℗ 1960 Atlantic Records
| Released | August 9, 2014 |
| Duration | 42m 41s |
| Record Label | Rhino Atlantic |
| Genre | Jazz (Jazzy Pop) |
Blues & Roots
Charles Mingus
Available in MQA and 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
Charles Mingus; Booker Ervin; Dannie Richmond; Horace Parlan; Jackie McLean; Jimmy Knepper; John Handy; Nesuhi Ertegun; Pepper Adams; Tom Dowd; Willie Dennis |
9:45 | |||
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1.2
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Cryin' Blues
Charles Mingus; Booker Ervin; Dannie Richmond; Horace Parlan; Jackie McLean; Jimmy Knepper; John Handy; Nesuhi Ertegun; Pepper Adams; Tom Dowd; Willie Dennis |
4:58 | |||
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1.3
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Moanin'
Charles Mingus; Booker Ervin; Dannie Richmond; Horace Parlan; Jackie McLean; Jimmy Knepper; John Handy; Nesuhi Ertegun; Pepper Adams; Tom Dowd; Willie Dennis |
8:03 | |||
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1.4
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Tensions
Charles Mingus; Booker Ervin; Dannie Richmond; Horace Parlan; Jackie McLean; Jimmy Knepper; John Handy; Nesuhi Ertegun; Pepper Adams; Tom Dowd; Willie Dennis |
6:27 | |||
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1.5
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My Jelly Roll Soul
Charles Mingus; Booker Ervin; Dannie Richmond; Horace Parlan; Jackie McLean; Jimmy Knepper; John Handy; Nesuhi Ertegun; Pepper Adams; Tom Dowd; Willie Dennis |
6:51 | |||
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1.6
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E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
Charles Mingus; Booker Ervin; Dannie Richmond; Horace Parlan; Jackie McLean; Jimmy Knepper; John Handy; Nesuhi Ertegun; Pepper Adams; Tom Dowd; Willie Dennis |
6:37 |
"...at his best he could drive his fellow musicians onwards and upwards with big bass playing and hoarse exhortations. Blues & Roots contains six servings of this brilliance..."
- Q Magazine
Blues & Roots is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released in 1960.
Mingus explained the birth of this record in the album's liner notes:
"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' (in Atlantic LP 1260), 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."
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino Atlantic Studio Masters
Tracks 1-6 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-6 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.79 -2.06 to -0.10 | -17.77 -19.91 to -16.06 | -15.02 -17.00 to -13.40 | 11 11 to 12 | |
| 1 | Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting | -0.10 | -16.48 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 2 | Cryin' Blues | -2.06 | -19.91 | -17.0 | 11 |
| 3 | Moanin' | -0.42 | -16.66 | -13.9 | 11 |
| 4 | Tensions | -0.25 | -17.89 | -15.2 | 11 |
| 5 | My Jelly Roll Soul | -1.81 | -19.63 | -17.0 | 12 |
| 6 | E's Flat Ah's Flat Too | -0.10 | -16.06 | -13.6 | 11 |