Tag: Mingus Big Band

• Grind To The Back

  So what do you do when the grind of the city commute smacks you in the face? You find a comfy spot in the back of The Jazz Gallery and let Steve Coleman’s workshop grab ahold of your soul. Coleman wasn’t on my radar before tonight, but leave it to Jonathan to introduce me to…

  spcoon

  January 30, 2006

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  inspiration, Jazz, Mingus Big Band, music, New York City, Steve Coleman, Sue Mingus, The Jazz Gallery

• Buddy Guy: I’ve Got Dreams to Remember

  The improv of jazz blows me away, especially the type that occurs across a large group of musicians as with Mingus Big Band. Factor in the unique, layered compositions of a Charles Mingus, with his political lyrics of the 50’s and 60’s, and you have a textured mix of jazz structure and improv with the…

  spcoon

  October 16, 2005

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  Blues, Buddy Guy, Charles Mingus, Greensboro, Jazz, Mingus Big Band, music, North Carolina, review

• Mingus Big Band And Smalls

  So I was hanging out with my bud JD last night at the Fez, checking out Mingus Big Band as I usually do every other Thursday night, when news through the player’s grapevine hit me like a left hook. Smalls is closing saturday night. Smalls! I’ve been going to this club for almost 7 years…

  spcoon

  May 30, 2003

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  community, Fez, Jazz, Mingus Big Band, music, New York City, photography, Smalls