The Herndon-based nonprofit Artists in Motion/Alchemy Ballet will perform classical and contemporary works at the Vault ...

Mrs. Amy Mingus, wife of the 39th vice chief of staff of the Army, is the first person to receive a new award recognizing the ...

The Jazz Workshop also produced fine hand-crafted, jazz-themed spice racks and birdhouses to supplement their income and raise awareness about jazz throughout the burgeoning suburbia of Eisenhower-era ...

Charles Mingus would have turned 100 today. The jazz bassist is often mentioned in the same sentence as Duke Ellington as one of America's greatest composers. HALL: If I had to describe what his ...

Many are the books written about bassist/composer and bandleader Charles Mingus—one of the most influential jazz figures of the post-war years. His own autobiographical work, Beneath the Underdog ...

As a broadcaster and a bass player, I often end up in discussions about the all-time most influential bassists. Charles Mingus is a common, and correct, mention — a multifaceted trailblazer whose ...

Charles Mingus, born 100 years ago Friday, was jazz’s ultimate firebrand. As an African American artist, he gave no quarter to the establishment in the 1960s. One of this country’s greatest composers, ...