Subject: Charles Mingus

• Jazz Masters

  March 26, 2009

• MINGUS AMONG US

  BORN IN NAGALES, BASSIST CHARLES MINGUS SPENT HIS LIFE EXTENDING THE FRONTIERS OF JAZZ. NOW HIS HOMETOWN IS THROWING HIM A 71ST BIRTHDAY PARTY.

  April 21, 1993

• PHANTOM RHYTHMSHE'S ONE OF THE BUSIEST DRUMMERS IN JAZZ, BUT VALLEY NATIVE LEWIS NASH IS A STRANGER IN TOWN

  August 18, 1993

• THE DOWNBEAT GENERATION

  August 31, 1995

• Night of the Unabunnie (and Other Dark Tales)

  June 6, 1996

• Letters

  June 19, 1997

• Copy Cats

  In the tired realm of tribute albums, imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence

  December 18, 1997

• Critics' Choice

  A year-end recap of the albums that made it worthwhile to own a stereo in 1997

  January 1, 1998

• Giant Steps

  New Rhino reissues illuminate the bold leaps of '60s jazz heavyweights

  March 5, 1998

• John Coltrane

  Live Trane (Pablo)

  December 27, 2001

• Top 10 Live Shows of 2001

  If you missed these star turns, you really missed something

  January 3, 2002

• Illinois Jacquet/Jack McVea

  Jumpin' at Apollo/McVoutie's Central Avenue Blues (Delmark)

  June 6, 2002

• Rahsaan Roland Kirk

  Compliments of the Mysterious Phantom (Hyena)

  Live (Evidence)

  May 1, 2003

• Magnetic Fields mines several black musical genres to create its latest: white noise

  January 17, 2008

• Sonorous

  December 18, 2008

• Charles Mingus

  Tijuana Moods
  (RCA/Legacy)

  May 17, 2007

• Jackie McLean

  New and Old Gospel
  (Blue Note Records)

  May 10, 2007

• Diet From Hell

  A valley vegan couple's fear of obesity was no picnic for their kids

  May 10, 2007

• Various Artists

  The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records
  (Impulse)

  July 20, 2006

• The Wicked Kids Are Alright

  Repurposing Radiohead

  November 3, 2005

• Various Artists

  Impulsive!
  (Impulse!)

  October 20, 2005

• Eccentricities

  While they may not top the Billboard charts, this month's batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases is definitely worth hearing

  May 3, 2001

• Red Meat

  Alameda County Line (Ranchero Records)

  February 22, 2001

• Alive and Kicking

  Despite being entombed in the recent PBS series, Gumbo shows why jazz is very much alive and well with a fine batch of new releases

  February 1, 2001

• Bill Evans Trio

  The Last Waltz (Milestone Records)

  October 19, 2000

• Myself When I Am Real: The Life and Music of Charles Mingus

  By Gene Santoro (Oxford University Press)

  August 10, 2000

• Smooth Operators

  Haikus and lows abound in this month's jazz and heritage releases

  May 18, 2000

• Molten Wax

  October 7, 1999

• RIFF AND READ

  November 18, 1992

• LONG LIVE THE DUKE

  BEFORE AXL'S ATTITUDE AND MICHAEL'S CROTCH, ELLINGTON WAS AT THE HEAD OF THE CLASS

  January 29, 1992