Athenaeum Jazz at TSRI: Mingus Dynasty performs Tijuana Moods

MINGUS DYNASTY: TIJUANA MOODS

Monday, January 22, 2018, 7:30 PM

This concert is presented in association with the San Diego Symphony’s 2018 winter festival,

It’s About Time: A Festival of Rhythm, Time and Place,

WHEN:                Monday, January 22, 7:30 PM

WHERE:              The Auditorium at The Scripps Research Institute

                        10620 John Jay Hopkins Dr., San Diego, CA 92121

TICKETS:             Athenaeum members $30 / nonmembers $35

                        Call to reserve: (858) 454-5872, or go to www.ljathenaeum.org/jazz-at-tsri

The Athenaeum’s spring series at the Auditorium at TSRI begins early this year with this special performance by Mingus Dynasty, featuring seven members of the Mingus Big Band, all leading jazz artists from New York City: Alex Sipiagin, trumpet; Wayne Escoffery, tenor sax; Brandon Wright, alto sax and flute; Ku-umba Frank Lacy, trombone & vocals; Theo Hill, piano; Boris Kozlov, bass; and Adam Cruz, drums. They come to Athenaeum Jazz at TSRI to perform a rare revival of Charles Mingus’s celebrated 1957 album Tijuana Moods, documenting Mingus’s lively and compelling impressions of our neighboring city of Tijuana. A seminal figure in American music, Charles Mingus is considered alongside Duke Ellington as one of the most important composers in jazz history. While based for most of his career in New York City, Mingus was born along the border in Nogales, Arizona, and was raised in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Seating is limited and early reservations are advised! For tickets and information, visit our website at ljathenaeum.org/jazz-at-tsri or call 858-454-5872.

This concert is presented in association with the San Diego Symphony’s 2018 winter festival, It’s About Time: A Festival of Rhythm, Time and Place, with grant support from the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

The Auditorium at TSRI is located at 10620 John Jay Hopkins Drive, north off of Genesee Avenue and just east of North Torrey Pines Road, easily accessible from I-5.

PANEL DISCUSSION – Saturday, January 20, 2 PM

A panel discussion in association with the concert will take place on Saturday, January 20, 2 PM at the San Diego Central Library. Join UCSD music professor, internationally celebrated percussionist, and It’s About Time festival curator Steven Schick for a discussion of the legacy of African American composer Charles Mingus and his historic Tijuana Moods album. Panelists will include alto saxophonist Charles McPherson, one of the most long-standing members of a Charles Mingus band; Anthony Davis, UC San Diego professor of music and noted composer, pianist, and improviser; and others to be announced.

Free admission

UC San Diego Helen Edison Lecture Series

LOCATION: San Diego Central Library; Joan & Irwin Jacobs Common, Morgan Auditorium

330 Park Blvd., San Diego, CA 92101

REGISTRATION: helenedison.ucsd.edu

About the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, located in the heart of La Jolla, in San Diego County, is one of only 16 nonprofit membership libraries in the United States. Founded in 1899, the Athenaeum provides library resources in music and the arts and presents over 200 programs and cultural events annually at four venues in four different zip codes in San Diego. This rare cultural institution offers a depth and accessibility of resources and programs found nowhere else in the region. The library, devoted exclusively to music and art, has an outstanding and ever-expanding collection of books, periodicals, reference material, compact discs, DVDs, sheet music, and librettos, as well as one of the most significant collections of artists’ books in Southern California. The Athenaeum also presents an eclectic, year-round schedule of art exhibitions, concerts (classical, jazz, acoustics, and new music), lectures, studio art classes through its School of the Arts, tours, and special events.

The library is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. The library is closed on Sunday and Monday. Members can check out library materials for a modest annual fee. For information on the benefits of becoming a member, call (858) 454-5872 or visit www.ljathenaeum.org. 

In 2016 the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library expanded its offerings to a satellite location in Logan Heights, the Athenaeum Art Center (AAC), which is being developed as a multicultural community center and hub for local artists. The AAC features an art school studio, a print studio, and an events space, with a bilingual manager, for exhibitions, lectures, and concerts. The AAC offers a wide variety of art classes from painting and sculpture to multimedia and printmaking through the School of the Arts.

The Athenaeum Art Center is located at 1955 Julian Avenue in Logan Heights in the Bread & Salt complex, open Tuesday and Thursday, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., and for scheduled programs and classes.