Charles Mingus

• Acoustic Sounds Series

• 180 GRAM VINYL

• AUDIOPHILE VINYL REISSUES

• Issued in glossy laminated gatefold jacket

On January 20, 1963, bassist and composer Charles Mingus recorded in just one session — astonishingly — a very personal and socially conscious work he titled The Black Saint & The Sinner Lady. With liner notes written by Mingus's psychotherapist, the album uses ornate ensemble orchestration to produce a sound somewhere between jazz and folk.

Released on Impulse! Records in 1963, the album consists of a single continuous composition — partially written as a ballet — divided into four tracks and six movements. Of his adventurous and hauntingly eloquent work, among his other creations, Mingus said: "My music is evidence of my soul's will to live." The evidence of that life-force amounts to some of the most dramatic and powerful jazz composed in the 20th century.

PERSONNEL:

• Charlie Mariano - alto sax
• Charles Mingus - bass, piano
• Dannie Richmond - drums
• Jay Berliner - guitar
• Jackie Byard - piano
• Jerome Richardson - soprano & baritone sax
• Dick Hafer - tenor sax, flute
• Quentin Jackson - trombone
• Richard Williams, Rolf Ericson - trumpet
• Don Butterfield - tuba

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Solo Dancer
• (Stop! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!)
• A2. Duet Solo Dancers
• (Heart's Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces)
• A3. Group Dancers
• ([Soul Fusion] Freewoman And Oh This Freedom's Slave Cries)

• SIDE B
• B1. Trio And Group Dancers
• (Stop! Look! And Sing Songs Of Revolutions!)
• B2. Single Solos And Group Dance
• B3. Group And Solo Dance (Of Love, Pain, And Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, 'til It's Freedom Day)