You're invited to come to this special performance event -- when we celebrate the life and legacy of Charles Mingus with music, poetry & visual art! Friday, April 4 (8 p.m.) Logan Center for the Arts Performance Penthouse 901 (9th floor) 915 E. 60th St. Chicago, IL 60637 phone: (773) 702-2787 $7 suggested donation The great bassist and composer Charles Mingus was born 92 years ago, and we present this unique program of music and poetry in celebration of that great American genius' work & legacy. This program includes music composed by Mingus, songs by composers who worked with Mingus or were inspired by Mingus, poetry inspired by Mingus, and visual art inspired by Mingus! Above: Mingus Awareness Project painting by Alpha Bruton, "After Better Get Hit in Your Soul" by Deborah Meadows, and Mingus Awareness Project concert poster image by Josh Josue | 1st set: David Boykin -- reeds 2nd set: poetry inspired by Charles Mingus 3rd set: performance by the Míngtiāns Jon Hey -- piano Paul Hartsaw -- tenor saxophone Jon Griffith -- saxophones Dan Godston -- trumpet Jon Godston -- soprano saxophone Alex Wing -- upright bass Damon Short -- drums More about "Tonight at Noon":
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Tonight at Noon: Celebrating Charles Mingus' Life & Legacy at the Logan Center for the Arts3/17/2014
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The jazz artist Charles Mingus (born on April 22, 1922) left behind an amazing legacy that includes a stellar catalog of compositions such as "Goodbye Porkpie Hat," "Better Get Hit in Your Soul," and "Fables of Faubus"; a career that included working with many musical greats such as Duke Ellington, Eric Dolphy, Dannie Richmond, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Max Roach, and Joni Mitchell; and approaches to the jazz idiom such as directions for big bands that have been indelibly etched into jazz vocabulary. * Mingus would have been 90 this year, but sadly he died of ALS in 1979. Sue Graham Mingus, who met Charles in the early '60s, was married to him and took care of him throughout his illness. Tonight at Noon: A Love Story, Sue Mingus' eloquent memoir, contains many memorable anecdotes of her life with Mingus. Sue has been directing The Mingus Bands for more than 30 years, and also directs Mingus jazz education outreach in New York City. The Borderbend Arts Collective has presented ten Charles Mingus-inspired concerts, including nine Mingus Awareness Project concerts in Chicago and Richmond, Virginia. Borderbend is planning special programming this year, in honor of Mingus' 90th birthday -- including the next Mingus Awareness Project concert which happens at Fitzgerald's on May 17th. More announcements will be made soon... * Many excellent books about Mingus have been published. Check out Gene Santoro's Myself When I Am Real, Mingus' autobiography Beneath the Underdog, and Sue Mingus' Tonight at Noon. pictured above: Mingus Awareness Project poster image designed by Josh Josue Here are several recordings from Mingus Awareness Project concerts. Enjoy!
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Lou Ciccotelli
Jon Hey
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