The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

Mingus? Dingus more like. This made my day worse.

I can’t claim to know much about jazz at all. Especially not avant-garde, experimental jazz like this. But I loved this album so much. It’s an album where you just give yourself over to the way the music feels. It teases you with a reprise that you think you’re familiar with, then beats you round the head with a horn section for getting too comfortable. It has moments of delicacy and beauty, and of utter stormy cacophonous noise. Putting aside the stories about Mingus (aggressive, violent bugger, essentially) it feels like these people are all playing for their lives. Quite a thing to behold

It’s good to check in on your preferences once in a while in case your tastes change, sometimes you’ll find you love something you didn’t before, or at least you appreciate it more! In this case, I’m here to report that I still hate jazz.

I can't. I feel like there's some 'emperor's new clothes' thing going on with jazz like this. Like, don't they see he's wearing nothing?! I keep waiting for that eureka moment when I might understand it a little, but it has yet to come. The noise almost hurts my brain, it's overbearing, dissonant, disturbing. Maybe that's the point. I don't get it.

Personally, this is a top 3 jazz album OF ALL TIME. It's dark, unsettling, both fitting of the past and the future. Mingus had been no stranger to aggressive or dark music prior, but goddamn this record takes it to a new level. Required listening for any self-proclaimed fan of jazz. Cannot praise enough.

This touched my thought while my world's affluence crumbled at his feet.

i don't have to say anything about this album. jesus christ what a masterpiece. i give a lot of albums 5s, because i fucking love music, but this is a 6. it's a 10. it's a 100. goddamn.

dirty sexy rollercoaster

Track A was such a dirty, dark track. I feel like it's telling the story of the sinner lady working as a sex worker. She finishes up with her client and heads to a bar. Track B feels like the black saint and the sinner lady meeting at the bar for the first time and there is this kind of balancing act of hitting it off but also there is some friction between them due to the sinner lady being a sex worker. It still kind of has this like dirty grimy feel to it with some like happy and sexy moments in there. Track C almost feels like regret. Maybe the black saint is feeling regret from what happened the night before. The black saint starts to do mental gymnastics because he enjoyed the night but also does not approve of the sinner lady. Most of this song is him dealing with this cognitive dissonance. Mode D feels like the black saint decided he couldn't deal with the fact that the sinner lady is a sinner. He decides to ignore the sinner lady and never talk to her again. This obviously is a difficult decision for her and you can hear some mental turmoil throughout the song as he's dealing with this. This goes on for a while. He's dealing with this pain the rest of his life. I don't know if I've ever heard and album tell a story this well before. This might not be the story that was intended but it's what I heard. The instruments are acting both as the conversation between the characters and also as the background music and it does such a good job portraying the emotions felt.

Please...please...no more twenty-minute jazz songs. Please.

This is like as archetypal as experimental jazz gets. Wildly changing time signatures, multiple keys soloing at the same time, crazy studio editing tricks to make it sound even more cacophonous (that flamenco guitar section though). This is one of those records that sounds like it could soundtrack On The Road or something. One of Mingus’ best. Favorite Track: Track-C Group Dancers “(Soul Fusion) Freewoman and Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries” Least Favorite Track: Track-A Solo Dancers "Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!" (If I had to pick one)

A wonderful artistic expression. It takes you away from any thought or emotion and shows you whatever you need to feel within that small musically accompanied moment. It's absolutely incredible

This is heavy music--there's a lot going on here, and I don't think this is a jazz album to drop in the middle of a broader range of styles and say, "Here, this one is one of the best." It may be, but it's for hardcore jazzheads. I think "Mingus Ah Um" or "Mingus Plays Piano" is better for the general listener to get familiar with Mingus. This would be better suited for "1001 Jazz Albums To Hear Before You Die." Great album? Probably. Over my head? Definitely. 3/5, just because our esteemed editors haven't read the room. Including this album is just pretentious or lazy; not sure which.

This is what ADHD sounds like when you like jazz.

Very cool and very interesting organized chaos. I’m relatively familiar with other works by the angry man of jazz, but I had never actually heard this album before. The mixing and organization behind every piece on the album (especially from a pre-stereo view when the album was made) is incredible and shows that deep thought was given to the somewhat avat garde compositions. Also, the shear amount of different instruments on this album is also impressive-it feels like I’m hearing a different horn or woodwind every second-with the Piano always acting as a sort of anchor. And then a guitar shows up out of nowhere! What the fuck! Side 2 of the record (song 4) is easily the blending off all things good and unique. It’s definitely not for everyone, but if you like big band, jazz, or classical music I’d def give this one a listen.

Killer album. I love the low end, Bass, Tuba, Bari Sax. Just the wide variety of instruments all coming together for such a beautiful piece.

JAZZ!

To anyone that says, "I don't like jazz", I'd say, "You aren't listening to the right jazz for you then." Jazz is like a therapist -very personal and you may have to try a lot of it before you find the right jazz for you :) <> People on tv who liked jazz were portrayed as pretentious and the jazz they played in movies for those people was like listening to "Free Bird"'s guitar solo on repeat a bajillion times aka not for me AND THEN, Rachael played me a song or two on a most unforgettable road trip. It was big band music and it was stuff I had heard without knowing it (Thanks, Tom & Jerry). I immediately bought the Ken Burns Jazz 5-cd set and wore it out. <> Mingus looks like Bunk from The Wire - who wouldn't like that? ;-) <> Listening to this album, the 40 min flew by so I'd say I liked it as I search for Ken Burns collection on spotify...

I am not @ good judge of jazz or a jazz man at all. Not like I hated it, but wouldn't listen again

This brings to mind a remark - maybe from Kevin Shields? - that psychedelia should work on the body as well as the mind, and I follow the song titles as choreographer directions, track one for a single dancer, track 2 for two, so on, though I stumble when I try to match these descriptions with what the musicians are doing. It was incontrovertibly clear to them: even when the music’s bursting at the seams, it’s in formation. The saunters and gallops are tremendous, with louche preambles suggesting they’re ultimately fornicating to pieces, which is pleasing. Also brought to mind are comminplace filmic comparisons, tolerated 30 years later by Portishead - soundtracks for unmade films. Tracks lack the repetition of and return to motif of song, closer to sound-image making, the wilder parts anticipating Morricone’s freakiest tracks. The stealth-surrealists at the Walt Disney Corporation could have illustrated this with a film that would’ve gone down equally well in vernissages and smut theatres. A friend’s eldest child is called Mingus. They’re both very cool.

Yo this jazz is HOT Big textures Bold horns Dark club sandwiched with Spanish guitar It works HOT

So many things come to mind when hearing this album. It sounds like a party gone mad. It sounds like the music is ready to fall apart at any moment but somehow still holds together. It sounds like it could be the soundtrack to some bawdy film noir. Then throughout there's moments of utter peace and beauty. I would say there isn't a jazz album like it but that's too obvious. Is it even a jazz album? There's the problem with labels. It has to be categorized somehow so that it can be placed in the appropriate section in the record bins. Very few jazz albums also feature both a Tuba and a Classical Guitar (that would be bonus points if it already didn't deserve its 5 stars but the music already accomplished that) This review could go on for a while if I went into everything that went through my mind when listening to it instead of just touching on the broad ideas in the first paragraph. It's been a few years since I put this on and I had to listen to it twice and want to put it on yet again. Thank you Mingus!

It's been a while since I binge-listened to most of the Mingus discography. I'd forgotten just how good this masterpiece is. It takes the legacies of blues and swing, distils it into wild avant-garde big band jazz, and triple-filters the liquor through classical, folk dance and Spanish guitar. It's a mind-melting achievement, which sounds incredibly fresh and urgent and unique, even after decades of being a widely celebrated record. I love how the ferocious energy bubbles up into different sounds, then a lid goes on temporarily. The ups and downs give it a narrative structure - not that it tells me a story, but that you feel it taking the shape of a progressing narrative. But honestly, I'm making it sound academic and boring, when it is actually an energising rollercoaster. 5*

For me, this is the absolute pinnacle of Third Stream, and Mingus’s greatest masterwork.

The perfect balance between melody and noise. 7/10 FT: Track C

Not bad, but I found it hard to shake the feeling that I was listening to a better-than-average soundtrack to a half forgotten film noir. Great arrangement for a big band, but really only soundtrack music.

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady This didn’t quite grab me in the way that other recent jazz albums have, neither quite having the smoky flavour of Charlie Parker or eccentricity and shifting soundscapes of Miles Davis, and in places it feels like an overly clarinet-ty Pink Panther-esque, 50s Disney film soundtrack. There are some excellent passages though, the twinkly piano and sinuous horns at the start of Track B before it all gets a bit Minnie the Moocher/Trio advert, and the Spanish guitars leading into a moody cacophony on Track C is great, and I can appreciate the technical skill across it all, the piano in particular. But overall this didn’t speak to me the way Kind of Blue or Bitches Brew or even Hot Rats did. Despite some great moments, and apart from Track C it felt to me like it had a slightly sludgy, treacly feel to it, like wading through jazz soup with heavy legs. Even though there are a lot of changes in tempo it doesn’t, for me, quite have the fleet footed kineticism of some of the other jazz albums I’ve really liked, lacking a bit of groove and swing. Tough one to rate, it’s between 2 and 3, but I’ll go 3 as I think I will give it another try in future and there are some excellent moments and Track C is great. ✝️✝️✝️ Playlist submission: Track C - Group Dancers

I really tried to find the artistic side of this album and see a way to enjoy it, but with all the respect in my heart this just felt like a pure cacophony of noise lol. It definitely feels like the soundtrack for any manic pixie dream girl of the late 50’s early 60’s. Mad respect to Mingus but just not my style.

Sounds like you give a preschool class some wind instruments and drums and press record. Just can't get into that stuff.

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is an album that truly reveals itself once you understand the turning point jazz was approaching in the early 1960s. Mingus stands here with one foot still rooted in orchestrated, harmonically structured jazz, and the other stepping firmly toward a more modular, collective way of thinking, where music is built from motion, tension, and real-time interaction rather than predetermined chord progressions. The core of the album isn’t individual solos but its overarching dramaturgy. The suite unfolds as a series of interconnected movements, where recurring motifs, rhythmic surges, and emotional releases create an almost balletic narrative. This is not background jazz. It is physical and psychological music, where movement and feeling are as essential as harmony. Mingus’s compositional language is both disciplined and volatile. Spanish and flamenco influences, blues, modern jazz, and moments that verge on free jazz coexist without the album ever losing coherence. The modular structure makes this possible: the music is no longer bound to constant chord changes, allowing energy to shift fluidly from theme to theme and from player to player. The nine-piece ensemble functions like a living organism. The traditional role of a conductor is effectively absent; direction emerges through listening, reacting, and collectively pushing the music forward. Mingus remains a powerful compositional force, but the album breathes through group interaction rather than top-down control. What makes The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady especially compelling is how personal it feels. This is not merely a formal experiment but an internal struggle rendered in sound. It is restless, dramatic, and at times unsettling, yet deeply rewarding. Heard in the context of jazz’s broader evolution, the album clarifies why Mingus was not just a composer or a bassist, but the embodiment of a musical philosophy. This is a record that resists instant comprehension, but one that gives more with every return, as the listener’s ears and understanding continue to evolve.

Never thought I would rate a jazz album 5 stars. Extra star for the cover!

This was recorded in one day, these cats were on top of their game. I've been a fan of Mingus for a while. When a much younger me was a bass player I always paid more attention when the bassist had a prominent role in writing. This really is a masterpiece. 5 stars all day.

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is a steamroller of a record, a steamy soundtrack to some sort of excessive yet controlled bash, a cosmopolitan assembly, a rooftop brawl. A fearsome lot is going on this album, but the main point is understood: the center couldn't hold, but the collapse has a beauty, a logic of its own. Mingus put together one of the greatest albums of all time w/ this four-piece masterpiece, and I do not tire of listening to it. Strangely too, it fits more moods than you'd initially think: there's quiet in it, there's stillness, there's a supported contemplativeness, particularly at the outset of the third movement. The ever-fertile touch is Jay Berliner's Spanish guitar work. America's composer after Duke and Monk is Mingus.

maravilloso maravilloso maravilloso

Man, I fucking love this music. It's my favorite type of jazz. Track B was the jam. I will be listening to more of this gentleman. This is a 5 from me.

Brilliant. One of the best Jazz albums.

Was already familiar with this album. One of my favorite jazz albums. And was the perfect choice for this gloomy summer day in SF. 5/5

Epic

There were some lulls, but, I feel like I went on a journey that I really couldn't resist. This is a jazz album I'd share with anyone looking to learn more about jazz.

I'm sorry Charles Mingus, I wasn't familiar with your game.

Ladies and gentlemen, we've arrived. I've been a Mingus Head for a while, though I hadn't heard this one. I've heard others, like Pithencanthropus Erectus and Blues and Roots. I've known this to be his big masterpiece, and I've been looking forward to hearing it. Boy, does it deliver. Just four tracks, but each incorporates so many facets of jazz and spans so many genres and subgenres with ease. I love these tracks often start out unassuming, or in a style of refined jazz that might seem safe, and then they just explode with life. Instruments are made to moan and scream, it's jarring. There's so much going on that obviously I can't process everything on one listen, but it's just so great that I know there will be many more listens to come. Immediately entering my handful of top jazz albums though, what a behemoth. Mingus is the man. Favorite tracks: All of 'em, though one highlight that sticks out is the flamenco-style guitar near the beginning of the last track, so beautiful. Album art: Pretty unassuming. The text and style is very bold, but to be comfortable with a cover this simple I'm interpreting to mean Mingus knew he cooked up something otherworldly, and he wanted to catch listeners off-guard. It worked. 5/5

I really loved this. It had elements of minimalism, with long sustained ostinatos, almost droning. The tempo and meter shifts were surprising. For a jazz album, there weren't as many solos as I would expect, but they were interesting.

A great expression of free jazz, the emotion and passion that Mingus gets into his albums is almost unrivaled to me.

v nice jazz

An amazing album of pure jazz enthusiasts who appreciate his artistry. One of the best, with Miles and T. Monk. Enjoy!

Typically when considering the greatest jazz albums of all time, the list is topped by Miles' Kind of Blue and Coltrane's A Love Supreme, while The Black Saint And The Sinner is usually positioned somewhere in the second tier. Black Saint is an excellent expresssion of Mingus' genius, though personally I think there are a few of his other albums that are a bit more accessible (Mingus Ah Um, Tijuana Moods).

Is this good jazz or bad jazz? It's so hard to tell sometimes. Plus this album toes the line by being pretty energetic and boisterous. Overall, I liked it though. So I'm going to say it's good jazz.

Really fun concept album, it was a little hard to get into until track B, but I would probably listen again. Like “Sketches of Spain” Mingus demonstrates talent but it’s not exactly catchy.

A little turned off by the farting noise in my right ear for the first minute or so but then things got nicely layered before breaking into a discordant mess then lurching into a groove where the bass really shines. It feels as if the instruments are competing against each other rather than working together. Interesting approach. Track B is more appealing--slow, languid with bursts of what sounds like something trying to catch up then coming together into a ferocious race. The rest of the album is a compelling listen--this is not jazz to play in the background while you have a cocktail and chat with your neighbor. This is jazz to play when you want everyone to leave so you can lie down and think about how much you hate them. Also, did someone say God Dammit on the last track?

these cats did in fact cook

Jazz piano has my heart

I'm an absolutely massive swing-era jazz fan --I love swing dancing-- but as jazz moved away from the swing era to bebop, modal, and other genres I kinda lose interest since it just isn't for me. Nonetheless, I found this album did work for me, even if it's a bit more experimental, although I don't see myself returning to it any time soon. Solid jazz played by solid musicians.

I like jazz music, but for no good reason, I don't listen to it so frequently. This album is a good remember that I need to listen to it more and more. An excellent album for all days.

Amazing. His 'Blues & Roots' is my favourite jazz record of all time, but this is up there.

Mid 3 Beautiful sound, it started a 5, but not quite enough idea establishment and development for me. It demands your attention but I can't remember how most of it goes. I need a bit more cohesion in the chaos.

Nice background music.

A very interesting album. For long stretches, I also liked it very much. However, there were also more difficult parts that I didn't get on with so well. The album is certainly very good, but I probably won't listen to it again soon. 3/5

I don't think I'm smart enough to fully appreciate this. 3/5

I was pleased with the flamenco bits.

Lots of interesting themes on here, but little of it stuck. My kids quite liked it, unusual for a jazz record - perhaps because it does sound quite "dance"-oriented, rhythmic?

Mingus is great, not my favorite album of his, my personal favorite is blues and roots but this is still very good. High 3.

Saved Prior: None Saved Off Rip: None Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Yes that was in fact jazz. Don't know enough about jazz to really understand what makes good jazz and what doesn't. Sounded pretty good to me, but also sounded like good ol' jazz.

No private session used for Spotify. I listened to this album twice, trying to get into. I like some jazz, but this goes a bit off the rails for me, it's too eclectic and admittedly over my head.

The gulf between how much I wanted to like this and how much I actually liked this was very wide. It was too chaotic and noisy for me. There are some runs I really liked, but I just couldn't get into this. I feel like a disappointment for not liking it.

Music to have a psychotic break from reality to! This is mostly just a ton of noises not in harmony. Then something cool pops up and is quickly discarded. Ultimately, my dislike of jazz got the better of me here. It wasn't totally unlistenable though, so it avoids the dreaded 1 star score.

This challenge has not been kind to me this weekend. First, Super Furry Animals—and now, more jazz. Unfortunately, this album felt like dull background music. The tracks blended together so seamlessly that I struggled to tell when one ended and another began. Track 3, in particular, stood out—but not in a good way. It had an odd, 1950s Disney-esque vibe that felt completely out of place. Very bizarre. I can’t help but wonder how many more jazz or swing albums I’ll have to endure. Favorite track: None stood out enough to pick. Least favorite track: Track 3, without a doubt. Album artwork: Nothing noteworthy to mention.

I can defo see and understand the attraction to this album and its brilliance. Its just not really for me!

Jazz noises Is this music? They are clearly musicians, but I don't want to listen to it.

The first listen-through felt surprising: is this really from the 60s? And what is that relentlessly grinding bass sound? I'm reading it's possibly a contrabass trombone. Love it. Then... flamenco guitar, flutes? So strange, so experimental. Then, during another listen to 'Track B,' two-and-a-half minutes in, I'm unexpectedly swept up into that build-up. I'm suddenly getting Rachmaninov, circus elephants, a sultry night out in the city, a crazed chase in circles, a closing in, still more fury, frenzy, before being gently guided back down from those heights. Knocked the socks off!

Wow. I began the album thinking I was listening to jazzy farts to appreciating the guitar work and how beautiful the storytelling was just through instrumentals. As someone who just listened to the Nutcracker on repeat over the holidays, I can see how this was intended to be a ballet, and an emotional rollercoaster of one. Looking up the album, there were subtitles for the tracks with an indication of that story, but the album works so well universally as a redemption arc that begins simple/sleazy/dark/angry to something complex: "Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!" "Hearts' Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces" "(Soul Fusion) Freewoman and Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries" "Stop! Look! And Sing Songs of Revolutions!" "Saint and Sinner Join in Merriment on Battle Front" "Of Love, Pain, and Passioned Revolt, then Farewell, My Beloved, 'til It's Freedom Day"

Similar to the Miles Davis album, this isn't usually in my highest tier of jazz albums. But there is an excellent plungered trumpet making appearances and the pace is right, so I am comfortable calling this a 5

At first I was ready to write this off as generic jazz and relegate it to the same place I relegate most other jazz albums on this project (recognize its good but ultimately background music that is not for me and give it 4-stars). But then the Spanish guitar appeared in track four. And as if to demonstrate that it wasn't a fluke, it reappeared later on. And that caught my attention in a way that other jazz albums didn't and made me appreciate what the genre is capable of. Or I just need a guitar to appear at least once in any album for me to think it's worth five stars.

Crazy, progressive, groovy, avant garde

Masterpiece, completely unsure as to how I haven’t listened to it by now. Definitely an album and an artist I will be coming back to.

yessir!!!! This list needs more influential musicians like this.

Absolute jazz classic that transcends genre, what more is there to say

I zoned out while listening to this and became productive.

Mingus.

The way the band shifts the mood and tells the story is just sooooooooo incredible

My favourite album from my favourite jazz conductor. The journey you’re taken on by Mingus through the three movements of this album are unlike any other jazz album I’ve heard. They’re cinematic, they’re dramatic, they’re a showcase for everything brilliant that Mingus ever achieved. Just unmatched in the genre and one of my favourite ever albums.

liked it

Incredible song cycle that switches between various genres, not just jazz, but Andalusian guitar, in a way that allows each individual work to shine and not just be buried in the longer pieces

Top 5 album of all time!

This is perhaps Mingus' best, and certainly a jazz masterpiece. This is a full course meal of sound, an organized storm of passion and rage. It fully takes the big band tradition of Ellington and flips it on its head. If you can, read the liner notes to really understand what Mingus is doing and what his message is here, written in his own idiosyncratic voice and humor. It's not really a casual listen, and it won't be to everyone's taste. It feels more like a classical orchestral suite than a standard album as a collection of songs. Many horns are loud and cacophonous, sort of a Sun Ra flavor but perhaps more grounded-- if Sun Ra is sailing through space, Mingus is on the dark sultry streets of New Orleans or Madrid and tapping into the temper and heat. And so it's not necessarily to make your ears comfortable, but to make them pay attention and to make you feel and experience something. I'm being overly pretentious, but it really is stunning how he accomplishes this.

It’s like noise jazz I love it

Very experimental

Lovely, great atmosphere and melodies.

Ахуеть, кажется подвезли шедевр джаза

insane! was assuming it’d be more transient free jazz, but this is almost orchestral, with just a bit more intentional cacophony. the latin sounding guitar solos were a delightful surprise. didn’t realize how much i didn’t know about this artist, but had assumed it based on a few songs.

This was amazing. I’m just kind of blown away by this after the first listen. I don’t really know what else to write here, other than that I really, really, really liked this. This was certainly one hell of an introduction to Charles Mingus, and to a degree, jazz in general. 5/5

Mingus isn’t always my favorite jazzman, but this is stunning. Not only is it fun to listen to, but imagining the band working on and refining it is inspiring.

Audible excitement from me when I saw this had been generated for me. Quite possibly my favourite jazz album ever. I gave it this most recent listen on a bus journey through Thailand and despite the cramped and uncomfortable seats my mind could not be anywhere apart from with the music. Wonderfully orchestrated and beautifully performed every musician on this record bounces off each other perfectly. The tracks flow seamlessly into one another whilst sounding completely distinct and the number of disparate influences that come together here have no right to feel as cohesive as they do. A total work of genius from one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time.

[mid 2020s cultural critic voice] the repetitive anxiety-inducing refrain in the fourth track of the baritone sax panned hard left with the broad overarching rumbling overture panned hard right is sonically the most accurate depiction of a panic attack ever put to record now i don't have much historical context for jazz or for this album itself but it's fascinating to me. on repeat listens the frantic and manic mood engendered by the album softened by familiarity into a warm sense of clarity that let me appreciate different performers, different instruments, different moments, etc. it was overwhelming at first in a way that felt cacophonic but there's an internal structure that is quite enigmatic. really enjoyed this. a great first album.

About half way through listening to this I realized that this was from 1963. 1963! I mean there's ahead of its time and then there's THIS. There's something so theatrical about this, its like a sung through musical with no need for singing. The way the music moves through sections works so well- just as it feels like a piece is becoming too at home, the music switches up completely. I can't say I'm all that knowledgeable on theory of this kind of music so I don't have too much to say but I both extremely enjoyed and felt suprisingly anxious listening to this. The classical guitar and Spanish influence really shakes up the big band sound in a way that was very complementary. I really love the way themes and leitmotifs are repeated throughout, it gives both a level of stabilization ( going back to something that's already been established) but also suprise (seeing something we've heard before in a new context) that never got old for me

Wasn’t really looking forward to wading through more jazz but this was a big surprise. Some elements sounded a bit like Gershwin to me and there was so much going on with some dissonance which I enjoyed and tempo changes and weird stuff. Still sounded melodic though. Overall great album!

Despite my jazz background, I am not a fan of the 20 min instrumentals, what are you trying to prove? This though?? I definitely feel that that attitude shifting. The whole thing was so good, dripping with noire. The inclusion of prominent guitar (flamenco style??) was unexpected, especially for jazz.

Oh really. Like I don't already know this album is a masterpiece

One of the best jazz records I've ever heard. When your brain is ready to take it in, it hits with an intensity very few pieces of music can match.

Like elephants dancing in a chinastore

Absolutely amazing. Great bluesy jazz.