Charles Mingus - John Cassavetes' Shadows - Vinyl LP

2020 release

For the first time on vinyl, Charles Mingus's great score for the legendary 1959 directorial debut of John Cassavetes, Shadows. Much has been said about the controversial relationship between these two masters. Shadows would mark the only time Mingus would record music for a feature film; his soundtrack may have been too far ahead of his time.

"The score encapsulates Cassavetes's and Mingus's unique approaches to both improvisation and composition in their respective media, illuminating the oppositional nature of jazz to mainstream cultural production and the underbelly of race relations in 1950's America" -- Ross Lipman

Charles Mingus     piano, percussion, bass, vocals
Shafi Hadi     flute, tenor saxophone
Dannie Richmond     drums
Jimmy Knepper     percussion
Horace Parlan     percussion, piano
Phineas Newborn     percussion
Clarence Shaw     percussion
John Handy     alto saxophone
Booker Ervin     tenor saxophone
Richard Wyands     piano
Willie Dennis     trombone

Side A:

    Untitled Percussion Composition
    Nostalgia In Times Square

Side B:

    Alice's Wonderland
    Self-Portrait In Three Colours