awaiting repress
Charles Mingus The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) 180g LP
20 aug 2021
.. the Sinner Lady / Acoustic Sounds / 180gr.
1-LP Holland
Jazz
High Quality, Remastered, Gatefold Sleeve
Long-considered Charles Mingus’ masterpiece, The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady represents high-water marks in both jazz composition and orchestration. An essential work in the history of jazz, this extended work has been performed as a ballet and features original liner notes by Mingus’ psychotherapist.
It’s an intense, totally distinctive mash-up of large-ensemble jazz, folk and Ellingtonian influences featuring Rolf Ericson and Richard Willians (trumpets), Quentin Jackson (trombone), Don Butterfield (tuba), Jerome Richardson (sp baritone and flute), Dick Hafer (tn sax and flute), Charlie Mariano (alto sax), Jaki Byard (piano), Jay Berliner (guitar), and Dannie Richmond (drums).
Verve’s Acoustic Sounds Series features transfers from analog tapes and remastered 180-gram vinyl in deluxe gatefold packaging.
- Acoustic Sounds Series reissue from Verve/Universal Music Enterprises
- 180g Vinyl LP
- All-Analog
- Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound From Original Analog Tapes
- Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
- Stoughton Printing gatefold old-style tip-on jacket
Musicians
| Charles Mingus | double bass, piano |
|---|---|
| Jerome Richardson | soprano & 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 A:
- Solo Dancer (Stop! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!)
- Duet Solo Dancers (Heart's Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces)
- Group Dancers ([Soul Fusion] Freewoman And Oh This Freedom's Slave Cries)
Side B:
- Trio And Group Dancers (Stop! Look! And Sing Songs Of Revolutions!)
- Single Solos And Group Dance (Saint And Sinner Join In Merriment On Battle Front)
- Group And Solo Dance (Of Love, Pain, And Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, 'Til It's Freedom Day)
