Jazz LP CHARLES MINGUS Blues & Roots ATLANTIC 1305 mono bullseye ’59 EXCELLENT

$

87

Artist:  CHARLES MINGUS

Title:   “Blues & Roots”

Label:   ATLANTIC ~ # 1305.  Monaural “deep groove” pressing on medium weight vinyl.   Labels are “bullseye” logo, white with red and purple border, with black text.

Personnel:

Charlie Mingus – bass

Jackie McLean & John Handy – alto saxes

Booker Ervin – tenor sax

Pepper Adams – baritone sax

Jimmy Knepper & Willie Dennis – trombones

Horace Parlan or Mal Waldron – piano

Dannie Richmond - drums.

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is gorgeous EXCELLENT, a beauty!  The playing surface is immaculate, with a high luster, played a small number of times and handled with care.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean and pristine. 

JACKET:  Jacket is NEAR MINT with flawless front and back panels.  Nice seams and spine.  No writing, stickers, or other issues.  A beautiful jacket worthy of display.

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
• Cryin’ Blues
• Moanin’ 

Side Two:

• Tensions
• My Jelly Roll Soul
• E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too

Review:

“In response to critical carping that his ambitious, evocative music somehow didn't swing enough, Charles Mingus returned to the earthiest and earliest sources of black musical expression, namely the blues, gospel, and old-time New Orleans jazz.  The resulting LP, Blues and Roots, isn't quite as wildly eclectic as usual, but it ranks as arguably Mingus' most joyously swinging outing.  Working with simple forms, Mingus boosts the complexity of the music by assembling a nine-piece outfit and arranging multiple lines to be played simultaneously -- somewhat akin to the Dixieland ensembles of old, but with an acutely modern flavor.  Anyone who had heard "Haitian Fight Song" shouldn't have been surprised that such an album was well within Mingus' range, but jazz's self-appointed guardians have long greeted innovation with reactionary distaste.  After Blues and Roots, there could be no question of Mingus' firm grounding in the basics, nor of his deeply felt affinity with them.  Whether the music is explicitly gospel-based -- like the groundbreaking classic "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" -- or not, the whole album is performed with a churchy fervor that rips through both the exuberant swingers and the aching, mournful slow blues.  Still, it's the blues that most prominently inform the feeling of the album, aside from the aforementioned "Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting" and the Jelly Roll Morton tribute "My Jelly Roll Soul."  The recording session was reportedly very disorganized, but perhaps that actually helped give the performances the proper feel, since they wound up so loose and free-swinging.  With a lineup including John Handy and Jackie McLean on alto, Booker Ervin on tenor, frequent anchor Pepper Adams on baritone, and Jimmy Knepper and Willie Dennis on trombones, among others, Blues and Roots isn't hurting for fiery soloists, and they help make the album perhaps the most soulful in Mingus' discography.”

(review courtesy of Steve Huey, allmusic.com)

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