INCARNATIONS is a new masterpiece thoughtfully assembled from rare and unreleased material from the landmark 1960 sessions for Candid Records that stands proudly in the Mingus canon of masterworks.
The stunning 1964 collaboration between Stan Getz, one of the most respected tenor saxophonists of the era, and the remarkable Brazilian guitarist Joao Gilberto
Recorded in 1964 during two concerts at the venerable Greenwich Village venue, Cafe Au Go Go, two months after Astrud Gilberto's "Girl From Ipanema" became a Top 5 pop single.
Miles '55 offers a deeper look at 1955, the year in which jazz icon Miles Davis formed his first great quintet (John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones) and established his influential sound.
With a sleek post-bop quintet featuring trumpeter Woody Shaw, pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Jan Arnet, and drummer Billy Higgins, the Texas-born saxophonist slices through a set of compelling bandmember originals.
How Real Was It? is a journey through Asha Banks' earthy, intimate, honest world. If her first EP represented the essence of living in the moment, How Real Was It? is it's reflective, sun-sprinkled sibling.