CHARLIE MINGUS The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady HMV CLP 1694 First Pressing
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Charlie Mingus
Album: The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
Label: HMV
No: CLP1694
Matrix: A35 A-1N (1st Pressing)
You are bidding on a rare Charlie Mingus album which I bought new in 1963.
The disc has been lightly played and is graded as EX. The disc surface is unmarked and the labels are pristine. The sleeve is graded VG+ but check condition in below photos.
Allmusic Review :
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history. Charlie 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 colours, manipulated with a painter's attention to detail. There are a few stylistic reference points --Ellington, the contemporary avant-garde, several flamenco guitar breaks -- but the totality is quite unlike what came before it. Mingus relies heavily on the timbral contrasts between expressively vocal-like muted brass, a rumbling mass of low voices (including tuba and baritone sax), and achingly lyrical upper woodwinds, highlighted by altoist Charlie Mariano. Within that framework, Mingus plays shifting rhythms, moaning dissonances, and multiple lines off one another in the most complex, interlaced fashion he'd ever attempted. Mingus was sometimes pigeonholed as a firebrand, but the personal exorcism of Black Saint deserves the reputation -- one needn't be able to follow the story line to hear the suffering, mourning, frustration, and caged fury pouring out of the music. The 11-piece group rehearsed the original score during a Village Vanguard engagement, where Mingus allowed the players to mould the music further; in the studio, however, his exacting perfectionism made The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady the first jazz album to rely on overdubbing technology. The result is one of the high-water marks for avant-garde jazz in the '60s and arguably Mingus’ most brilliant moment.
Disc will be sent to winning bidder in 400 gauge clear poly cover in strong cardboard mailer with stiffeners and fragile labels.
No.
Title
Subtitle
Length
1.
"Track A – Solo Dancer"
"Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!"
6:39
2.
"Track B – Duet Solo Dancers"
"Hearts' Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces"
6:45
3.
"Track C – Group Dancers"
"(Soul Fusion) Freewoman and Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries"
7:22
4.
"Mode D – Trio and Group Dancers"
"Mode E – Single Solos and Group Dance"
"Mode F – Group and Solo Dance"
"Stop! Look! And Sing Songs of Revolutions!"
"Saint and Sinner Join in Merriment on Battle Front"
"Of Love, Pain, and Passioned Revolt, then Farewell, My Beloved, 'til It's Freedom Day"
18:39
Total length:
39:25
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