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Charles Mingus

Title: Blues & Roots + bonus tracks

Label: Essential Jazz Classics

Cat No:EJC55474
Format:CD

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• This is Charles Mingus’ complete original album ‘Blues & Roots’ (originally Atlantic,1959), 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). The album was highly praised at the time, and has since become a true classic.

• As a bonus, this disc adds the master takes of a rare studio session produced by Mingus in 1957 for one of his favourite sidemen, Shafi Hadi - also featuring Pepper Adams and Dannie Richmond.

• Chosen for the ‘100 Essential Jazz CDs – The Rough Guide’ by Brian Priestley & Doug Fairweather.

• Personnel : Charles Mingus, bass & leader; on all tracks, plus : Jackie McLean, John Handy, alto sax; Booker Ervin, tenor sax; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis, trombone; Horace Parlan, piano; Mal Waldron, piano (one track only); Dannie Richmond, drums - New York, February 4, 1959. Bonus tracks : with Clarence Shaw (tp), Shafi Hadi (ts), Pepper Adams (bar), Wade Legge or Wynton Kelly (p), Henry Grimes (one track), Dannie Richmond (d) - New York, September 1957.

• Total Time: 69:08 - 13 tracks (including 7 bonus) - Includes 12-page booklet.

Track Listing for Blues & Roots + bonus tracks
01 Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting 5:42
02 Cryin’ Blues 5:02
03 Moanin’ 8:02
04 Tensions 6:30
05 My Jelly Roll Soul 6:49
06 E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too 6:42
07 We Got Blue [Take 1] 3:59*
08 Stella By Starlight [Take 5] 3:57*
09 Untitled Original Composition [Take 5] 4:36*
10 Autumn In New York 5:08*
11 Long Ago And Far Away 3:20*
12 Joldi 5:12*
13 We Got Blue [Take 2] 4:03*

Reviews

Jazz Rag - Greg Murphy

Blues & Roots is one of the classics of the Mingus canon.

Record Collector - Charles Waring

Undoubtedly one of the best albums the bass player ever recorded. *****

Jazz Journal - Peter Gamble

The seemingly chaotice melange crackles with electricity, Mingus himself supplying much of the power, his sidemen reacting as he would wish.

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