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The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
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Personnel: Charles Mingus (acoustic bass, piano); Jerome Richardson (soprano & baritone saxophones, flute); Charlie Mariano (alto...
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Description The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history. Charles Mingus consciously designed the six-part ballet as his magnum opus, and -- implied in his famous inclusion of liner notes by his psychologist -- it's as much an examination of his own tortured psyche as it is a conceptual piece about love and struggle. It veers between so many emotions that it defies easy encapsulation; for that matter, it can be difficult...
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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady [Limited Pressing] (Japan Import)
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The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Japanese 24 Bit/96KHz remastered reissue of 1963 album originally issued on Impulse!, packaged in a limited edition miniature gatefold LP sleeve. 2001.
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In January of 1963, bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded a very personal and socially conscious work he titled The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady . Each composition, from the opening " Solo Dancer " to the closing " Group and Solo Dance " was a musical expression of Mingus' philosophy of life, love and the world around him. For Mingus and the musicians that joined him; Charlie Mariano, alto saxophone; Jake Byard, piano; Jay Berliner, guitar; Don Butterfield, tuba; Dick Hafer, tenor saxophone...
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Impulse, the new record company founded by Bob Thiele, was where Charlie Mingus made his musical home at the end of 1962. And with his very first album, entitled The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady, the double bass player produced a masterwork of the very highest order; this time it was his compositional talent rather than his instrument which was in the limelight. He added a good portion of rhythmic variety to the melodiousness of his hero Duke Ellington and then added a touch of politics, for...
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In January of 1963, bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded a very personal and socially conscious work he titled The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady . Each composition, from the opening " Solo Dancer " to the closing " Group and Solo Dance " was a musical expression of Mingus' philosophy of life, love and the world around him. For Mingus and the musicians that joined him; Charlie Mariano, alto saxophone; Jake Byard, piano; Jay Berliner, guitar; Don Butterfield, tuba; Dick Hafer, tenor saxophone...
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Impulse, the new record company founded by Bob Thiele, was where Charlie Mingus made his musical home at the end of 1962. And with his very first album, entitled “The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady”, the double bass player produced a masterwork of the very highest order; this time it was his compositional talent rather than his instrument which was in the limelight. He added a good portion of rhythmic variety to the melodiousness of his ‘hero’ Duke Ellington and then added a touch of politics, for...
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CDs. Black Saint & The Sinner Lady
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