07-06-2014, 20:41
Sorry Jazz man to interrupt your interesting thread as usual, but I have to ask you your opinion of this album!
![[Image: 220px-Mingus_Black_Saint.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/Mingus_Black_Saint.jpg/220px-Mingus_Black_Saint.jpg)
The reception to The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady has been generally positive. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, writers of The Penguin Guide to Jazz, award the album a "Crown" token, the publication's highest accolade, in addition to the highest four-star rating.[SUP][2][/SUP] Steve Huey of Allmusic awards The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady five stars out of five and describes the album as "one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history."[SUP][3][/SUP] Q magazine describes the album as "a mixture of haunting bluesiness, dancing vivacity, and moments of Andalusian heat..." and awards it four of five stars.[SUP][5] Quote from Wikipedia
It's a great jazz composition but I enjoy many others besides this one.[/SUP]
![[Image: 220px-Mingus_Black_Saint.jpg]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mingus_Black_Saint.jpg)
The reception to The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady has been generally positive. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, writers of The Penguin Guide to Jazz, award the album a "Crown" token, the publication's highest accolade, in addition to the highest four-star rating.[SUP][2][/SUP] Steve Huey of Allmusic awards The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady five stars out of five and describes the album as "one of the greatest achievements in orchestration by any composer in jazz history."[SUP][3][/SUP] Q magazine describes the album as "a mixture of haunting bluesiness, dancing vivacity, and moments of Andalusian heat..." and awards it four of five stars.[SUP][5] Quote from Wikipedia
It's a great jazz composition but I enjoy many others besides this one.[/SUP]
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