01. Gunslinging Birds - 7:31
02. New Now Know How - 5:58
03. Self-Portrait In Three Colors - 2:53        play
04. Birdcalls - 5:50
05. E's Flat Ah's Flat Too - 7:08
06. Cryin' Blues - 7:35
07. Open Letter To Duke - 7:12
08. Moanin' - 9:35
09. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - 5:52                 play
10. Song With Orange - 12:23

MINGUS BIG BAND:
Brecker, Kenny Rampton and Earl Gardner, Trumpet
Wayne Escoffery and Abraham Burton, Tenor Saxophone
Vincent Herring, Alto Saxophone
Douglas Yates, Alto, Soprano Saxophone and Flute
Lauren Sevian, Baritone Saxophone
Ku-Umba Frank Lacy and Conrad Herwig, Trombones
Earl McIntyre, Bass Trombone and Tuba
David Kikoski,  Piano
Boris Kozlov, Bass
Jeff "Tain" Watts, Drums

Following the 88th birthday of legendary bassist, composer and bandleader Charles Mingus (1922-1979), his spirit and repertoire is kept alive with the recent album release of Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard. Recorded live at Jazz Standard on New Years Eve 2008 as part of a nationwide NPR-WBGO Toast of the Nation broadcast (and later enhanced during in-studio post-production), the CD celebrates some of Mingus best-known tunes from exactly 50 years ago.

Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard showcases swinging dance tunes, gospel hollers, church music, lush ballads and, of course, the blues. The opening track is a Charlie Parker tribute, Gunslinging Bird, followed by New Now Know How performed here for the first time since its original recording in a new arrangement by Sy Johnson. It features a trumpet battle between Kenny Rampton and Randy Brecker, who recorded with Mingus on his final album and has played in Mingus repertory bands since they began 30 years ago.

Performed back-to-back are two of Mingus preeminent compositions: Moanin, followed by probably the most covered Mingus tune, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, an enduring classic written in honor of Lester Young. Ending New Years Eve at midnight before a celebratory crowd, and rounding out the album, is Song with Orange, in an arrangement by John Stubblefield, a former member of the Mingus Big Band who ignited Mingus music for over a decade.

The Mingus Big Band celebrates the music of composer/bassist Charles Mingus, who died in 1979. Under the artistic direction of Sue Mingus, this 14-piece band performed Thursday nights from 1991 to 2004 at Fez under Time Cafe in New York City. It maintained weekly residencies in the city from May 2004 until October 2008, when it began “Mingus Mondays" at Jazz Standard where it alternates with the Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. The Mingus Big Band tours extensively in the United States and abroad, and has ten recordings to its credit, six of which have been nominated for Grammys.

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1 	Wham Bam 	6:39
2 	Opus Four 	9:21
3 	Celia 	7:01
4 	Bird Calls 	6:42
5 	Meditations 	10:27
6 	Prayer For Passive Ressistance 	6:10
7 	Free Cell Block F 	7:15
8 	Ecclusiastics 	10:33

Alto Saxophone – Abraham Burton
Alto Saxophone, Flute – Craig Handy
Baritone Saxophone – Ronnie Cuber
Bass – Kenny Davis
Bass Trombone, Tuba – Earl McIntyre
Composed By – Charles Mingus
Drums – Johnathan Blake
Piano – Dave Kikoski
Tenor Saxophone – Seamus Blake, Wayne Escoffery
Trombone – Conrad Herwig
Trombone, Vocals – Ku-umba Frank Lacy
Trumpet – Alex Sipiagin, Eddie Henderson, Jack Walrath 

Nearly 15 years after its formation, the Mingus Big Band set up its microphones at Tokyo's Blue Note Club on New Year's Eve 2005-2006 and did what it's been doing so admirably all along: paying homage to its inspiration in a way that would have made him proud. Fourteen members strong, the ensemble for the event, most of them fairly recent additions, included a veteran of Charles Mingus' own Tokyo concerts of 1976, trumpeter Jack Walrath. For the occasion, the band looked back even further though, to the '50s, rolling out and updating the arrangements of a handful of numbers Mingus wrote in his early years: "Bird Calls," the fiery opener "Wham Bam," "Celia" spotlighting alto saxman Craig Handy, and "Prayer for Passive Resistance," which producer Sue Mingus (Charles' widow), notes was arranged by tenor saxist John Stubblefield shortly before his death in 2005. With three trumpets, five saxmen (including tenor, alto, and baritone), and three trombones, the program is naturally heavy on brass-fueled arrangements, with plenty of room given over for solo blowing. "Bird Calls," the tribute to Charlie Parker, features rousing turns from baritonist Ronnie Cuber, tenor Seamus Blake, and altos Craig Handy and Abraham Burton, while the easy-swinging "Free Cell Block F" opens up space for trombonists Conrad Herwig and Ku umba Frank Lacy, Handy moving over to flute, and Cuber returning on baritone. The live set (officially titled "Live in Tokyo at the Blue Note, 2005") avoids Mingus' more difficult material in favor of accessibility, but it's consistent with the other fine work this "ghost" band has done since its inception. ---Jeff Tamarkin, AllMusic Review

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