The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

The extraordinary musicianship on this can’t be denied but it has to be tempered by knowing that Mingus was a angry man, prone to violent outbursts. He once punched a fellow musician in the face so hard it permanently damaged their ability to play the trombone. His anger is reflected in the music here - aggressive hard bop with diversions into blues and classical guitar. Apparently this was originally written as a ballet which is something that I want to see.

Far out man! Bit OTT for me but some really enjoyable moments and they can play!

The opening to all 4 parts felt like the soundtrack to a noir detective film, the scene where the young PI discovers his love interest has been snatched up by a rival, likely an Italian named something like Alfonse who has a pencil moustache

Good slow paced, but deep jazz. The types that would play in a fancy NY rooftop in a movie. Probably a bit too busy to have just as background music, but great if you want to actually pay attention to it.

You can almost hear the smoke and sweat on this one.

Bastante bien. Me gustó el saxofón y música muy tranquilita y chilling

Es perfecto para escucharlo con cascos. Me gusta sobretodo el toque de la flauta travesera. Quizás me falta mas diversidad en cuanto la melodia.

I'm not much of a jazz person. This was better then i expected. Wasn't bad to have on. Probably won't listen to it again.

This was good, just not my cup of tea. It's not the album, it's me.

Jazzy

Loved this album

I like this ok but not in my top 5 Mingus records. Since you asked, they are (in no particular order): - Mingus ah um - Tijuana Moods - Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots - The Great Concert

Avant-garde jazz: some love it, some hate it, and some spend a lifetime trying to appreciate it (but do not love it). I belong to that last group.

Very good build-up, but at the apex it definitely does get a little too noisy for me.

4 tracks of very dynamic Jazz. I probably cannot appreciate it as much as it deserves. 6/10

A great jazz album - a little fluttery in places, but a good listen.

I assume this is good it's definitely an interesting lesson. I don't have the vocabulary to really appreciate it

I was not in the mood for this album at all Track C was amazing

Jazz club with a chilled vibe

Oh boy another jazz album! I still haven't figured out the appeal of jazz yet. It's not bad, but it is a lot. 5/10 Would I listen again? Probably not, sorry Dingus

It's certainly Jazz

The talent is obvious and overflowing. I just feel I'd just have to really want to get fully into jazz to truly feel the significance and history of this record.

Pre-listening thoughts: Ok so I know Charles Mingus from my American music class but all I know is he’s a jazz artist from the later jazz era (that sort of late 50s-early 60s pivot). I looked at the track list and 4 songs at 39 mins is WILD (this is mostly cause of Track D being 17 mins on its own 😭). Jazz is crazy bro. I’ve grown to appreciate jazz music (some of it! Some bebop still isn’t really for me lol) over the past few years so we’ll see if I enjoy this or not. Post/during listening thoughts: So while jazz has grown on me I still have a hard time listening to music without words. It’s like watching a black and white movie to me like it’s just missing something and in this case that is the instrument and poetry of the voice. Is this good? Absolutely. This is mixed really well, with lots of instrument variety and different song segments and improvisation that show off different musicians who played on this record. In terms of jazz this is as good as it gets. However, me personally, I'm not gonna jump to put this on in the car ride to work or to dance to or anything. It’s a little shocking how fast the tracks go by considering how long they are. I don’t ever feel the album dragging. Its a genuinely good album but jazz is still not my genre of choice 6.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: nah, but I’m sure some did Fav tracks: Tracks B&C Least fav tracks: n/a

This album was relaxing and easy to listen to. Not a jazz fan so wouldn't know a stellar jazz album.

Gillade denna (trots att jag bara hann med en genomlyssning) och hade varit coolt att se live. Medryckande och kräver aktiv lyssning. Några partier spårade ut lite väl mycket mot slutet, men annars bra!

Can’t stand songs that are long though. 12 minutes???

Second jazz album I’ve listened to from this list(and my entire life). Hard for me to rate but I thought this one was a bit better.

Parts of this are so off-putting that it’s 100% the jazz ppl think of when they say they don’t like jazz despite never having listened to jazz. A bunch of this just sounds like the worst kind of all night bender feels.

Really really good, unsurprisingly. Mingus is one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time.

Reminds me of the music in some old movies I like. Mostly bearable jazz!

I enjoyed quite a bit of it. There were some very fun and different sounds, but a lot of the time it just seemed a cacophony of noise. Too much going on at once, at least to my uncultured ear.

Not a bad jazz album. Very dark in parts and then interspersed with some kind of almost latin sounding guitar. Probably not one I'd revisit.

Wouldn't say its Charles Mingus' best, but an enjoyable listen none the less.

It's good, but I don't like all of it. Favorite song: track A solo dancer

Hard listen to jazz uninitiated. But I like the energy it transpires.

I would love to listen to this live. I would never listen to this again not-live.

I like Charles Mingus a lot, but this album was a little too "Swoozy," and I wasn't really into the classical guitar. So, it's definitely not a bad album, and I could see myself putting it on in the background, but it's definitely not a favorite or one I'm going to go back to often or really want to actively engage in, likely.

Experimental, Avant-Garde Jazz... So you know they're just making this shit up

Started out thinking it was frenetic and dated, ended thinking it was a cool, roll-neck-sweatered, Riviera boat-chase of a record.

The kind of experimental jazz that is too experimental for me. However, hella creative. I was biased towards a 3 instead of a 2 due to the inclusion of classical/flamenco guitars.

Very difficult to rate 1-5. A little too experimental to me, but still well executed.

This was cool, didn't blow my mind but wasn't bad.

Correcto

This is at the limit of jazz I enjoy to listen to, much prefer Davis or Coltrane, but I cannot deny the technical genius of Mingus, so understand how this made the list. 3/5

Jazz isn't my thing really. The album was OK, but I'm not clear what makes this considered a great album.

It's jazz. Obviously, they are talented but it's kind of hard to listen to.

Second Jazz standard over two days. Duke Ellington yesterday and Charles Mingus today. The only previous experience I’ve had with Mingus is Joni Mitchell’s collaboration with him on her album Mingus which I like very much. As. Regards this album was excited to listen in full. Wasn’t exactly disappointed but I think the jazziness of it all straying into very avant-garde jazz was a bit too much for my current level of jazz appreciation. I’m trying very hard to get into jazz but this album is not for the faint hearted and not one to dip your toes into the jazz canon. I think all the jazz buffs value this album very highly so I am guided by them to accept this is a very good album of its time and genre and grateful for the list to introduce me to Mingus. 3/5 18/6/24

evil trumpets

While I love most jazz, this album was interesting but not really my cup of tea.

I honestly try so hard to like jazz, but it's few and far between the jazz albums I can hear and actually enjoy. This had some juice moments but too few sadly.

I’m just not a big fan of jazz

I wish I could appreciate jazz more, but it rarely does a whole lot for me. This album was more of the same- enjoyable as background music, and this one has some unique sounds that got my attention, but just not my favorite style.

This was a quick lil listen. Lots of horns including that one from Jožin z Bážen…I feel like I don’t really know enough about jazz to know if this is good or not. I think I like percussion-forward jazz over horn-centric jazz?

This album is nice to have on as background music, the hats aren't as overpowering as normal jazz seems to have and it contains piano which I am a huge fan of.

I'm not well versed in jazz, so it's gonna take a few more listens for me to feel solid in my rating. But on first listen I really enjoyed this.

Sounds like the type of jazz going on in a 70s detective shows, with the lead narrating over the music about the crime they are getting ready to solve.

This was fine, but nothing extraordinary in terms of defining Jazz as an art form. Part of the album reminded me of the Taxi Driver score. The last track goes on forever.

This wasn't too bad. Kinda liked it as background music.

Jazz

Quite the journey. LOVED the start but it dissolves into a bit too much randomness I think. Still a really interesting listen.

Jazzzz

Chaotic. At times dissonant, at times lyrical, but always interesting.

Jazz escapes me…

I really tried to listen and immerse myself but just still not appreciating the genre. I did appreciate this one and connect a little more than others before

I appreciate this as some good jazz music but jazz is something I only listen to on occasion. Have to me in the right mood I guess. But next time I'm feeling like some jazz maybe I'll explore more of Charels Mingus' work.

This was certainly lively! Lots going on. Appreciate the talent and the emotional chaos of this, but jazz has yet to find a special place in my heart. I could see this being a favorite of jazz fans though.

Beautiful, dark. Kind of haunting?

I may have to listen to this again. I really like Mingus, but felt that this was too far out there. Though there were parts that I really liked. Did not think it was the masterpiece that everyone else does. 3 stars for now.

I’m not sure if I understand this. A lot of noise. Some pleasing parts.

Favorite Track: Track C-Group Dancers

Fantastically chaotic

4 Tracks of very upbeat, high tempo Jazz. Gonna go on a limb and say that the other tracks aren't cleared for Spotify, but from what I heard, this deff leaves me wanting more. Update: apparently it's just 4 tracks?!? Added them all, would love this in LP form!

Enjoyable (particularly the second and third tracks) , but I don't know enough about jazz to fully appreciate it

I don’t have any frame of reference with jazz music to know how it fits into the bigger picture. Easy to listen or work to but nothing Id put back on if I had a choice. Rating: 3.1

It was ok. 2.5/5

Not a jazz fan

Really good overall and definitely unique listening experience, but not really my thing to go back and listen to

I dig this jazz. Was not expecting jazz when reading the artist's name. Thought it was some psychedelic solo 70s artist.

Adventurous and unsettling, definitely not for everyone. Interesting blend of loveliness and chaos. Fave Song: Track C – Group Dancers

High Quality Jazz! I had never heard of Charles Mingus before. It was a beautiful surprise! I liked!

ok.

It is decent background music, but it is no Miles Davis.

Trumpet both good and bad

I would really like to give this a 3.5 but I can't so imma give it a 3 because I didn't love the chaos. I really liked the piano and trombone but I felt that it felt kinda scattered and spastic in places and I didn't love that. The trumpet was cool at first but I kinda got over it after the first little bit. Other than those two things it was pretty groovy.

solo instrumentals were nice, but when they all played together it often felt jumbled. too many discordant notes. enjoyed the flamenco guitar featured in one piece. last track went on entirely too long.

Very interesting Jazz, fun instrumentation and interesting techniques and sounds. Pretty good!

Interesting. A good album.

good, but forgetable

Heel moeilijk album om te reviewen. Dit is echt experimentele jazz, en maakt ook dat het echt lastig is om hier naar te luisteren. Er zijn stukken die geniaal zijn en stukken die ik nooit meer wil horen, ik heb geen favoriete nummers hier, omdat deze stukken telkens in hetzelfde nummer zitten en elk nummer complete chaos is en absolute stilte. Wat een reis was dit album zeg, ik moet ff bijkomen.

En etsiskellyt enkä paöjoa löytänyt samanlaista soitantaa 4 biisiä albumiksi läppästy.. Missään vaiheessa en toki unimpressed... Masters for 1963 year..

I don't listen to a lot of Jazz. Maybe Big Band Jazz (Sintra and such), but this style is foreign to me. This was good music that created an atmosphere. I can see myself enjoying this album again. Sounded like it could be a soundtrack or a movie score. This album generator finally has done what I was hoping it would do, turn my ears on to music that for whatever reason has passed me by.

Amazing melodies

I prefer my jazz either groovy or moody. This is neither. It’s a grand chaos, but rather unwelcoming. As if one stopped by a derailed party completely sober. Stay a bit and let the chaos seep into you, or follow your urge to move on.

lil too much going on for my tastes

Vinyl ?

3 stars because I'm not sure how to rate this (I don't listen to jazz)

Musically sound. Not my style but would be his background music

This music just gives me anxiety for some reason. Very talented musicians, but the sound is so frantic that I don't like it much.

Short album. Definitely need to be in the mood for it, but I liked it. Sounded kinda familiar.

only 40 minutes. Good Jazz jams. Some recognisable tunes

Està bé, però el jazz em costa molt. M'agrada l'estil que té com allargant les notes, com si s'arrosseguessin per terra amb mandra. A part d'això, no puc dir molt més perquè no en sé. Vale, no m'esperava la guitarra allà enmig, m'ha sorprès positivament. Expected Lorenzo Rating: 4

Not sure

Nice of them to include the soundtrack from Ed, Edd & Eddy on this project. Not my preferred jazz style to listen to. 6/10

I normally don't listen to jazz voluntarily. This was okay. It didn't annoy me and I was able to code to it fairly well. It wasn't jarring or distracting. I will try to give this album a few more listens to see how it grows on me.

I don’t listen to / know much about jazz but this was a very nice listen.

Pretty cool and unique jazz album and I don't think I'll hear something like that for a while

Nice

Meni yllättävän meluksi välillä, mutta pysyi sentään kasassa. Kiva rakenne levyllä, selkeät ”teokset” (ennemmin kuin biisit). Sekin toi järjestystä paikoin näennäiseen kaaokseen joka ei ole kaaos. Taitavaa, ja torvisoittimista pidän yleisesti. Ei vaikeaa kuunnella, mutta ei suosikkiasiani kuitenkaan. Kakkonen tuntuu silti vähättelyltä.

Very much jazz

More traditional jazz, very intricate instrument work but more difficult to get into a flow with it, enjoyed it in parts, especially the blues-y ending to Group dancers

As much as I enjoy Mingus, this one's difficult for me to access. Maybe if I listened several more times?

Day boi Mingus

I’m a simple man. I see the boi mingus, i’m happy.

Track A - a lot of fun Track B - somewhat less fun Track C - mental Mode D, E, F - not sure what is going on

Fiati in primo piano e un'atmosfera che mi fa immaginare le grandi città americane nel dopoguerra. Il basso non risulta il principale protagonista, probabilmente perché questo album meriterebbe ascolti con impianti di qualità migliore rispetto allo streaming. Ottima musica, ma non fruibile in ogni momento del giorno, se comparata ad altri standard di questo genere musicale.

I liked the blues sound combination of piano and sax.

Some pretty decent jazz that liked to add these weird, sinister, off-key sections that didn't always flow super well. Points for originality and overall brevity, but not my first choice when it comes to jazz.

Okay.

This is one I have on vinyl

It pretty out there. I liked it

cool but not for me

Not something I'm likely to actively listen to, but it was fine in the background.

Género particular el jazz. Siempre lo conecté con la noche, para una reunión de dos, íntima. De estarse conociendo con alguien. Siento a éste disco más experimental e individual. Caótico, en partes. Más para acompañar un estado alterado por sustancias.

Good background music

Mingus was always just a name to me…now I know more about him after listening. I appreciate the effort and can understand why he’s a big jazzy deal but…maybe.

It’s Mingus, ya dingus! This one falls firmly into my “jazz=3” rule, since I’m too dumb to know any better, one way or another.

There's a lot of talent here and a lot of chaos. A lot of the album feels like an "everything, everywhere, all at once" ordeal. I'm not sure what the intention or design of the concept is, so maybe I'm missing something there, but, purely as a listening piece, it's a bit much sometimes. The piano and Spanish guitar interludes with the accents and highlights of the other jazz instruments are really special, though, and there's just a ton of talent across the board. Some more cohesion would be superb and really put this one at the top. Fav tracks: N/A, but movements 3-5 stand out more than the rest.

More jazz! This is very good but not my favourite genre. Listens: 1 Fave Track: ?

Jazz galore! These jazz album suggestions are not bad

One of the weirder / more intricate Jazz albums I’ve ever listened to. Find it a hard one to vibe with, but this probably is because it’s a more advanced album in the genre. Would be a good repeat listen in a few years.

Jazzyyy Cecilia

felt a bit manic and was definitely not good music to work to, but i appreciated the jazzy big band style with the longer form songs.

Quite enjoyed this one. Don't mind a little jazz and this was a good example of that genre. Liked the Spanish influence in the form of the Spanish guitar that was threaded through. Worthy of 3 stars.

Jazz orquestal de altura. Para escuchar relajado y sin nada que perturbe tu atención si quieres disfrutarlo.

Something to come back to. Typical jazz I struggle to appreciate now but hope to some day.

Love a bit of jazz.

Is this the album I heard and loved back in the early 2000s yet couldn't remember the title? We'll see. Perhaps, although I don't think so. It's an enjoyable album, and I was surprised to get into it with such ease. The latest jazz I've listened to really hasn't been my cup of tea but this is pretty accessible.

Ya like jazz?

Not my sort of music but definitely enjoyed and appreciated it

Not a big Jazz guy but enjoyed this thoroughly

Good music for Starbucks

Decent, but not really my thing and I didn't finish.

Cool jazz album but quite challenging at times

Ich habe erst kürzlich zufällig gelesen, dass dieses Werk zum Meisterwerk der Jazz-Musik zählt und es gehört schon Mut dazu, sich dieser Musik zu zuwenden, wenn man nicht zu den Jazz-Hörern gehört. Tja, und dazu zähle ich mich. Zugegeben es war schon eine sehr große Herausforderung. Was mir sehr gut gefallen hat, war der Stereo-Effekt der Aufnahmen, die die Dialoge zwischen den Instrumenten hervorragend zur Geltung bringen. Ein berauschendes Hin und Her stets mit neuen Überraschungen an Klängen, unterschiedlichen Ansätzen von Melodien, laut und leise, wirklich ein Überraschungspaket. Dennoch waren mir die Dissonanzen und Improvisationen (so habe ich es oft empfunden, auch wenn es sich um eine Komposition handelt) einfach zuviel und machten mir das Hören sehr schwer. Ich musste mir das Album in mehreren Etappen anhören. In einem Zug war mir nicht möglich. Dennoch habe ich es mir zweimal angehört. Vielleicht muss ich es mir öfters anhören, damit sich mir diese Musik erschließt. Als Normal-Hörer würde ich nur einen Stern von fünf vergeben. Aber ich erkenne die Anfangs erwähnten Überraschungen groß an und vergebe noch einen Bonuspunkt für die große Anerkennung in der Jazz-Musik. Ich als Jazz-Anfänger kann das durchaus darin erkennen. Danke, für die Möglichkeit, etwas Neues für meine Ohren zu wagen.

I love instrumental jazz, and Charles Mingus was cool as hell, but I like my jazz a little more melodic. This was fun, and there’s great moments in it, but sometimes it just wasn’t my groove. Respect the talent and musicianship, though.

Pretty similar to other jazz albums on this list for me.

It was pretty funky and I could feel the story but I think this would work a lot better paired w a visual art like film or dance or sum. I didn’t love it as just background music bc I don’t love the sound of the trombone(?) sometimes but it was pretty solid overall. Also realizing how much I love pacific time, I miss rating things at nine and being asleep at 9:15. 6/10

would've been more my style if it had a little more structure but loved the big band/new orleans jazz influences

I do enjoy avant-garde music but I believe context is required to get the most out of records like this. Unfortunately I don't understand the world this record comes from.

3.5/5 - I know nothing about jazz but this album sounded good to me

Track C and the Medley were phenomenal, but Tracks A and B didn't really stand out to me. I appreciate that the album gets better as it goes on, but it just didn't start very strong for me.

I like the way Track B started. The middle was too frenetic/cacophonous for my taste, but ended well. I like the blend of styles in Mode D: jazz, flamenco, back to jazz, and then on to an almost cabaret style. Track C reminded me of a smoky jazz club in the 60s. Probably my favorite track. Overall, I liked some of this album but each song got too loud and frenetic. There are only 4 tracks and each one did this. Seems overdone for my taste.

easy listen, but probably not something i'd revisit - 1 add

good work listen, enjoyable jazzy tunes

Jazz flamenco fushion!?!?

A good jazz album, I particularly liked Track C

Interesting and filmic

Good jazz! Coltrane and others are more appealing to me but I would listen again.

3 and a half star jazz

I really appreciate the idea of improv jazz, but it seems so difficult to execute with each instrument being so bold. These guys seemed to have much better cohesion when they sped up, but as the songs slowed down I started to feel disinterested in the dissonance. It got better toward the end. I think Track C and Medley: Mode D-Trio were a step above Tracks A and B. The easiest comparison to make is to John Coltrane, which was easily a start better than C. Mingus in my eyes.

This sounds like jazz music that would be the instrumentals in a 60s cartoon like Tom and Jerry. I can see how this falls into the "experimental big band" genre, because that was just stragiht improv for what seemed to be the whole album. It was a little difficult to listen to at times because there was no real flow to any of the songs while they were trying to figure each other out. Not a type of music I would go out of my way to search for, but it was a cool intro to improv jazz which I have to respect.

Avantgarde, Third Stream.

Disjointed and improv as only Mingus does it. 3.5/5

The arrangements throughout are a mish mash in a good way of jazz, classical, Spanish and African themes. It feels very improvised, something you may hear at a jazz club, quite nice as some background music. No best or worst as the entire album feels like a collective that should be treated as a whole.

You know how, in electronic music, it's building and building and building until the drop? I had no idea jazz could do that. Or sound like, when you turn down the next street, it'll be filled with opium dens. Fun, evocative music - tho not necessarily anything I'd seek out for future listens.

I find jazz so hard to listen to but this was really interesting. I couldn’t just put it on and chill though. This has to be an assignment.

There were some very fun and exciting parts, but it mostly felt like background music.

At times too cacophonous and grating on my ears. That guitar part at some point was a nice touch though.

fav songs: track b, track c incredible the emotion and drama that can be express through instrument. each song had its own beautiful moment

good jazz added to the list.

This was pretty chill. Reminds of jazz I heard as a kid

3.5, mozda 4

More frantic and noisy than Mingus Mingus Mingus. I wasn't in the mood

I'm not a jazz lover and was hesitant to give this a listen. But I really enjoyed it.

Not a jazzy person - this was good but not something think I’d go to on my own

some interesting stuff on here

jazzy

Not a very enjoyable listening experience for the most part, to be honest. Maybe it’s not my kind of jazz. [0076/1001]

I listened to it while waiting for the doctor. Neutral.

I didn’t hate it, I didn’t love it. At the beginning I was disliking it, but by the end I enjoyed it. I think the last song was my favorite

Jazz. Niiiiiiiicccccccccccccceeeee.

Meget jazzy.

Ya like jazz? 6/10

I was enjoying this album until the second half. Moog Raga sounded like background music from a Muppets alien sketch. Triad was about trying to convince someone to be a part of a trouple (with possibly more to join later). And I just didn't like the last three songs.

Abstract, experimental, chaotic. One minute there will be a Spanish guitar solo and the next a ripping saxophone solo followed by mellow moments.

jazz that is actually fun. Cool bass and rapidly changing tempos. With spanish guitar too! Also, the fourth song makes me think of the taxi driver theme a lot

It's wrong to give Minugs a 2. So I need to at least do a 3. And the talent is there. But it didn't move me

Utterly bonkers. I still don't understand jazz. I like a spot of John Coltrane or Miles Davis but Charles Mingus is out there. Obviously great musicians but not completely for me.

jazz but idk, certainly weird

Amazing, amazing, amazing...if you like it. The amount of incredible musicianship on show here is incredible. However if you aren't into the genre or want to listen to something a bit easier with lyrics this isn't it

Nice but bass too low in mix. Another 'not my favourite album by this artist' pick!

busy sound. need to listen more

enjoyed more than a high school band concert. it might grow on me with more time. i don't know that i'll take the chance.

Ni tan mal las dos primeras, luego...café para muy cafeteros

Terrific. A complex listen, right from the get-go. A type of darkness in those horns that is hard to find anywhere else. I am close to jazz-illiterate, and I’ve heard the legends of Mingus, but haven’t heard much firsthand. Worth more exploration. 3/5

Does some fun stuff with stereo

Blind album and artist. Don't really have a lot to say except it's different than what I normally listen to.

Me gusto el balance de lo atonal y disonante con los elementos rítmicos y melódicos que llega a tener. Es como si hicieran a Von Webern o Schoenberg eléctrico y distorsionado.

While I enjoyed my time listening to this record, I didn’t like it as much compared to other jazz records of the time. Despite being only 4 songs, it feels a little bloated at points, especially when compared to other 4 track albums like a love supreme. All in all, I would give it a medium 3.

Didn't really listen much. Didn't fit the mood I was in.

Personalmente no es lo mío… escuchar un disco completamente jazz fusión instrumental…. Diría imposible… sin embargo estoy agradablemente sorprendido, es mas me siento como viendo tom and Jerry !! Pero más progresivo.

Je possède peu de mots pour décrire le jazz. Donne l'impression d'une cacophonie, mais c'est une virtuosité qui nous élude.

Track A - it's jazzy. It had its moments, but overall, alright Track B - Track C - Track D - one long track. Kinda groovy in parts

Solid stuff.

Flows smoothly, albeit nothing stood out in particular. Uptempo without a lot of the "lulls" that can throw me when typically listening to jazz.

Jazz is jazz

Yay short album! The “blat” sound is wired. Need to listen to more instrumental jazz. Trumpet is not ready to give up.

Technically brilliant, audibly not my taste

Very Jazzy

Impressive but Jazz not my cup or tea.

Hard for me to get into a Jazz album. This one was ok.

Not a jazz fan, but some parts of this album were pretty cool. Favorite: last 1-2 minutes of track 1.

I can appreciate it but I'm too much of a philistine to fully enjoy it. I like the leitmotif though

I mean, better albums of this genre exist.

Jazz. All the notes. At once.

Really immersive and powerful. Not my favourite, and that might just be because I am not a huge Mingus fan, but the skill is obvious.

I fell in love with Mingus through Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus even though I'd get tired after my third mention of Mingus and skip the final two. The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady came later for me despite both records being cut in '63. That's just the way it used to go when you'd pick up an album or two of an artist with an immense back catalogue and you had no mentor in the genre or media to point out the discography. Yeah, this was a while back. Prehistoric times, a stone age daydream. Mingus has always tickled my ear though and this record didn't disappoint when I finally heard it. It's treat to hear it again today.

Good jazzy shit, nice and weird

Grew on me as it went. I liked the Spanish guitar parts.

Very nice horn harmonies. Definitely gets a little experimental at times but still cool.

Standard Genre 3 star rating

Decent in places, a bit labouring and annoying in others.

As jazz goes, it's one of the better ones.

Enjoyed it, makes me wonder how an album like this logistically gets put together but otherwise not much to add

I'm sorry but I can't abide jazz I'm sure this is a good example but, uurgh!

Jazz fucks

I liked the sounds like New Orleans jazz.

Jazzy

I like Jazz, but I don't think I know Jazz well enough to understand the greatness of this album, or why it stands out and needs to be on this list. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was a nice listening, but it just doesn't stand out particularly much. Having an almost 19 minute track also gets a bit tedious to be frank. I also think all tracks sounded VERY similar. Still, it sounds good for what Jazz is, so I guess I'll just put it in the middle?

Fun, but it feels a little messy.

Kind of ok

Considering I am not a massive Jazz enthusiast, this wasnt too bad. I probably wont listen to it again but I did regret it.

This was unreasonably busy

Not a huge jazz fan, but this was ok.

Like previous Jazz albums this was fine as background. I just don't think I like pure Jazz albums that much.

Está bueno el disco, es un instrumental movido muy copado.

Pretty good classic ablum

Un très sympathique album de jazz jusqu'au moment où Charles libère son animagus en forme de lapin et se mette à déambuler devant Harry Potter et ses camarades en plein cours de potions. Pas nécessaire.

Charles Mingus nous offre deux première pistes de grand n'importe quoi, avant de progressivement débuter sa triple métamorphose. Charles Mingus évoluera dans un premier temps en Frédéric Chopin, proposant de piquantes notes de piano dans une ambiance des plus obscures. Charles Mingus passera ensuite à sa deuxième évolution, qui le fera devenir un guitariste des Gipsy Kings, enchaînant les solos de guitare latino. Enfin, Charles Mingus reviendra à son état initial, nous offrant un fouillis de n'importe quoi avec sa trompette de merde.

Mingyyy

It's kinda like something they would play at a house of burlesque. I did enjoy it, though!

Jazzalbum. Nicht ganz groß, aber gut.

I... just don't know. This is extremely captivating and at the same time infuriatingly alienating. As someone who loves 'Goodbye Pork Pie Hat', this is... something else.

Some truly great musical talent but too busy for my preference in jazz

I do enjoy jazz but this one was a bit off the rails at times for me. Impressive musicians but the compositions as a whole were ab it to crazy for my taste.

This falls into the experimental jazz category that I find too chaotic at times. Still brilliant jazz, just personally not my favorite.

Enjoyed it, amazing style and talent. But just not my preferred listening geenra.

Wish I could listen on vinyl! Diverse

Lovely old school jazz to start the week. Beautiful in that you could not predict where it was going to land

3/5

Swaying and sharp, with lots of great trumpet playing. Maybe too experimental for me, although it’s hardly free jazz or something. Could use more devoted listening.

not the mingus album i would pick but i havent heard a lot of his stuff favs: c and f

Not my preferred genre of music, but it wasn’t bad. I would have to be in a very specific mood to listen to it again

Interesting jazz

Enjoyable Jazz

This was really interesting. It never felt repetitive and still kept a continuity of style. I don't know what to think otherwise. I guess I like it, but we'll see if I ever come back to it.

Badaskaveebopbadabobajazz

Yeeash.....this is dark, unsettling and to be honest difficult jazz. Its hard not to admire the ambition but that doesn't mean I love it. Its hard to penetrate (no tunes!) So will just give it a standard 3.

I'll be honest. I'm not someone who can tell the difference between good jazz. At least not yet. I had listened to a Miles Davis album a couple of years ago, and this album was kind of like that album. Not terrible to listen to, but not great to listen to either. I usually like my music to eventually settle into a groove, and this doesn't do that. So, average rating I guess.

I love everything about this cover. I like the music. I don't remember it, but it was a good listen, no matter what.

I listened to this! But now I'm confusing it with the Thelonius Monk in my head. But I know I definitely preferred the Monk, so let's just hit that 3 star button.

Jazz; nice.

Not really my taste

Jazz. I feel like I'm not smart enough or good enough at music to "get" Jazz fully. I can admit that, so even though I don't necessarily like this album I feel obligated to give it 3 stars.

Pleasant listening. Top songs: none

Impressed with the composition of this album. The musicians play well and the albums theme is somewhat apparent, though ambiguous at times. Not really an album for me, but its not bad FAVORITE SONGS: - Track A - Solo Dancer 3/5

I'm not sure I was in the right frame of mind to hear this - I think it needs a proper listen.

Yas! Jazz! Very cowboy bebop. not the greatest for listening at work.

Lazy, sexy jazz that blows hot and cold, like a love affair. Just when you’re certain, the rug is pulled from under your feet, upending you and calling into question everything you thought you knew.

Probably a classic album if jazz is your thing

Eh. Not really my jam 😬

I listened to this and I just don’t get it, understanding jazz isn’t my forte and I’m working on a project and under pressure with a deadline so it was more of a passive listen than picking it apart, it was ok in the background not much made my ears perk up.

A difficult album. Took a few listens for me to warm to it. It's getting there but not quite there for me yet. 3 stars

good

Solid 3.5, I don’t listen to a lot of jazz and this was a good introduction and easy to digest

It feels like I am a true crime movie from the 50s when I listen to this

Pretty damn avant-garde, it feels like the music is going to explode into a million pieces at any minute

Leuke Jazz 3/5

On the album cover, there's a line that says "touch my beloved's thought while her world's affluence crumbles at my feet" and I don't know what that even means, but it is provocative! This is a skittish, almost frenzied at times, yet well paced album relying on full orchestral sets and simple instrumental solos. Only four tracks, I thought this one was good. Not the kind of jazz I strive to get into, though.

A nice album to have on in the background while working. It also gave me vibes of being in a smokey night club.

Interesting choice for a Mingus album. I admire this music more than dig it, but parts of it are fantastic. It's a real mood-piece. Sounds like it could be the soundtrack for a sleazy noir flick. I own two other Mingus albums (Ah Um and Pithecanthropus Erectus), both of which I prefer to this one. Ah Um has shorter pieces and the longer ones on PE hang together more and are less abstract than the extended tunes on this one. If I want avant garde big band stuff, I prefer Sun Ra. I dug the guitar work on this one, though. Very cool.

Not bad for a full jazz album, nice work.

Didn't think this was all that bad. Really crazy arrangements all throughout but generally enjoyable. 7/10.

Cool little jazz album, instrumental, very chilled out, just what you would expect, wasnt blown away by it. 5.5/10

As art, I dig it. As chill jazz to put on while I do dishes, not so much. The dissonance in some of the tracks was unsettling - at one point, I think in the first track, I had a physical reaction to it. I was inadvertently squirming in my seat and fidgeting. It was unsettling and uncomfortable, but I'm guessing that's the point. This kind of jazz is like the Picasso of the jazz world - you can't quite wrap your head around it. Where are the lines? Where's the perspective? Why would you do that with instruments? So just like Picasso, total respect for the art and the statement. But it doesn't mean that I want it hanging over my couch...

You need to be in a particular mindset to get into this immediately. Some passages are just too jagged. Of all the tracks, it was D and its extension to E and F that stood out.

Fun, freestyle-ey jazz. A bit more minor key than I'd listen to regularly

Very good, Different type of music I’m used listening too. Loved it

talented jazz musicians but too chaotic

Not really my thing but interesting enough 3/5

I like jazz

Lots of groove, lots of chaotic jazz, thankful it was a short album because if it were any longer, the rating would just keep going down.

Don't care much for jazz, but it was good jazz

I'm glad this project is helping me to really expand my horizons... I'll be honest, I thought the first track was not great and really put me off... but later on it's very listenable and I had a good time with it. I'm still not a jazz man so I'm never going to rate this too highly, but maybe I appreciate it a little bit more now.

Tricky to listen to as a person who has not had much exposure to experimental jazz.

A unique four part look into some solid unique jazz. Mingus makes this album feel like it’s four different pieces of a puzzle as it’s put together. The different instruments and tempos make this album feel like you’re always hearing something new. I found myself enjoying it and for jazz music would return to it. 6.7/10

This is not an easy listen and Mingus has much more accessible albums than this. Essentially it's a 40 minute long track made up of a number of movements within and you can hear a mix of styles as you make your way through from blues, Spanish classical guitar and straight up noir-ish jazz. Not just a story, but apparently a form of psychoanalysis for MIngus himself. Once again, this is not an easy listen - but it might just be worth sticking with. Best Tracks: Track B – Duet Solo Dancers [Hearts' Beat and Shades in Physical Embraces]; Track C – Group Dancers [(Soul Fusion) Freewoman and Oh, This Freedom's Slave Cries]

Pretty cool album, as jazz goes, this is pretty avant-garde. You need to listen with a different mindset to most albums on this list, since the interest comes through the instrumentation rather than vocals (which are completely absent)

Good, but not my bag

Listened to on 8/25/22 3.5/5 Favorite song: group dancers Good jazz album nothing spectacular