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Let My Children Hear Music

1972 studio album by Charles Mingus

Let My Children Hear Music is an album released by Columbia Records in 1972 of music by composer Charles Mingus, produced by Teo Macero. The music is scored for large jazz orchestra and Mingus worked with several arrangers, orchestrators and conductors, most notably Sy Johnson and Alan Raph, to realize some of his most ambitious compositions. In the original liner notes, Mingus described it as "the best album I have ever made".

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Mingus was nominated for the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes (Non-Classical) for the album, losing to Tom T. Hall for Tom T. Hall's Greatest Hits.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Charles Mingus.

  1. "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers" – 9:34
  2. "Adagio ma Non Troppo" – 8:22
  3. "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" – 9:26
  4. "Taurus in the Arena of Life" – 4:17 (on CD reissue)
  5. "Hobo Ho" – 10:07
  6. "The Chill of Death" – 7:38
  7. "The I of Hurricane Sue" – 10:09

Personnel

The soloists are listed below:[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Billboard Mar 18, 1972
  2. [2]
    Olewnick, Brian (2011). "Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  3. [3]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 141. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. [4]
    Booklet from 1992 Columbia Legacy CD


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