Charles Mingus

NEW YORK , May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The ultimate year-round jazz festival of Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with three new Complete Album Collections from the Columbia and RCA archives by the greatest names in modern jazz: CHARLES MINGUS - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA & RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION ( Columbia /Legacy) – 7 titles, 10 CDs. THE THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET - THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION ( Columbia /Legacy) – 6 titles, 6 CDs. WEATHER REPORT – THE COLUMBIA ALBUMS 1971-1975 ( Columbia /Legacy) – 6 titles, 7 CDs. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20060130/LEGACYLOGO ) Newly assembled and affordably priced, this latest wave of jazz titles in the Complete Album Collections box set series will be available at the PopMarket.com website –  http://complete.popmarket.com – as well as at all general retail starting July 30th through Columbia / Legacy , a division of SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT . Read More

Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada, has hosted over 10,000 concerts during its 118 year existence. Read More

When five of the most celebrated jazz musicians of the age get together for a one time concert you would expect something special. Read More

All About Jazz is celebrating Charles Mingus' birthday today! Read More

The cause was heart failure, his niece Gail Aronow said. Read More

Charles performed with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus and other bebop- era greats. Read More

Teddy Charles, a jazz vibraphonist who performed with Charlie Parker , Miles Davis , Charles Mingus and other bebop-era jazz greats before becoming a charter boat captain in the Caribbean, died Monday at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead on New York's Long Island. Read More