Note (2006)
• Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard (2010)