Charles Mingus - Let My Children Hear Music
 | Primary Artist |
| Charles Mingus | |
| Album Title | |
| Let My Children Hear Music | |
| Release Date | |
| September, 1971 | |
| Time | |
| 59:33 | |
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On the original LP issued by Columbia, Mingus thanked producer Teo Macero for "his untiring efforts in producing the best album I have ever made." From his deathbed in Mexico in 1979 he sent a message to Sy Johnson (who was responsible for many of the arrangements on the album), saying that Let My Children Hear Music was the record he liked most from his career. Although Mingus' small-group recordings are the ones most often cited as his premier works, this album does, in fact, rank at the top of his oeuvre and compares favorably with the finest large-ensemble jazz recordings by anyone, including Ellington. Read More
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