CHARLES MINGUS The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady (Acoustic Sounds Series)

Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound from the original analogue tapes

180-gram LPs pressed at Quality Record Pressings

Stoughton Printing old-style tip-on gatefold

Released on Impulse! Records in 1963, the album consists of a single continuous composition — partially written as a ballet — divided into four tracks and six movements. Of his adventurous and hauntingly eloquent work, among his other creations, Mingus said: “My music is evidence of my soul’s will to live.” The evidence of that life-force amounts to some of the most dramatic and powerful jazz composed in the 20th century.

Side A
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 B
1. Trio And Group Dancers (Stop! Look! And Sing Songs Of Revolutions!)
2. Single Solos And Group Dance (Saint And Sinner Join In Merriment On Battle Front)
3. Group And Solo Dance (Of Love, Pain, And Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, ’til It’s Freedom Day)