Charles Mingus | Blues & Roots | Album

Charles Mingus "Blues & Roots"

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Waxtime, Europe, 2011, 771713, 8436028698875, 180g Vinyl, Remastered, Reissue

Charles Mingus’s Blues & Roots (1960) remains one of the most explosive, deeply physical, and joyously swinging masterpieces in jazz history. Recorded in 1959 for Atlantic Records as a direct, middle-finger response to critics who claimed his avant-garde arrangements "didn't swing enough," Mingus delivered a raw masterclass in rhythm, gospel, and gutbucket blues. It is a flawless corporate standard of organized chaos, capturing the untethered, foot-stomping energy of the Black church and early Dixieland through a modern, sophisticated lens.

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