the black saint and the sinner lady (charles mingus)
An all-time great album title, and a great album too. It sways with exhilarating bombast, like a jazz pirate ship, or a stumble-bumble adventure through angular New York alleyways, colored like a comic book. This album tells more of a story than any other jazz album I've heard so far- others have a cool ambience or take a nice journey, but this album always creates pictures for me more vividly than any other record, I really feel the rainy, angular, brick-wall, yellow light, swaying and bustling adventure.
This album moves between states very well- I've thought lately about moving between states as a crucial element of a comedic scene, that the moments of transition are where the laughter and surprise comes- and this album demonstrates that ability quite well, musically. Low sways, Spanish guitars, bursts of activity. You're always lurching around, looking for your footing, while The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady pulls you and moves you.
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