8. Charles MingusThe Black Saint And The Sinner Lady

I remember getting into this album when I was studying at Guildhall. It feels like it’s coming out of Duke Ellington, but it’s pure Mingus. The orchestration, it’s pure raucousness and fire, but it’s also beautiful at the same. The suites, the way it flows into each other, it was very different from anything I’d ever heard at that time. And obviously I’m sold l because there’s tuba in there as well. Yeah, love it.