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 ...

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.

Ku-umba Frank Lacy provides vocals on the new record by the Mingus Big Band. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says the album, which is dedicated to the late Charles Mingus, is "worthy of the Mingus brand.