Let My Children Hear Music

1. 01The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers9:39
2. 02Adagio ma non troppo8:27
3. 03Don't Be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too9:29
4. 04Taurus in the Arena of Life4:21
5. 05Hobo Ho10:11
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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.