Let My Children Hear Music
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| Studio album by Charles Mingus | ||||
| Released | January/February 1972 | |||
| Recorded | September 23 – November 18, 1971 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz, Third stream | |||
| Length | 59:33 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
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".
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.
All tracks composed by Charles Mingus.
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