Product Description
Candid Masterpiece Reissue Series! Following the highly acclaimed compilation "Incarnations," which gathered rare and unreleased recordings from the same sessions that were not included in the three masterpiece albums "Mingus," "Mingus Presents Mingus," and "Newport Rebels"?recorded for Candid in 1960 by the genius and prodigious jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus?this sequel has been remastered and released as a standalone album for the first time! Featuring Tommy Flanagan (P), Eric Dolphy (As), Booker Ervin (Ts), and others. 1. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (1st Version, Take 4) 2. Melody From The Drums 3. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Take 4) 4. Vassarlean 5. Body And Soul (Take 2) Charles Mingus was born in 1922. He was active as a professional bassist from the 1940s. In the 1950s, he played with central figures of hard bop such as Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie. He released several albums on his own debut record label. In 1956, he received high praise as a bandleader for his masterpiece "Pithecanthropus Erectus," released on Atlantic. After that, he released albums that addressed social issues, such as "Mingus Three" in 1957 and "Mingus Ah Um" in 1959. In 1960, he released several albums on Candid, including "Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus." In the 1970s, he left behind many recordings in various forms, including piano solo and big band, as well as "Changes One & Two" in 1974 and "Cumbia & Jazz Fusion" in 1977. In his later years, he was hardly able to perform due to illness and died in 1979 at the young age of 56 from ALS. Joni Mitchell's album "Mingus," in which Mingus himself participated, was released posthumously as a tribute album.
