Charles Mingus The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady LP (Vinyl)

Vinyl LP Reissue!

There's nothing else in jazz quite like this collection recorded – astonishingly – in just one session on January 20, 1963. With liner notes written by Mingus's psychotherapist, the album uses ornate ensemble orchestration to produce a sound somewhere between jazz and folk.

Features:
• Vinyl LP
• Vital Vinyl series: Original label, original tapes, original sound & design
• Made in Czech Republic

Musicians:
Charles Mingus, double bass, piano
Jerome Richardson, soprano and baritone saxophone, flute
Charlie Mariano, alto saxophone
Dick Hafer, tenor saxophone, flute
Rolf Ericson, trumpet
Richard Williams, trumpet
Quentin Jackson, trombone
Don Butterfield, tuba, contrabass trombone
Jaki Bayard, piano
Jay Berliner, classical guitar
Dannie Richmond, drums

Selections:
Side 1:
Track A: Solo Dancer (Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitey!)
Track B: Duet Solo Dancers (Heart's Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces
Track C: Group Dancers (Soul Fusion) [Freewoman And Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries]
Side 2:
Mode D: Trio And Group Dancers (Stop! Look! And Sing Songs Of Revolutions!)
Mode E: Single Solos And Group Dance (Saint And Sinner Join In Merriment On Battle Front)
Mode F: Group And Solo Dance (Of Love, Pain, And Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, 'Til It's Freedom Day)