Tune into WKCR 89.9 FM or wkcr.org on Sunday, September 22 from 2 - 7 PM (ET) to catch host Rachel Smith's five-hour profile of master musician, composer, and bandleader Charles Mingus. The interview will feature Mingus music, recorded from the '50s through today. The music will be enhanced with exclusive interviews with Charles's son Eric, a musician in his own right; Charles's friend and biographer Janet Coleman; and many members of the Mingus Big Band. Learn about the man and his music––only on WKCR! Photo credit: Tom Marcello. Mingus is captured with his bass and cigar in Lower Manhattan on July 4, 1976.