Mingus Fest! High School Competition at New School Tishman (PLUS LIVESTREAM)! FREE, OPEN TO PUBLIC
- New School Tishman Auditorium 63 5th Avenue New York, NY, 10003 United States (map)
FREE full day of High School big bands and combos playing Mingus and competing against other bands from around the county.
All events are open to the public, daytime events are FREE.
Combo Adjudicators
Donald Edwards has played across the globe with some of the finest musicians in jazz and other genres. He has now built a reputation all his own. He is a 2018 recipient of the Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works Grant, A Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Jazz Project. After winning the Louisiana Arts Ambassador’s Award in 1994 for Music Composition, Donald Edwards became one of the most sought after drummers on the Baton Rouge/ New Orleans music scene. He grew up playing different kinds of music ranging from marching band, hip-hop and pop to r&b, jazz, funk and gospel music. As a result, Edwards is now called on to play many different genres of music and meets them with creative interpretation and virtuosity. Donald Edwards is among the vanguard of players on the New York scene today. Edwards has 4 recordings as a leader and is also involved in the production of numerous recording projects.
Big Band Adjudicators
Boris Kozlov, bassist, is a two-time Grammy Award-winning musician, composer and arranger.
Currently serving as a bassist, arranger and musical director for Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty and Mingus Orchestra, as well as leading his own projects, he has also been a first-call bassist for such important jazz acts as Michael Brecker, John Blake, Ray Barretto's 'New World Spirit', Lew Tabackin, David Kikoski, Alex Sipiagin, Jean-Michel Pilc and many others.
Left to right: Keller Coker, Roberto Ungaro, and Eric Mingus
Event is free! Donations may be made here: https://www.paypal.me/mingusinstitute
- Tagged 2025HS