Let My Children Hear Music
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Let My Children Hear Music is a 1972 jazz
album
by Charles Mingus
. In the original liner notes, Mingus described it as "the best album I have ever made".
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus Jr. was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and civil rights activist.Mingus's compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop and drew heavily from black gospel music while sometimes drawing on elements of Third stream, free jazz, and classical music...
. In the original liner notes, Mingus described it as "the best album I have ever made".
Track listing
All tracks composed by Charles Mingus.- "The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jiveass SlippersThe Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers"The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jiveass Slippers" is a composition by Charles Mingus released on his 1972 album Let My Children Hear Music...
" – 9:34 - "Adagio ma Non Troppo" – 8:22
- "Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too" – 9:26
- "Taurus in the Arena of Life" – 4:17
- "Hobo Ho" – 10:07
- "The Chill of Death" – 7:38
- "The I of Hurricane Sue" – 10:09