Charles Mingus 

"Blues & Roots"

Atlantic Records 

SD 1305

Stereo

Canada

1960

Side A

A1 Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting

A2 Cryin' Blues

A3 Moanin'

Side B

B1 Tensions

B2 My Jelly Roll Soul

B3 E's Flat Ah's Flat Too

Bass – Charles Mingus

Drums – Dannie Richmond

Piano – Horace Parlan, Mal Waldron

Saxophone [Alto] – Jackie McLean, John Handy

Saxophone [Baritone] – Pepper Adams

Saxophone [Tenor] – Booker Ervin

Trombone – Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis

Producer - Nesuhi Ertegun

Atlantic Studios, 

New York City

February 4, 1959

Recording Engineer – Tom Dowd

"This record is unusual— it presents only one part of my musical world, the blues. 

A year ago, Nesuhi Ertegün suggested that I record an entire blues album in the style of "Haitian Fight Song", because some people, particularly critics, were saying I didn't swing enough. 

He wanted to give them a barrage of soul music: churchy, blues, swinging, earthy. I thought it over. 

I was born swinging and clapped my hands in church as a little boy, but I've grown up and I like to do things other than just swing. 

But blues can do more than just swing. 

So I agreed."

Charles Mingus

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