Kevin says Frank Carlberg's big band takes extended flights on familiar ... Composer Frank Carlberg also loves Charles Mingus' impassioned orchestral music and nods to him, too.

Well Water is a splendid studio date by a first-class big band, and it's good to have it available on CD after all these years. Frank Foster: leader, tenor, soprano sax; Sinclair Acey, Charles ...

The music from this session is now on the Grammy Award-winning album, Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard. The person most responsible for keeping the flame of Charles Mingus' music alive is his ...