Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady - UHQCD
Japanese Import
UHQCD
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 just to assimilate in the first place. Yet the work soon reveals itself as a masterpiece of rich, multi-layered texture and swirling tonal colors, manipulated with a painter's attention to detail... one of the high-water marks for avant-garde jazz in the '60s and arguably Mingus' most brilliant moment.
Steve Huey, AllMusic
(4988031501030)
| SKU | 4988031501030 |
| Barcode # | 4988031501030 |
| Brand | Impulse! Verve / Universal Japan |
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