The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Switching up genres yet again. This time taking a few to shine a light on a great Jazz record. Charles Mingus was a larger than life Jazz musician. Known just as much for his temper as for his music, Mingus had released a critically acclaimed album in 'Mingus Ah Um' in 59 amongst a slew of other legendary Jazz albums. He follows it up with the disastrous effort in 'Epitaph', which was fully realized ten years after his passing. Mingus went back to the boards and created an album which is partially written as a ballet. 'The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady' is a four track album broken down into six movements. In addition to be critically acclaimed upon release, to make things even weirder, the liner notes were partially penned by Mingus' then psychologist. Let that sink in for a bit, how many musicians have the guts to do that? Weirdness aside, this remains as a Jazz masterpiece. This one should be in every Jazz fans collection.

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