Prom 53: Beneath the Underdog: Charles Mingus Revisited BBC Proms, 2017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b091wflr

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Georgia Mann

Shabaka Hutchings (saxophones)

Christian Scott (trumpet)

Kandace Springs (vocals)

Metropole Orkest

conductor Jules Buckley

A giant of jazz, Charles Mingus (1922-79) combined the classic style of Duke Ellington and Jelly Roll Morton with the radical spirit of black music of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and has influenced artists from Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello to Debbie Harry.

Following sell-out Quincy Jones and Jamie Cullum Proms last year, Jules Buckley returns - with his Metropole Orkest - to celebrate the life and music of this legendary composer, bandleader and bass-player. The Prom features Mingus favourites including 'Better Git It in Your Soul', 'Moanin'' and 'Goodbye Pork Pie Hat', performed by a starry line-up of artists Kandace Springs, Shabaka Hutchings, Christian Scott and Leo Pellegrino.

During the Interval: PROMS EXTRA

Georgia Mann talks to Catherine Tackley and Geo.ffrey Smith about Mingus