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The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady [Original recording remastered]

Charles Mingus Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (20 Mar 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: IMPULSE
  • ASIN: B0000080KG
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,405 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Track A - Solo Dancer 6:39£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Track B - Duet Solo Dancers (Hearts' Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces) 6:45£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Track C - Group Dancers [(Soul Fusion) Freewoman And Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries] 7:23Album Only
Listen  4. Mode D - Trio And Group Dancers / Mode E - Single Solos And Group Dance / Mode F - Group And Solo Dance18:40Album Only


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This 1963 recording occupies a special place in Mingus's work, his most brilliantly realized extended composition. The six-part suite is a broad canvas for the bassist's tumultuous passions, ranging from islands of serenity for solo guitar and piano to waves of contrapuntal conflict and accelerating rhythms that pull the listener into the musical psychodrama. It seems to mingle and transform both the heights and clichés of jazz orchestration, from Mingus's master, Duke Ellington, to film noir soundtracks. The result is a masterpiece of sounds and textures, from the astonishing vocal effects of the plunger-muted trumpets and trombone (seeming to speak messages just beyond the range of understanding) to the soaring romantic alto of Charlie Mariano. Boiling beneath it all are the teeming, congested rhythms of Mingus and drummer Dannie Richmond and the deep morass of tuba and baritone saxophone. This is one of the greatest works in jazz composition, and it's remarkable that Mingus dredged this much emotional power from a group of just 11 musicians. --Stuart Broomer

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One of Mingus's finest 14 April 2005
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I must admit that there are a fair few composers in jazz that I would put at the top of my list before Charles Mingus, (think Ellington, Nichols, Monk, Shorter, Hill, etc) yet there cannot be any more exciting opening than "Track A - Solo Dancer" on "The Black Saint and the sinner lady. " Stoked by the drums of Danny Richmond, the band swirls around the grumbling tones of the tuba in a kaleidoscope of colours, the time signatures constantly shifting before a piercing soprano solo rounds things off, pursued by the growling brass. This is nothing short of incredible.
More than any other recording, this offering demonstrates the bassist's love of the music of Duke Ellington - indeed Rolf Ericson and Quentin Jackson played for the master at one time or the other. Elsewhere, Charlie Mariano's alto evokes Johnny Hodges. The second movement is even more bizarre, an over-blown 1940's big band ballad ( a very strong theme, this one) that morphs into a barbaric vamp on one chord. Jackson's "Tricky Sam" influenced muted trombone is a highlight here - the only way to play the instrument to my ears. After this, there is a bit of flamenco incongruously thrown in. Listening to this over and over again, it becomes impossible to calculate what was written and was improvised. What is certain , is that this music must have taken alot of energy to perform and the rendition of the composition is brilliant, all the musicians seeming determined to ensure it's success and having huge belief in the music.
Here was a composer who was familliar with the whole history of jazz and not ashamed to employ earlier devices such as the Ellingtonesque trumpets and trombone to add richness to the work.
As with much of Mingus's music, there a few dull moments, particularly in the last movement and the composition as a whole could have done with a few more themes rather than the opening one that is repacitulated on many occasions. However, this is rather curmudgeonly as, after "Ah, um", this is Charles Mingus's greatest recording.
In conclusion , this is another essential purchase for a serious jazz collection.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic 28 April 2001
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This is a real gem. I think Mingus is severely under-rated as an arranger and genius composer. The stuff on here takes some beating, it has to be said. This will stand thousands of repeat plays, and there will always be surprises, while at the same time you will love growning familiar with it. You can't do without this, or at least some quality Mingus: try also 'Mingus plays piano' for something a bit different.
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40 minutes of the purest, most organic music imaginable. This disc defies all labels - although the inspiration of a jazz musician, such is Mingus's genius that other tags, such as symphonic, tone poem, flamenco or indeed chamber would indeed be equally applicable. This is a disc to place in your collection alongside The White Album,The Ring Cycle or Beethoven's ninth.
It really is that good.
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5.0 out of 5 stars MI Thing
I only review - my kind of music - music that I believe has reached a standard of excellence that can be described as perfection. Perfect composition: perfect execution. Read more
Published 1 month ago by MIFFY
5.0 out of 5 stars Mmmm!
Listen to this, just stop and listen to all the layers the wonderful sound that is being created and shared y these musicians.
Published 2 months ago by Jane
5.0 out of 5 stars Ensemble Playing Par Excellence
This 1963 recording by Charles Mingus and his 11-piece ensemble is a magnificent 'concept album' (if I dare use that term), providing, along with John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, my... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Keith M
5.0 out of 5 stars i LOVE this album
Buy this album!!!!ITS MAD!!!!!plain mad.....Turn up the volume the first time you ever hear it you'll never forget the listening experience... Read more
Published 16 months ago by chokesrule
5.0 out of 5 stars Mingus
Mingus is an acquired taste and Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is no exception. Bought this for my husband who is a real Mingus fan and has wanted this for a long time but hadn't... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mrs. Pjm Knighton
5.0 out of 5 stars Hauntingly sublime
The music on this emotionally intense and haunting jazz masterpiece is a kind of running narrative on the US black experience from the days of slavery to the modern city. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Daniel Margrain
5.0 out of 5 stars If I could give it 6 stars I would
I think Mingus himself says in the Liner notes that you should throw away all his other recordings since this is the only one of any consequence. What a cool guy-- I mean "cat". Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2010 by M. M. Le Guillois
5.0 out of 5 stars More mysterious than the Holy Grail.
Forgive the tital, but how exactly do I define an album such as this, or indeed an artist like Mingus? Read more
Published on 7 July 2008 by C. Stacey
5.0 out of 5 stars He must be laughing
I bought an early vinyl copy of this album when it was first issued and got much amusement (as did my parents) from playing it to unsuspecting friends. Read more
Published on 7 April 2008 by Philip Veasey
5.0 out of 5 stars epic jazz masterpiece
Anyone who has enjoyed Mingus's shorter compositions and arrangements from earlier landmark LPs, for example 'Ah Um' and 'Dynasty' will absolutely love this, as 'The Black... Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2007 by Hawkeye
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