Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard | ||||
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Live album by Mingus Big Band | ||||
Released | April 22, 2010 | |||
Recorded | December 31, 2009 | |||
Venue | Jazz Standard, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz, big band | |||
Length | 71:53 | |||
Label | Audio & Video Labs | |||
Producer | Seth Abramson, Sue Mingus | |||
Mingus Big Band chronology | ||||
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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. 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.
All tracks written by Charles Mingus.