- jazz, third stream
- 55 min
- 6 tracks
- Columbia
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".
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- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Tracks
- A1The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers9:34
- A2Adagio ma non troppo8:22
- A3Don’t Be Afraid, the Clown’s Afraid Too9:26
- B1Hobo Ho10:07
- B2The Chill of Death7:38
- B3The I of Hurricane Sue10:09
6 tracks, 55 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Charles Mingus
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1972
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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