 |
Let My Children Hear Music
Ambitious is perhaps the best way to sum up this 1971 large-ensemble recording. It hearkens back to Black Saint and the Sinner Lady in some important respects--chiefly the sense of vertical sprawl in the tunes, the sheer presence of so many instruments doing so much at the same time. It also importantly pointed to the omnipresence of Duke Ellington as an orchestral influence. Mingus scores the baritone sax the way Ellington had done, as part rhythm, part road marker, and part stir stick for the swirls of energy generated on tracks like "Hobo Ho." The sessions for Let My Children remain blurred as far as detail goes, but it's clear that James Moody and Bobby Jones do spectacular jobs soloing amid a dense crowd of ensemble movements and passages. And the version of "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife" is so heartfelt and moving that you almost miss the monumental complexity of the piece. --Andrew Bartlett
Buy
Tracks| 1 | Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers | | 2 | Adagio ma Non Troppo | | 3 | Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | | 4 | Taurus in the Arena of Life [#] | | 5 | Hobo Ho | | 6 | Chill of Death | | 7 | I of Hurricane Sue |
Copyright © 2009 NetVision. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Statement
|
