Mingus Big Band nominated for Jazz Journalist Award "Large Ensemble of the Year.." Ceremony June 11 at City Winery.

In case you missed it, the April 22 WBGO Mingus Orchestra broadcast is archived here: http://www.wbgo.org/blog/better-get-it-your-soul-music-charles-mingus

Friday April 22, 2011 is the birthday of Charles Mingus. Nationwide celebrations will be held. Two are highlighted below. APRIL 22, 2011 at 8pm Eastern WBGO 88.3FM NY will broadcast nationally the Mingus Orchestra concert, conducted by Gunther Schuller and recorded at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue, February 19, 2011 in connection with the Charles Mingus High School Competition & Festival. The program will be hosted by Michael Bourne. If you aren't in NY, you can listen in on the web at that time at WBGO.org. This project has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius. Mingus Orchestra at St. Bartholomew's Church last year APRIL 22, 2011 12am-12am Eastern The traditional 24-hour Mingus Birthday Broadcast on WKCR, spearheaded by Phil Schaap.

Mingus Big Band will be at the Newport Jazz Festival on Sunday, August 7, 2011 "EARLY BIRD" SPECIAL FOR ARTIST FANS Artist fans can get $10 off general admission tickets by buying on-line with promo code MINGUS by Friday, April 15. FOR DISCOUNT DETAILS VISIT: http://www.newportjazzfest.net/index.php?pID=33031&AR=188

MINGUS BIG BAND WINS GRAMMY!

Sun, Feb. 13 2011

LINK TO FULL PRESS RELEASE PDF JAZZ WORKSHOP, INC. LET MY CHILDREN HEAR MUSIC, INC. (The Charles Mingus Institute) 484 West 43rd Street, 43-S, New York, NY 10036 http://www.mingusmingusmingus.com Contact: Sue Mingus (212) 736-4749 Mingus Big Band Wins Grammy! Mingus High School Competition & Festival at Manhattan School of Music Mingus Orchestra Concert at St. Bart's NEW YORK, February 15, 2011—On Sunday, February 13, 2011, the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards honored Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard as the “Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.”  Co-produced by Sue Mingus and Seth Abramson, Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard marks the 10th Mingus Big Band recording, seven of which have been nominated for Grammys. It is the first win for Mingus music, though legendary jazz composer Charles Mingus (1922-1979) himself received a Grammy for the liner notes on his album Let My Children Hear Music and a posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997, and in 1999 the album Mingus Dynasty (1959) was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame. This concert celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of seminal 1959 albums Mingus Dynasty, Mingus Ah Um, and Blues & Politics, and was originally broadcast live on Toast Of The Nation from NPR Music, produced by Mark Schramm, Thurston Briscoe and Becca Pulliam for WBGO under the musical direction of Sue Mingus. Saturday, February 19, 2011, this same team will record the Mingus Orchestra live at St. Bartholomew’s Church for later broadcast on WBGO. The concert will feature several Mingus compositions conducted by Gunther Schuller with special guest harpist Edmar Castaneda. This concert is produced by Let My Children Hear Music (The Charles Mingus Institute) and made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius. The Mingus Big Band also performs live in concert at Jazz Standard this week from Friday, Feb 18 – Sunday, Feb 20, designed to correspond with the 2011 Charles Mingus High School Competition at Manhattan School of Music. For more CD info, visit http://mingusmingusmingus.com/MingusBands/liveatstandard.html For a full calendar of weekend events: Mingus Orchestra at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Mingus High School Competition at Manhattan School of Music, and Mingus Big Band at Jazz Standard please visit  http://mingusmingusmingus.com/JazzEducation/hscompschedule.html