Destination Out — MEDITATION ON INNER PEACE Charles Mingus Music Written for Monterey, 1965. Not Heard… Played in its Entirety at UCLA  Sunnyside : 2005 (Rec. 1965) CM, bass; Hobart Dotson, trumpet; Lonnie Hillyer, trumpet; Jimmy Owens, flugelhorn; Charles McPherso... more info

Topix — It probably shouldn't come as too much a surprise that after a recent review in which I remarked on what I hoped might be a renaissance of the big band, what should arrive in the mail but another excellent album of big band music, Bernt Rosengren Big... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonWhen the Mingus Big Band began its Thursday-night residency at New York's Time Cafe in 1991, Charles Mingus had been dead 12 years, and several members were familiar from the great composer/bassist's own groups. Two decades late... more info

Mercury News, California — From Ahmad Jamal to Charles Mingus, there's an album for everyone who has a hankering for jazz music. more info

Guardian Music — (Moochin' About)This is the second in what promises to be a definitive collection of jazz soundtracks to feature films. Following on from last year's film noir set, this five-CD box covers the late 50s and early 60s beat generation era, with eight sc... more info

Totally Fuzzy — In 1964, a jazz great tried his hand at his own record label. A new seven-CD box set of live recordings from Charles Mingus Enterprises, much of it previously unreleased, is a monumental example of how a genius dedicated his life to his art. Hear a ... more info

Destination Out — CINQ QUATRE MUSIS SACRUM Ted Curson Urge Fontana : 1966 TC, trumpet, pocket trumpet; Booker Ervin, tenor saxophone; Jimmy Woode, bass; Edgar Bateman, drums. At the time of this recording, Ted Curson was best known for his acclaimed stint with Charles... more info

Guardian Music — American jazz trombonist and big-band sideman who played with Stan Kenton and Benny GoodmanThe American jazz trombonist Eddie Bert has died aged 90. A big-band sideman, Broadway show musician and studio player, Bert also excelled as a small-group jaz... more info

Guardian Music — Merrill Garbus's Tune-Yards bandmate Nate Brenner has struck out on his own with a record about a post-apocalyptic future world. Don't be put off: it's really rather goodReading this on a mobile? Click here to listenHometown: Oakland, California.The ... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThe stars of this show, part of the Barbican's season of collaborations with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, were the 60-odd singers of the Abyssinian Mass choir. And what a joyful noise they made, as soloists and en masse, givi... more info