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Two musicians who played with jazz great Charles Mingus are doing a three-day Arizona tour to celebrate the bassists birth 100 years ago in Nogales.

Jazz sax great Charles McPherson and his daughter, dancer Camille, have a tight bond on and off stage

 The five-hour festival, which will be streamed exclusively at dso.org, will run from 2 to 7 p.m.  Mark Stryker, author of “Jazz from Detroit” and a former Detroit Free Press arts reporter and music critic, will serve as host. Performers include saxophonist McPherson with pianist Randy Porter, bassist Hurst and Black Current Jam, saxophonist Elliot and pianist Michael Malis (performing as Balance), and violinist Carter with Xavier Davis. “The musicians in the marathon reflect the full ...

Favorite music of 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the music industry in 2020. With live performances cancelled and music venues forced to shut down, vast numbers of performers were thrown out of work. The livelihoods of musicians and technical support crews, most of whom work far outside the spotlight of music stardom, were devastated. Adding to the horror, many veteran performers died, among them jazz musicians Lee Konitz, Ellis Marsalis, Bucky Pizzarelli, Mike Longo and Wallace Roney, ...