Live at Jazz Standard (Mingus Big Band album) explained

Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard
Type:	live
Artist:	Mingus Big Band
Cover:	Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard.jpg
Recorded:	December 31, 2009
Venue:	Jazz Standard, New York City
Genre:	Jazz, big band
Label:	Jazz Workshop, Inc., Sue Mingus Music
Producer:	Seth Abramson, Sue Mingus
Prev Title:	Live in Tokyo at the Blue Note
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Mingus Sings
Next Year:	2015

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 club 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]

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Live at Jazz Standard Awards. AllMusic . October 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20170314064220/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-jazz-standard-mw0002320095/awards. March 14, 2017.
2. Web site: Murphy. Sean. Sue Mingus and the Mingus Big Band: Letting Our Children Hear Music . PopMatters. 13 March 2017. 5 August 2010.
3. Web site: Mingus Big Band – Live at Jazz Standard . Discogs. 13 March 2017.