March 15 street date. The music Charles Mingus and his group (including the legendary Eric Dolphy) recorded during his landmark 1960 sessions for Candid Records - the first in which he was given total creative freedom - produced three of the most revered jazz albums of the era. "Incarnations" is the fourth great Mingus album to emerge from those historic sessions: a new masterpiece thoughtfully assembled from rare and unreleased material that stands proudly in the Mingus canon of masterworks. Presented with period-perfect artwork, liner notes by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone contributor Hank Shteamer, audio restored and remastered by Bernie Grundman. "Incarnations" is the Mingus masterpiece nobody knew they were missing.
March 15 street date. The music Charles Mingus and his group (including the legendary Eric Dolphy) recorded during his landmark 1960 sessions for Candid Records - the first in which he was given total creative freedom - produced three of the most revered jazz albums of the era. "Incarnations" is the fourth great Mingus album to emerge from those historic sessions: a new masterpiece thoughtfully assembled from rare and unreleased material that stands proudly in the Mingus canon of masterworks. Presented with period-perfect artwork, liner notes by Pitchfork and Rolling Stone contributor Hank Shteamer, audio restored and remastered by Bernie Grundman. "Incarnations" is the Mingus masterpiece nobody knew they were missing.
April 20 street date. RECORD STORE DAY release. Candid Records was the first label to give Charles Mingus complete creative control in the studio. As expected, those recordings became the stuff of legend, producing no less than three iconic albums. Last year, Candid thoughtfully assembled rare and unreleased tracks from those revelatory sessions to produce "Incarnations", a new, stand-alone album as impactful as any in the Mingus catalogue. "Reincarnations" is the crucial companion piece that completes the story of the groundbreaking work Mingus created during this pivotal moment in his career. "Reincarnations" will hit shelves immediately following the wide release of "Incarnations".
April 19 street date. John Cassavetes’ directorial debut Shadows was a largely improvised film set in the bohemian jazz scene of 1950s New York; often referred to as the first truly independent film of American cinema, it featured a brief disjointed soundtrack improvised by Charles Mingus and his saxophonist Shafi Hadi, with various percussionists slotting in, including Phineas Newborn Jr. Gloriously messy, reportedly unfinished and referred to with scorn by Mingus, the Shadows soundtrack sketches ultimately yielded the great ‘Nostalgia In Times Square’ ‘Alice’s Wonderland’ and ‘Self-Portrait In Three Colours,’ all included here – astounding!
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