★ Acoustic Sounds Series (Impulse! A-35)
★ AMG 五星滿分、企鵝爵士評鑑四星滿分推薦
★ 原始類比母帶重新製作,美國黑膠壓片廠 Quality Record Pressings 壓製 180g
「融合爵士與古典,又加入了非洲音樂與西班牙主題元素」,樂評家如是說。本專輯被認為是 Charles Mingus 的傑作之一。AllMusic 讚譽其為「爵士史上最成功的管弦樂演出」。
演出者:
Rolf Ericson, Richard Williams (trumpet)
Quentin Jackson (trombone)
Don Butterfield (tuba)
Jerome Richardson (Flute, Sax)
Dick Hafer (Flute, Sax)
Charles Mariano (Sax)
Jack Byard (piano)
Jay Berliner (guitar)
Charles Mingus (bass, piano)
Dannie Richmond (drums)
曲目:
Side A
1. Solo Dancer (Stop! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!)
2. Duet Solo Dancers (Heart's Beat And Shades In Physical Embraces)
3. Group Dancers ([Soul Fusion] Freewoman And Oh This Freedom's Slave Cries)
Side B
1. Trio And Group Dancers (Stop! Look! And Sing Songs Of Revolutions!)
2. Single Solos And Group Dance (Saint And Sinner Join In Merriment On Battle Front)
3. Group And Solo Dance (Of Love, Pain, And Passioned Revolt, Then Farewell, My Beloved, 'til It's Freedom Day)
Recorded on January 20th, 1963 and released in 1963.