Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Donald Macleod explores Mingus's Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, which was completed in the wake of a disastrous retrospective concert at the Town Hall in New York in 1960.
Donald Macleod and Brian Priestley explore Mingus's celebrated Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, which was completed in the wake of a disastrous retrospective concert at the Town Hall in New York in 1960.
I Can't Get Started
Charles Mingus (piano)
Impulse LP IMPL 8048 Side 1 Tr 2
Epitaph Part 2
Charles Mingus and orchestra including Ernie Royal (trumpet)
Quentin Jackson (trombone)
Dannie Richmond (timpani)
Blue Note CDP 7243 8 28353 2 5 Tr 6
Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
Charles Mingus and orchestra including Jaki Byard (piano)
Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone)
Quentin Jackson (trombone)
Jerome Richardson (soprano/baritone saxophone)
Jay Berliner (acoustic guitar)
IMPULSE IMP 11742 Tr 1-4.
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- Thu 2 Oct 200812:00BBC Radio 3
- Thu 2 Oct 200822:00BBC Radio 3
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