Yale University Bands Thomas C. Duffy, Director
presents
Yale Jazz Ensemble Big Band
Celebrating the Centennial of the Birth of Charles Mingus Wayne Escoffery, Music Director
Monday, March 7, 2022, at 7:30 pm ~ Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Moanin’
CHARLES MINGUS
arr. Sy Johnson
Aaron Yu – baritone sax
Us Is Too
CHARLES MINGUS
arr. Sy Johnson
Duke Ellington’s Sound of Love Nostalgia in Times Square
CHARLES MINGUS
Alaman Diadhiou – vocals
CHARLES MINGUS
Teddy Horangic – vocals, Alaman Diadhiou – tap dance
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
CHARLES MINGUS
arr. Sy Johnson
Graham Stodolski – tenor sax, Teddy Horangic – vocals, Alaman Diadhiou – vocals
Slop
THAD JONES
arr. Michael Philip Mossman
Charles Mingus (1922-1979) was one of the most important composers and advocates for social justice in Jazz. A prolific composer and bass virtuoso, he embraced the music of Duke Ellington, mastered the vocabulary of the BeBop era, and went on to contribute significantly to the modern Jazz idiom. He was a pioneer of third stream music and his music routinely made reference to the inequities and practices of racial injustice in America during his lifetime. It has been said that while many other musicians where writing tunes, Mingus was writing compositions. Wayne Escoffery, this year’s Yale Jazz Ensembles Music Director, is a 22-year veteran of the Mingus Big Band. He tours regularly with the ensemble, and is featured on several Mingus Big Band recordings, including the Grammy Awardwinning album Mingus Big Band, Live at Jazz Standard.