Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Vinyl (Acoustic Sounds Series) [IMPULSE! / VERVE]

Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (Acoustic Sounds Series) [IMPULSE! / VERVE]

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Charles Mingus's 1963 masterpiece The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady from Verve's audiophile Acoustic Sounds Series, a single continuous jazz ballet in six movements.

Why you'll love it

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of the greatest jazz albums ever recorded, a passionate, orchestral and astonishingly expressive suite.

This edition

Acoustic Sounds Series
Audiophile pressing
Impulse! / Verve

About the album

Recorded in one January 1963 session with an eleven-piece band, Mingus composed a continuous work, partly written as a ballet, blending big-band swing, flamenco guitar, Ellington's lushness and fierce, wailing solos, shaped with innovative studio overdubs.

"Solo Dancer" opens with swaggering, growling brass, "Duet Solo Dancers" glides and sways, "Group Dancers" features Jay Berliner's dazzling Spanish guitar, and the final suite is a breathtaking, emotional whirlwind.

One of the greatest jazz albums ever recorded. Mingus, magnificent.

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Tracklist

Side A
1. Solo Dancer (Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!)
2. Duet Solo Dancers (Hearts' Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces)
3. Group Dancers ((Soul Fusion) Freewoman And Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries)

Side B
1. Trio And Group Dancers (Stop! Look! And Sing Songs Of Revolutions!)
2. Single Solos And Group Dance (Saint And Sinner Join In Merriment On Battle Front)
3. Group And Solo Dance (Of Love, Pain, And Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, Til It's Freedom Day)