Let My Children Hear Music
| Let My Children Hear Music | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January/February 1972[1] | |||
| Recorded | September 23 – November 18, 1971 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz, third stream | |||
| Length | 59:33 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
| Charles Mingus chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Let My Children Hear Music is an album released by Columbia Records in 1972 of music by composer Charles Mingus, produced by Teo Macero. The music is scored for large jazz orchestra and Mingus worked with several arrangers, orchestrators and conductors, most notably Sy Johnson and Alan Raph, to realize some of his most ambitious compositions. In the original liner notes, Mingus described it as "the best album I have ever made".
Mingus was nominated for the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes (Non-Classical) for the album, losing to Tom T. Hall for Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Charles Mingus.
- "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers" – 9:34
- "Adagio ma Non Troppo" – 8:22
- "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" – 9:26
- "Taurus in the Arena of Life" – 4:17 (on CD reissue)
- "Hobo Ho" – 10:07
- "The Chill of Death" – 7:38
- "The I of Hurricane Sue" – 10:09
Personnel
[edit]The soloists are listed below:[4]
- Lonnie Hillyer - trumpet
- Julius Watkins - French horn
- Bobby Jones - tenor saxophone
- Joe Wilder - trumpet
- Charles McCracken - cello
- Charles McPherson - alto saxophone
- James Moody - tenor saxophone
- Sir Roland Hanna - piano
- Snooky Young - lead trumpet throughout
- Dannie Richmond - drums
References
[edit]- ^ Billboard Mar 18, 1972
- ^ Olewnick, Brian (2011). "Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 141. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Booklet from 1992 Columbia Legacy CD
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