| Original Sin | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | John Lewis |
| Cover: | Original Sin (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1961 |
| Recorded: | March 27, 28 & 31, 1961 NYC |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Label: | Atlantic SD 1370 |
| Producer: | Nesuhi Ertegun |
| Chronology: | John Lewis |
| Prev Title: | Jazz Abstractions |
| Prev Year: | 1960 |
| Next Title: | European Encounter |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
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]
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." AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars.[2]
All compositions by John Lewis