Shows at 7:30pm & 9:30pm:
The Mingus Big Band “is a wonder and an anomaly,” wrote Victor Schermer at AllAboutJazz.com. “The band has taken a musical legacy and transformed it into a creative force that generates a contemporary originality and vitality all its own. They are an important part of the current jazz scene and a constant reminder that jazz—big band jazz, at that—is not merely entertainment but a powerful art form and means of expression.”