Mingus, Charles - John Cassavetes’ Shadows vinyl lp (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
SKU
05-DMOO 059LP
This 1959 film has a very very mixed reputation regarding the score, by Charles Mingus, “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 by Charles Mingus.
Gloriously messy, reportedly unfinished and referred to with scorn by Mingus.”, but what you need to know is that somehow folks got their hands on the original score before it was cut up and put into the film and it’s a pretty glorious example of Charles’ 1959 band performing otherwise unheard recordings (you’ve heard other versions of the tunes, but you have heard these recordings!).
Includes John Handy, Booker Ervin, Willie Dennis, Shafi Hadi, Dannie Richmond and more!
- LabelDestination Moon
- UPC8055515235388