Charles Mingus

Blues and Roots (EJC 55474)

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1959

Blues and Roots

Charles Mingus

Essential Jazz Classics

8436028696215

EJC 124230

EJC 55474

JAZZ

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Blues and Roots

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CD 4,49 €

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14,98 €

INCLUDES 7 BONUS TRACKS

12 PAGE BBOKLET

This release contains Charles Mingus' complete original album Blues & Roots (Atlantic SD1305), which was almost entirely based on the blues. Mostly improvised on the spot (Mingus didn't explain the basics of each tune to the musicians until the last minute), Blues and Roots was highly praised during its time, and has since become a true classic. As a bonus, the master takes – and the alternate to the blues – recorded during a rare studio session produced by Mingus in 1957 for one of his favorite sidemen, Shafi Hadi -also featuring Pepper Adams and Dannie Richmond.

PERSONNEL:

  • CHARLES MINGUS, bass & leader
  • JACKIE McLEAN, JOHN HANDY, alto sax
  • BOOKER ERVIN, tenor sax
  • PEPPER ADAMS, baritone sax
  • JIMMY KNEPPER, WILLIE DENNIS, trombone
  • HORACE PARLAN, piano (on all tracks but 6)
  • MAL WALDRON, piano (on 6 only)
  • DANNIE RICHMOND, drums

New York, February 4, 1959

  • [7-13] BONUS TRACKS:
  • Charles Mingus (bass & leader), Clarence Shaw (tp), Shafi Hadi (ts) Pepper Adams (bs),
  • Wade Legge or Wynton Kelly (p), Henry Grimes (b,on 12), Dannie Richmond (d).
  • New York, September 1957.

TRACKS:

  • 01 WEDNESDAY NIGHT PRAYER MEETING
  • 02 CRYIN' BLUES
  • 03 MOANIN'
  • 04 TENSIONS
  • 05 MY JELLY ROLL SOUL
  • 06 E'S FLAT AH'S FLAT TOO
  • 07 WE GOT BLUE [take 1] (*)
  • 08 STELLA BY STARLIGHT [take 5] (*)
  • 09 UNTITLED ORIGINAL COMPOSITION [take 5] (*)
  • 10 AUTUMN IN NEW YORK (*)
  • 11 LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY (*)
  • 12 JOLDI (*)
  • 13 WE GOT BLUE [take 2] (*)
  • TOTAL TIME: 69:08 Min.