This episode of the Hot Box sets the scene for Jazz Legends – Charles Mingus 100th and Miles Davis Kind of Blue.  21st April – National Concert Hall – Dublin (https://publish.blubrry.com/s-505872/episode/new/jazz-events/concert/4351-jazz-legends-charles-mingus-100th-and-miles-davis-kind-of-blue.html)22nd April – Cork Opera House – Cork City (https://publish.blubrry.com/s-505872/episode/new/jazz-events/concert/4352-jazz-legends-charles-mingus-100th-and-miles-davis-kind-of-blue.html)On the centenary of his birth, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra & Big Band pays tribute to Charles Mingus. In an imaginative first, the RTÉ CO has joined forces with its counterpart the BBC Concert Orchestra to commission a special set of brand-new orchestrations from Guy Barker, allowing both orchestras to do full justice to one of the greatest jazz musicians of them all.