Mingus Big Band at Yoshi's (Oakland, CA 2/7)

[dirty]

Was anyone else at this show? I went with five of my friends for the 8:00 set, which we liked so much that we stuck around for the 10:00 set. In between sets we got to meet Abraham Burton, Jaleel Shaw and Sue Mingus, all of whom were very nice and very tolerant of stupid teenaged kids and stupid questions.

What a band!

The only disappointment was that the bari chair was filled by Lauren Sevian, not Ronnie Cuber. She was good, but, IMO, she could have played with a little more power, particularly on "Moanin." She was still great though, so it was ok.

I can't wait until I get another chance to see them.

[Sadie]

Aw you're lucky. I'd love to see the Mingus Big Band, although I would have shared your disappointment about the absence of Ronnie Cuber. Cuber is fantastic.

-Sadie

[BlueNote]

I've heard them twice. Once at Ronnie Scott's in London, and once here in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre. Both times were amazing, though the Paramount one is kind of a blur because it was like 5 years ago and I wasn't too into jazz then. Seamus was playing lead tenor at that date, though.

They're an amazing group!

I met Gary Smulyan at this local jazz camp a couple summers ago.