Composer of the Week

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.