| Other author/creator | McLean, Jackie, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Handy, John, 1933- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ervin, Booker, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Adams, Pepper, 1930-1986 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Knepper, Jimmy, 1927-2003 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Dennis, Willie performer. |
| Other author/creator | Richmond, Dannie performer. |
| Other author/creator | Parlan, Horace performer. |
| Other author/creator | Waldron, Mal, 1925-2002, performer. |
| Variant title |
Blues and roots |
| Series |
TomtheJazzman Collection
TomtheJazzman Collection. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Wednesday night prayer meeting (5:39) -- Cryin' blues (4:58) -- Moanin' (7:57) -- Tensions (6:27) -- My jelly roll soul (6:47) -- E's flat ah's flat too (6:37). |
| Abstract |
Mingus answered critics who said his amibitious, evocative music didn't swing enough by releasing an album going back to the earliest of black musical exression, the blues and New Orleans jazz, and may possibly be one of his finest. |
| Local note | Gift of TomtheJazzman Mallison. |
| General note | Atlantic: 781 336-2 (additional number: 1305-2). |
| General note | Blues and jazz music. |
| General note | Compact disc ; analog recording. |
| General note | Program notes by Charles Mingus in English ([4] p.)--inserted in container. |
| Credits | Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun. |
| Performer |
Charles Mingus, bass ; Jackie McLean, John Handy, alto saxophone ; Brooker Ervin, tenor saxophone ; Pepper Adams, baritone saxophone ; Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis, trombones ; Horace Parlan, Mal Waldron, piano ; Dannie Richmond, drums. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded February 4, 1959, at Atlantic Studios, New York, N.Y. |
| UPC |
075678133626 |
| UPC |
7567813362 |
| Publisher number | 781 336-2 Atlantic |
| Publisher number | 1305-2 Atlantic |
