CHARLIE MINGUS "The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady" NM
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Sep 16, 2010
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Sep 6, 2010
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MINGUS "The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady" UK NR MINT
1976 IMPULSE, ORIGINAL US GATEFOLD, BARELY PLAYED
CHARLIE MINGUS
The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady
1976 UK IMPULSE (IMPL 8019) PRESSING OF CHARLIE MINGUS' 1963 AVANT-GARDE JAZZ MASTERPIECE "The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady" - IN MY OPINION ONE OF THE FINEST JAZZ LPs EVER RELEASED AND IT'S IN ONCE/TWICE PLAYED CONDITION DELIVERING SENSATIONAL AUDIO THROUGHOUT AND HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL US PRINTED GATEFOLD SLEEVE WITH EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES NOT ONLY BY MINGUS HIMSELF BUT ALSO BY HIS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST! - GREAT COPY OF A FANTASTIC PIECE OF WORK
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history.
Charles 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 mold 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.
Track Listing:
Side One:
1. Solo Dancer - Stop! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!
2. Duet Solo Dancers - Heart's Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces
3. Group Dancers - (Soul Fusion) Freewoman And Oh This Freedom's Slave Cries
Side Two: (the playback is continuous)
Trio And Group Dancers - Stop! Look! And Sing Songs Of Revolutions!
Single Solos And Group Dance - Saint And Sinner Join In Merriment On Bottle Front
Group And Solo Dance - Of Love, Pain, And Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, 'til It's Freedom Day
LABELS: The labels are clean, fresh and unmarked with just one/two light spindle traces - barely played - NEAR MINT
VINYL Visual: The vinyl surfaces retain their original deep, like-new lustre and are practically unmarked (some superficial light wispy hairlines only - non-audible) - NEAR MINT
VINYL Audio: Crystal clear, sharp, rich detailed sound and on playback at a loud volume the audio is practically flawless - there are one/two light background clicks only throughout the duration of both sides otherwise, a beautifully clean press - NEAR MINT
SLEEVE: The US printed thick card gatefold sleeve appears to be the same as the 1963 release (with internal pasted on section) but with the addition of a new catalogue number sticker pasted on the back. The sleeve is clean and unmarked (especially the white inside) with just a little surface rubbing but no edge splits - EXCELLENT
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