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Join us for an intimate evening of voice, story, and connection at Nightshade Gallery, featuring Eric Mingus’ Vocal Salon & Social. 7:00 PM | Doors + Social 7:30 PM | Vocal Salon + Seminar 8:30 PM | Acoustic Performance The night begins with a relaxed social hour and an opportunity to gather, connect, and settle into the space before entering a guided vocal salon led by Mingus. Blending seminar and workshop, this interactive session invites participants to explore the voice as an instrument of expression, communication, and the emotional architecture of song. The night culminates in an acoustic performance, where these ideas come to life in an intimate, resonant setting. An evening designed to foster creativity and community, expect a thoughtfully curated evening that moves between conversation, exploration, and performance. --------------------------------------- ABOUT ERIC MINGUS: Multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, and poet Eric Mingus has been steeped in the jazz tradition since birth, using that foundation to create musical worlds that sit outside genre while remaining deeply informed by it. Born in New York City to Charles and Judy Mingus, he grew up under and around the piano as his father composed, studied cello and music theory with Charles, drums with Dannie Richmond, and later shifted to double bass while winning awards for his vocal performances in school. After early studies (including a stint at Berklee), he took his education to the road, touring as a vocalist with Carla Bley, Bobby McFerrin, and Karen Mantler, and performing with Percy Heath, Jimmy Heath, George Adams, Don Pullen, Wolfgang Puschnig, Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, and others, with appearances at major festivals from Berlin, Montreal, and Saalfelden to Adelaide, Bonnaroo, and NYC’s Summerstage and Celebrate Brooklyn. Eric’s work as a writer and composer includes commissions for the Berlin Jazz Festival (poems marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 Berlin speech), Yo-Yo Ma’s Our Common Nature initiative, and the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, as well as an in-progress family-history project performed with Yo-Yo Ma at the Mingus Mill burial ground of his enslaved ancestors. His long-running commitment to spoken word and jazz includes a duo with the inimitable Howard Johnson and a celebrated recording of Langston Hughes’ poetry with David Amram; he has also engaged selectively with his father’s repertoire, from Mingus Dynasty’s Blues and Politics to writing lyrics and singing “Work Song (Break the Chains)” on The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions. An active educator, Eric serves as a judge and educator for the annual Charles Mingus High School competition and has led workshops, masterclasses, and lectures at institutions including Berklee, Harvard, UC Irvine, London’s Community Music House, Banlieues Bleues, and In Situ Arts Society; he recently completed a new solo recording for Ouch! Records and continues to perform and develop new work. “Eric Mingus has the kind of voice to die for, truly; so evocative.” — I-94 Bar Unveiling “Memories of a Dragon – The Mingus Spirit”, an art installation for the Musicians of Austin, inspired by Charles Mingus’ Roth “Lion-head bass” --------------------------------------- ADDRESS: Nightshade Gallery, 400 S Main St Suite 102 Lockhart TX Presented by The Jazz Purveyor and Bramble. --------------------------------------- RELATED EVENTS w. ERIC MINGUS Wed Apr 22 – Monks Jazz Club, ATX – Quartet Thu Apr 23 – Monks Jazz Club, ATX – Quartet 

Join us for a special live taping and intimate listening-room concert at Uncommon Objects, featuring the singular voice of Eric Mingus! Eric Mingus – Guitar and Voice Blurring the line between performance and preservation, expect an evening of magnetic storytelling, unexpected turns, and a voice that commands both silence and awe. ABOUT ERIC MINGUS: Multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, and poet Eric Mingus has been steeped in the jazz tradition since birth, using that foundation to create musical worlds that sit outside genre while remaining deeply informed by it. Born in New York City to Charles and Judy Mingus, he grew up under and around the piano as his father composed, studied cello and music theory with Charles, drums with Dannie Richmond, and later shifted to double bass while winning awards for his vocal performances in school. After early studies (including a stint at Berklee), he took his education to the road, touring as a vocalist with Carla Bley, Bobby McFerrin, and Karen Mantler, and performing with Percy Heath, Jimmy Heath, George Adams, Don Pullen, Wolfgang Puschnig, Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, and others, with appearances at major festivals from Berlin, Montreal, and Saalfelden to Adelaide, Bonnaroo, and NYC’s Summerstage and Celebrate Brooklyn. Eric’s work as a writer and composer includes commissions for the Berlin Jazz Festival (poems marking the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 Berlin speech), Yo-Yo Ma’s Our Common Nature initiative, and the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, as well as an in-progress family-history project performed with Yo-Yo Ma at the Mingus Mill burial ground of his enslaved ancestors. His long-running commitment to spoken word and jazz includes a duo with the inimitable Howard Johnson and a celebrated recording of Langston Hughes’ poetry with David Amram; he has also engaged selectively with his father’s repertoire, from Mingus Dynasty’s Blues and Politics to writing lyrics and singing “Work Song (Break the Chains)” on The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions. An active educator, Eric serves as a judge and educator for the annual Charles Mingus High School competition and has led workshops, masterclasses, and lectures at institutions including Berklee, Harvard, UC Irvine, London’s Community Music House, Banlieues Bleues, and In Situ Arts Society; he recently completed a new solo recording for Ouch! Records and continues to perform and develop new work. “Eric Mingus has the kind of voice to die for, truly; so evocative.” — I-94 Bar --------------------------------------- Unveiling “Memories of a Dragon – The Mingus Spirit”, an art installation for the Musicians of Austin, inspired by Charles Mingus’ Roth “Lion-head bass” Note from the Artist: Memories of a Dragon – The Mingus Spirit is my carved response to the bass that stood beside my father for most of his life: the dragon‑headed instrument that witnessed him in the LA studios with the Jazz All Stars, onstage with Bird and Monk at the Open Door, and through the arc of his career. This piece imagines what that bass absorbed—every night, every sideman, every fight over who gets to hold the story—and turns those memories into a new object for the Mingus line. Note from the Producer: We are pleased to present this singular work to the musicians and listeners of Austin, Texas. May it be a totem for the community – to inspire and remind us the depths at which we are able to reach, the breadth of expressible human experience, and the density of substance available to us in pursuit of a rich and meaningful musical life, as we share our artistry, curiosity, and hearts in connection with each other. --------------------------------------- ADDRESS: Uncommon Objects, 1602 Fort View Rd Austin TX 78704 Presented by the Jazz Purveyor and Bramble. --------------------------------------- RELATED EVENTS w. ERIC MINGUS Wed Apr 22 – Monks Jazz Club, ATX – Quartet Thu Apr 23 – Monks Jazz Club, ATX – Quartet