Bigbang Jazz Gang Plays Mostly Mingus! at The Falcon

bigBANG celebrates Charles Mingus's birthday with fourteen improvising musicians vibrating The Falcon stage!

Highly influential American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader, Charles Mingus, retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music and drawing on elements of free jazz, and classical music. Mingus avoided categorization, forging his own brand of music that fused tradition with unique and unexplored realms of jazz.

bigBANG members include:
Music Director Robert Kopec, Dale DeMarco,
Ed Xiques, Matt Finck, Joe Bacci, Jack Ryon, Steven Frieder, John Patrick Manning, ...

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bigBANG celebrates Charles Mingus's birthday with fourteen improvising musicians vibrating The Falcon stage!

Highly influential American jazz double bassist, composer and bandleader, Charles Mingus, retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music and drawing on elements of free jazz, and classical music. Mingus avoided categorization, forging his own brand of music that fused tradition with unique and unexplored realms of jazz.

bigBANG members include:
Music Director Robert Kopec, Dale DeMarco,
Ed Xiques, Matt Finck, Joe Bacci, Jack Ryon, Steven Frieder, John Patrick Manning,
Walter Barrett, Chris Pasin, Howard Levy,
Jon Leonard and Bob Meyer.

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