Mingus Awareness Project Concerts in 2010
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Mingus Awareness Project Concert
at the Jazz Showcase on June 23 MAPtet Paul Hartsaw -- tenor saxophone Jon Hey -- piano Raphael Crawford -- trombone Dan Godston -- trumpet Fred Jackson -- alto saxophone Jon Godston -- soprano saxophone Tom Berg -- baritone saxophone Cory Biggerstaff -- upright bass Brian Jones -- drums MAPtet performed music by Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Billy Strayhorn, and Eric Dolphy, as well as a composition by Jon Hey which was composed especially for the occasion --
1st set:
"Jelly Roll" by Charles Mingus “Peggy’s Blue Skylight" by Charles Mingus “E’s Flat, Ah’s Flat Too" by Charles Mingus “Petite Fleur Africaine" by Duke Ellington “Nostalgia in Times Square” by Charles Mingus medley with “Isfahan” (by Billy Strayhorn, arr. Jon Hey) and “Gazzelloni” (by Eric Dolphy) “Charlies’ Arch Isle" by Jon Hey “Better Get Hit in Your Soul” by Charles Mingus 2nd set: “Fables of Faubus” by Charles Mingus “Reincarnation of a Lovebird" by Charles Mingus “Goodbye Porkpie Hat” by Charles Mingus, arr. Sy Johnson “Ecclusiastics” by Charles Mingus “Portrait of Those Beautiful Ladies" by Rahsaan Roland Kirk “Haitian Fight Song” by Charles Mingus One special aspect of the event was the fact that it happened at the Jazz Showcase. Charles Mingus and his band performed at the Jazz Showcase, when it was located on Rush St. in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. The Jazz Showcase is now located in at 806 S. Plymouth Court / Dearborn Station, in Chicago's historic Printer's Row. |
This Mingus Awareness Project project was a success, and we would like to thank everyone involved who helped to make it happen. We would like to thank the Les Turner ALS Foundation for partnering with us again this year. Thanks to the Jazz Showcase for allowing us to have the event happen there, to the audience for coming out to listen to the music and to support the cause, and to the MAPtet musicians who volunteered their time and effort during the concert and in preparation of the event. Thanks also to the following individuals and organizations that donated items which were used during the raffle part of the event: Sue Graham Mingus and the Jazz Workshop Inc., Reckless Records, Myopic Books, Old Town School of Folk Music, Peterson Picture Co., Dusty Groove America, Digital Hub, Chicago Touch, and Sultan's Market. All proceeds went to benefit the Les Turner ALS Foundation.
This Mingus Awareness Project concert was presented by the Borderbend Arts Collective, in partnership with the Les Turner ALS Foundation. |
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Adam Larrabee Trio plays Money Jungle
Mingus Awareness Project Big Band Directed by Doug Richards |