Let My Children Hear Music
by Charles Mingus
- Type: Album
- Released: February 1, 1972
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 59:32
- Community rating: 4.43/5 from 11 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Considered by Charles Mingus to be his finest work, 'Let My Children Hear Music' is an ambitious large-ensemble recording that blends Third Stream classicism with the raw, blues-rooted energy of big-band jazz. Working with producer Teo Macero and arrangers like Sy Johnson, Mingus realized a set of dense, cinematic compositions defined by their rich orchestration, intricate structures, and the powerful tension between tightly scored passages and explosive improvisation. The album's adventurous sound is exemplified by sprawling, dynamic pieces such as "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers" and the orchestral re-imagining of a piano improvisation, "Adagio ma Non Troppo."
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, suite, ambitious, classic, ensemble
Tracklist
- The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers (09:34)
- Adagio Ma Non Troppo (08:23)
- Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too (09:25)
- Taurus In The Arena Of Life (04:17)
- Hobo Ho (10:07)
- The Chill Of Death(Recitation by Charles Mingus) (07:37)
- The I of Hurricane Sue (10:09)
Credits
- Charles Mingus - composer, bass, narration, liner notes, arranger
- Lonnie Hillyer - trumpet
- Julius Watkins - french horn
- Bobby Jones - tenor saxophone, arranger
- Joe Wilder - trumpet
- Charles McCracken - cello
- Charles McPherson - alto saxophone
- James Moody - tenor saxophone
- Sir Roland Hanna - piano
- Snooky Young - lead trumpet
- Dannie Richmond - drums
- Jimmy Nottingham - trumpet
- Jimmy Knepper - trombone
- Jerry Dodgion - reeds, alto saxophone
- Mal McKusick - reeds
- Jaki Byard - piano
- Ron Carter - bass
- Richard Davis - bass
- Milt Hinton - bass
- Teo Macero - producer, conductor
- Sy Johnson - arranger, orchestrator, conductor, photography by [cover]
- Alan Raph - arranger, orchestrator, conductor
- Hub Miller - transcriber
- Russ Payne - engineer
- Stan Tonkel - engineer
- Ed Lee - painting [cover], design
- David Gohr - photography by [back cover photo]
- John Snyder - reissue producer, digital producer
- Vic Anesini - digital restoration and engineering