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Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

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Last broadcast on Thu, 2 Oct 2008, 22:00 on BBC Radio 3 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

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.

Broadcasts

  1. Thu 2 Oct 2008
    12:00
    BBC Radio 3
  2. Thu 2 Oct 2008
    22:00
    BBC Radio 3

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