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Blues & Roots is an album by the American jazz double bassist Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label in 1960. It has been reissued on CD by both Atlantic and Rhino. Personnel: Charles Mingus – bass John Handy – alto saxophone Jackie McLean – alto saxophone Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone Pepper Adams – baritone saxophone Jimmy Knepper – trombone Willie Dennis – trombone Dannie Richmond – drums Horace Parlan – piano, except for on "E's Flat Ah's Flat Too" Mal Waldron – piano on "E's Flat Ah's Flat Too" Nesuhi Ertegun – producer Tom
| 1 | Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting | ♡ | 5:42 | Charles Mingus |
| 2 | Cryin’ Blues | ♡ | 5:03 | Charles Mingus |
| 3 | Moanin’ | ❤ | 8:03 | Charles Mingus |
| 4 | Tensions | ♡ | 6:30 | Charles Mingus |
| 5 | My Jelly Roll Soul | ♡ | 6:50 | Charles Mingus |
| 6 | E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too | ♡ | 6:46 | Charles Mingus |
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R:\__Jazz\_C\Charles Mingus\1960. Charles Mingus - Blues & Roots (AP 2023) [SACD][DSD64] - Explorer: Open folder
- AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000193364
Credits
Alto Saxophone — Jackie McLean, John Handy Baritone Saxophone — Pepper Adams Bass — Charles Mingus Drums — Dannie Richmond Engineer — Tom Dowd Piano — Horace Parlan, Mal Waldron Tenor Saxophone — Booker Ervin, Shafi Hadi Trombone — Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis Trumpet — Clarence Shaw Written-By — Charles Mingus
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