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The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is a studio album 4 Personnel
by American jazz musician Charles Mingus, released on
Impulse! Records in 1963. The album consists of a single
continuous compositionpartially written as a ballet 5 References
divided into four tracks and six movements.[1]
[1] Mingus, Charles; Pollock, Edmund (1963). The Black
Saint and the Sinner Lady (Vinyl liner). Charles Mingus.
New York City: Impulse! Records. AS-35.
1 Album information
[2] Down Beat: November 7, 1963 Vol. 30, No. 29
The album was recorded on January 20, 1963 by an [3] Robert Spencer (June 1, 1997). Charles Mingus: The
eleven-piece band. Mingus has called the albums orches- Black Saint and the Sinner Lady". All About Jazz. Re-
tral style ethnic folk-dance music. Minguss perfection- trieved 2012-04-12.
ism led to extensive use of studio overdubbing techniques. [4] Huey, Steve. "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
The album features liner notes written by Mingus and Charles Mingus. AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
his then-psychotherapist, Edmund Pollock.[1] The Black
Saint and the Sinner Lady is often characterized by jazz [5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) [1992]. The Pen-
and music critics as one of Minguss two major master- guin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p.
1004. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
works (the other being Mingus Ah Um) and has frequently
ranked highly on lists of the best albums of all time. [6] "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady". Q: 109. February
1996.
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is among the most [8] ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001
acclaimed jazz records of the 20th century. Richard Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Up-
Cook and Brian Morton, writers of The Penguin Guide dated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
to Jazz, awarded the album a Crown token, the publica-
tions highest accolade, in addition to the highest four-star
rating.[3] Steve Huey of AllMusic awards The Black Saint
and the Sinner Lady ve stars out of ve and describes
the album as one of the greatest achievements in orches-
tration by any composer in jazz history.[4] Q magazine
describes the album as a mixture of haunting bluesiness,
dancing vivacity, and moments of Andalusian heat... and
awards it four of ve stars.[6]
The album was included in Robert Dimerys 1001 Al-
bums You Must Hear Before You Die.[8]
3 Track listing
All tracks written by Charles Mingus. All songs have sub-
titles. The fourth track (side two on the original vinyl re-
lease) consists of three movements with individual titles
and subtitles. The track lengths listed on the album sleeve
are incorrect; the times listed below are the actual track
lengths.
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