Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady (1963)

"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. 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

1. "Track A — Solo Dancer" –6:20
   Stop! Look! and Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!
2. "Track B — Duet Solo Dancers" –6:25
   Hearts' Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces
3. "Track C — Group Dancers" –7:00
   (Soul Fusion) Freewoman and Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries
4. "Medley: Mode D-Trio and Group Dancers/Mode E- Single solos and Group Dance/ModeF-Group and Solo Dancer"

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