Jazz compositions and charity coalesce in The Mingus Awareness Project. Since 2007, the project has provided opportunities for musicians to perform new arrangements of works by the venerated bassist, bandleader, and composer Charles Mingus. All proceeds from the shows go to funding research into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the nervous system disease from which Mingus died in 1979. The Adam Larrabee Trio and The John D’earth Quintet perform, with Larrabee’s group playing arrangements from the 1962 album Money Jungle, and D’earth’s band performing well-known Mingus compositions, along with some deeper cuts.
Sunday 2/2. $22–25, 4pm. The Front Porch, 221 E. Water St. cjs.ticketbud.com
