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Blues & Roots 1960

jazz, post-bop, hard bop 39 min 6 tracks Rhino Atlantic

Blues & Roots is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label in 1960. It has been reissued on CD by both Atlantic and Rhino.

jazz post-bop hard bop

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Character

Character-led, grave, spare and earnest.

character-ledplot-driven
gravecomic
sparerichly built
earnest

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Tracks

1Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting5:45
2Cryin’ Blues5:03
3Moanin’7:58
4Tensions6:31
5My Jelly Roll Soul6:51
6E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too6:43

6 tracks, 39 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Charles Mingus
Label: Rhino Atlantic
Type: Album
Format: Digital Media
Country: XW

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