In the Source LP, Nubya Garcia shares a personal collection of sonic mantras on a quest to reconnect with herself and to the roots of community. A fluid blend of broken beat, soul, dub-step afro-diasporic sounds - with a deep jazz foundation.
This LP represents a stage in Monk's development in which his works were known to a limited audience. His alternative approach to the keyboard wasn't yet established and his reputation as the "grey-eminence genius of the bop era" was yet to emerge.
In 1957 Charles Mingus had just returned from a stay in Mexico. Inspired by the bittersweet mariachi sounds he heard there, he recorded Tijuana Moods for RCA.
Pianist, composer, arranger, and conductor, among the most important ones in the history of European jazz, was among the first Italian musicians to develop a "European" concept of jazz.
