Eric Mingus
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Eric Mingus
Subject : Eric Mingus Currently Accepting Students
Date : Sun, Sep 16, 2007 01:59 PM
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Eric Mingus, vocalist/poet, is currently accepting students in New York City and Woodstock NY area. Topics of study will include use of the voice as an instrument, extended techniques for sound production and projection, breath control, methods for improving focus and enhancing performance abilities. These teaching methods, while being directly connected to vocal performance, are also highly effective for removing creative blocks in instrumental musicians and artists of all kinds, and indeed all human beings interested in overcoming fear and realizing their full potential.
Eric Mingus is an acclaimed performing and recording artist who has performed with Carla Bley, Hubert Sumlin, Elliot Sharp, Todd Rundgren, Elvis Costello, Nick Cave, Karen Mantler, Steven Bernstein, Catherine Sikora, Levon Helm and many more. In addition to his private students Eric has taught masterclasses at Harvard University, Cambridge, Berklee College of Music in Boston, the Banlieu Blues festival in Paris, France and at the Community Music House in London, England.
For more information and to schedule an introductory lesson please email "Eric Mingus" <eric.mingus@gmail.com> . Lessons are $75 per hour for individual instruction. Group lessons and block rates are also available
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Be Bop, Comedy / Spoken Word
 Eric Dolphy Mingus' second album, Um...Er...Uh, doesn’t fit peacefully into one style or another. It’s not straight jazz and it’s not pure blues or R&B. It’s more beat-like spoken word stuff played coffee-shop style, atop this kind of mellowed out, urban jazz thang. Read More...
Other listeners liked Last Poets, Gil Scott Heron
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Eric Mingus
Um... Er... (Some Records)
By: Alex Steininger
 Poetry set to music, the mystical, thought out works of Eric Mingus are soulful and smooth, realizing moments of African, American, and world music. Described best as Afro-Cuban-American soul-funk-rock, Eric Mingus' Um... Er... is a transcending album that will take you a higher place with its smooth as silk language and heartfelt, thinking man's words. Poetry set to music may not be the best way to describe it, but it's the only way I can put this sound to words. Listen to it and maybe you can do better. I'll give it an A-.
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was born in New York. He grew up through a maze
of twists and turns, some musical, some just bizarre. There was the teenage gig as a lighting and stage director for a "Borscht Belt" resort hotel, an early
stint as an amateur boxer, and of course, three months spent as house martini mixer in the boardroom of the Old Grandad whiskey company.
 All along, music was a staple. After studying voice and bass with various luminaries of the music world and a brief semester at Berklee college of music, Eric sought the education of the road, touring as a vocalist. The artists he worked with included Carla Bley and Karen Mantler. This was also the period where Eric made his first recordings. Karen Mantler And Her Cat Arnold (XTRAWATT) and Mingus Dynasty Next Generation (Columbia).
 Moving to London in 1994, Eric met trumpeter Jim Dvorak and they formed a poetry based duet which resulted in the recording of This Isn't Sex (SLAM Records UK). Eric worked in many major European venues, including The Jazz Cafe, London; Quasimodo, Berlin; and Momontra, Copenhagen.
He also played at all of the major European jazz festivals. Additionally, Eric taught vocal improvisation  classes and a Charles Mingus workshop at London's Community Music House.
 Upon returning to the United States in 1996 Eric was signed to the independent label Some Records, culminating in the release of the CD Um...Er..Uh... Eric toured successfully several times in support of this release highlighted by his billing at the Olympia in Paris. Known for featuring performers from history such as The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, Eric has also gained notoriety for working with famed producer Hal Willner on such projects as The Poe Project, two benefits for the Poetry Project (The Music of Doc Pomus and the writing of the Marquis De Sade) and A Tribute to Harry Smith (in support of the Harry Smith archives) having performed in these concerts (including one at the Royal Festival Hall) Eric was able to collaborate with an eclectic group of musicians, Marianne Faithful, Beck, Todd Rundgren, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave, Beth Orton and Elvis Costello to name but a few.
Eric Mingus has been featured in Vibe, Rolling Stone, Paper, and Bass Player magazines. The New York Daily News named Eric one of "50 New Yorkers To Watch in 2001".
Currently Eric is working with musician Elliott Sharp, they can be heard together on Elliot's recent release Elliott Sharp's Terraplane Blues For Next on Knitting Factory records. Elliot has also produced Eric's next CD. Too Many Bullets, Not Enough Soul (released in Europe May 2002 by Some Records).
Eric can often be heard playing with his quartet in New York City at such clubs as Joe&Mac185;s Pub, The Knitting Factory, Tonic and The Cutting Room..
Eric Mingus comes by innovation honestly. He is bold and unafraid to mince words. Echoing Marvin Gaye crooning about death and taxes, or Gil Scott"Heron looking for "Whitey on the Moon", Mingus is bleakly sweet, slyly political, pissed off and informed.
Eric Mingus' music surely shows influences from many forms of music.. You will find blues.. hints of jazz.. A touch of electronics.. A dash of R&B And a bit
of wailing rock.. He sings deep and soulful.. Sweet and innocent.. Harsh and devilish Speaks words written from his soul Honest an unafraid to show his wounds, but able to heal himself.
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Too Many Bullets...Not Enough Soul
Some 19
The Pill
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Eric Mingus was born in New York City on July 8, 1964. He grew up through a maze of twists and turns, some musical, some just bizarre. There was the teenage gig as a lighting and stage director for a Borscht Belt comedy club, an early 20s stint as an amateur boxer, and of course, three months spent as house martini mixer in the boardroom of the Old Grandad whiskey company.
All along, music was a staple. After studying voice and bass at Berklee College in 1985, Eric sought the education of the road, touring with Bobby McFerrin, Karen Mantler, and Carla Bley. Moving to London in 1994, Eric worked in many major European venues, including The Jazz Cafe, London; Qusimodo, Berlin; and Momontra, Copenhagen. He also played at all of the major European jazz festivals. Additionally, Eric taught vocal improvisation classes and a Charles Mingus workshop at London's Community Music House.
Eric Mingus comes by innovation honestly. His father, groundbreaking jazz legend Charles Mingus, was the punkest cat around in the 50s and 60s. In this tradition, Eric is bold and unafraid to mince words. Echoing Marvin Gaye crooning about death and taxes, or Gil Scott-Heron looking for Whitey on the Moon, Mingus is bleakly sweet, slyly political, pissed off and informed. Um...Er...Uh... is a fantastic, valuable record that blends gritty R&B ("Lazy, Romantic Fool"), perhaps the only honest lyrical description of a mixed race childhood ("His Blood's In Me") and some nasty beats ("Shake up the World, Didn't I Blow Your Mind").
In the summer of 1999, Eric made a high profile European debut at the Royal Festival Hall in London, performing on a bill that included Jarvis Cocker, Jimmy Smith, Beth Orton, Nick Cave and others. In the past nine months he has been featured in Vibe, Rolling Stone, Paper, and Bass Player magazines. On January 1st, The New York Daily News named Eric one of "50 New Yorkers To Watch in 2001. |
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