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Mosaic Records Celebrates 90th Birthday Anniversary of Charles Mingus with 6 CD Limited Edition Collection Including Previously Unreleased Material

13 Friday Jul 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Classic Modern Jazz, Compilations, Improvised Music, Jazz, Music, New Music, Press Release, Straight Ahead Jazz, What's New?

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Charles Mingus The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65

Release Date: September 18, 2012

Charles Mingus, THE JAZZ WORKSHOP 1964-1965

Listen to a Streaming Track From The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65

Because this is the 90th birthday anniversary year of Charles Mingus, Sue Mingus called last spring to ask Michael Cuscuna whether he might be interested in issuing some of the unreleased Mingus tapes she had in the archives. It didn’t take long to make such a decision! Charles Mingus was always the most incandescent of jazz’s few true geniuses, and the mid-1960s was undoubtedly one of the most tumultuous periods in his – and America’s – storied history. In Mingus’ case, that personal, social and political upheaval was the recipe for some of his most ferociously creative output, represented here by four intense, combustible concerts by some of his most legendary groups. Continue reading →

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Legacy’s Complete Albums Collections Presents Three New Box Sets By Four Of The Greatest Composers/Leaders/Players In Jazz:

27 Sunday May 2012

Posted by Rob Young in Be-Bop, Improvised Music, Jazz, Jazz Fusion, Press Release, Progressive Jazz, What's New?

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Charles Mingus, The Thelonious Monk Quartet, Weather Report with Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter

NEW YORK, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The ultimate year-round jazz festival of Legacy Recordings continues to set a new industry standard with three new Complete Album Collections from the Columbia and RCA archives by the greatest names in modern jazz:

CHARLES MINGUS – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA & RCA ALBUMS COLLECTION (Columbia/Legacy) – 7 titles, 10 CDs.
THE THELONIOUS MONK QUARTET – THE COMPLETE COLUMBIA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION (Columbia/Legacy) – 6 titles, 6 CDs.
WEATHER REPORT – THE COLUMBIA ALBUMS 1971-1975 (Columbia/Legacy) – 6 titles, 7 CDs. Continue reading →

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