Original Sin (John Lewis album)
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Released | 1961 | |||
Recorded | March 27, 28 & 31, 1961 NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Atlantic SD 1370 | |||
Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
John Lewis chronology | ||||
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Original Sin (subtitled Music for Ballet Composed by John Lewis) is an album in the third stream genre composed by John Lewis recorded for the Atlantic label in 1961.[1]
Reception
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The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer criticised the sound balance on the opening track – "it very rapidly becomes a concerto for cymbal and small band" – and condemned the inconsistency of the music: "The first variation of Part 2 is unabridged musical comedy pit band. But the tantalizing thing is that Variation 2 is a clever, self-sustaining, unified, and original little composition. Variation 3 sounds like a fashion show, but Variation 4 is a lovely, light, unpretentious piece, and Variation 5 is simple, stark, and well composed[,] reminiscent of Aaron Copland at his best."[3] AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars.[2]
Track listing
[edit]All compositions by John Lewis
- "Part One: Creation of the World & Creation of Adam" - 3:53
- "Part Two: Recognition of Animals"
- "Introduction" - 0:47
- "Variant I: Zebra, Lion, Camel" - 1:27
- "Variant II: Walrus, Ape" - 0:52
- "Variant III: Lamb, Leopard" - 1:48
- "Variant IV: Rabbit, Skunk, Fox" - 0:45
- "Variant V: Mountain Sheep, Deer" - 1:40
- "Finale" - 2:10
- "Part Three: Birth of Eve" - 3:48
- "Part Four: Adam & Eve Pas de Deux" - 2:36
- "Part Five: Teaching & Temptation" - 4:11
- "Part Six: Expulsion from the Garden of Eden" - 2:46
Personnel
[edit]- John Lewis - conductor, arranger
- Unidentified large orchestra
References
[edit]- ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1300 series accessed September 21, 2015
- ^ a b Allmusic listing, accessed September 21, 2015
- ^ a b Mathieu, Bill (October 12, 1961). "John Lewis: Original Sin". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 21. pp. 30, 32.