Sue Graham Mingus is the widow of jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. In 2002, Pantheon released Sue Mingus' memoir of her life with Mingus, entitled Tonight at Noon: a Love Story. The book was a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book. After Charles Mingus' death from ALS in 1979, Sue Mingus created and managed several repertory bands to perform his music, beginning with the Mingus Dynasty, now a septet that tours internationally and at weekly residency at Jazz Standard in New York City. The Dynasty alternates with the popular and critically acclaimed Mingus Big Band, and the more recent Mingus Orchestra featuring experimental instrumentation. She produced several albums with these bands, which received seven Grammy nominations. In 2011 the album 'Mingus Big Band Live at Jazz Standard' won a Grammy as the ?Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album." In 2006 and 2007, she produced two legacy recordings, Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964 and re-released Music Written For Monterey 1965. Not Heard... Played In Its Entirety At UCLA. 

January 1st, 2000 in   /  Died:   Sep 24th, 2022 - aged 92