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Episode 69: Charles Mingus's "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady"

Episode 69: Charles Mingus's "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady"

Update: 2025-10-21

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When you think of true "artists" in music, who comes to mind? Charles Mingus embodied its romantic ideal, for better and for worse. His magnum opus "Black Saint" is more than even jazz's cosmic form can hold—it's the full-bodied essence of a master composer, peerlessly inventive bassist, and clairvoyant critic of the real America. In it, you’ll find what his collaborator Gunther Schuller called "the widest ranging musics you can find composed by one single human being."

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Episode 69: Charles Mingus's "The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady"

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