Northwestern University Jazz Ensemble: Mingus, Minga, Mingum—The Music of Charles Mingus
When:
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Tickets are $8 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Darius Hampton, conductor; Ethan Philion, bass
Widely regarded as one of history’s greatest jazz artists, bassist, pianist, composer, and bandleader Charles Mingus was a pioneer in the post-bop genre. Over the course of his three-decade career, he collaborated with the likes of Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Max Roach, and Eric Dolphy. His recordings, including Mingus Ah Um and The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, remain influential to this day, and in 1997 he was posthumously awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Joining the ensemble for this performance is guest bassist, composer, and bandleader Ethan Philion, praised by the Washington Post for his “well-honed chops and astounding musicality.” The first-place winner of the 2019 International Society of Bassists Jazz Competition, Philion is the mastermind behind the ensemble and recording project Meditations on Mingus, featured as a headliner at the 2022 Chicago Jazz Festival.
All program selections by Charles Mingus, arranged by Ethan Philion
Once Upon a Time There Was a Holding Corporation Called Old America
Haitian Fight Song
Self-Portrait in Three Colors
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Free Cell Block F, ‘Tis Nazi USA
Prayer for Passive Resistance
Meditations for a Pair of Wirecutters
Better Git It In Your Soul