Let My Children Hear Music

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Charles Mingus

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My Favorite Albums: 1972 (29 items)
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Description: Ambitious is perhaps the best way to sum up this 1971 large-ensemble recording. It hearkens back to Black Saint and the Sinner Lady in some important respects--chiefly the sense of vertical sprawl in the tunes, the sheer presence of so many instruments doing so much at the same time. It also importantly pointed to the omnipresence of Duke Ellington as an orchestral influence. Mingus scores the baritone sax the way Ellington had done, as part rhythm, part road marker, and part stir stick for the swirls of energy generated on tracks like "Hobo Ho." The sessions for Let My Children remain blurred as far as detail goes, bu ... (more)

Manufacturer: Sony
Release date: 23 December 1999
EAN: 0074644891027 UPC: 074644891027

Tags: Jazz (1), 1972 (1), Big Band (1), Avant-garde Jazz (1), Charles Mingus (1), Post Bop (1)

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