| Original Sin | ||||
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | March 27, 28 & 31, 1961 NYC | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Atlantic SD 1370 | |||
| Producer | Nesuhi Ertegun | |||
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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]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| DownBeat |  [3] |
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]
All compositions by John Lewis
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