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 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.
Track listing
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
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