Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard

Live at Jazz Standard is an album by the Mingus Big Band that won the Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album in 2011.^[1] The album documents a concert at the Jazz Standard in New York City on New Year's Eve, 2009. The concert and the album commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of songs recorded by Charles Mingus. The band was conducted by Gunther Schuller and included trumpeter Randy Brecker, who played with Mingus during the 1970s.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Charles Mingus.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gunslinger Birds"	7:31
2.	"New Now Know How"	5:58
3.	"Self-Portrait in Three Colors"	2:52
4.	"Bird Calls"	5:50
5.	"E's Flat Ah's Flat Too (aka "Hora Decubitus")"	7:08
6.	"Cryin' Blues"	7:35
7.	"Open Letter to Duke"	7:12
8.	"Moanin'"	9:34
9.	"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat"	5:51
10.	"Song with Orange"	12:22

Personnel

Gunther Schuller – conductor
Douglas Yates – soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
Vincent Herring – alto saxophone
Abraham Burton – tenor saxophone
Wayne Escoffery – tenor saxophone
Lauren Sevian – baritone saxophone
Conrad Herwig – trombone
Frank Lacy – trombone
Earl McIntyre – bass trombone
Earl Gardner – trumpet
Kenny Rampton – trumpet
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Earl McIntyre – tuba
Boris Kozlov – bass
Jeff "Tain" Watts – drums
David Kikoski – piano
Seth Abramson – producer
Sue Mingus – producer^[3]

References

↑ "Live at Jazz Standard – Mingus Big Band | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
↑ Murphy, Sean (5 August 2010). "Sue Mingus and the Mingus Big Band: Letting Our Children Hear Music". PopMatters. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
↑ "Mingus Big Band – Live at Jazz Standard". Discogs. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

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