Weary Blues (album)

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Weary Blues
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Studio album by
Langston Hughes with Charles Mingus and Leonard Feather
Released1958
RecordedMarch 17–18, 1958
New York City
Genre Jazz poetry
Label MGM E 3697
Producer Leonard Feather
Charles Mingus chronology
East Coasting
(1957)		Weary Blues
(1958)		 A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
(1959)
CD Reissue
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Weary Blues (also referred to as The Weary Blues) is an album by the American poet Langston Hughes, who recites several of his poems over jazz accompaniment composed and arranged by Leonard Feather and Charles Mingus. The album was recorded on March 17 & 18, 1958 in New York and was released on the MGM label in 1959. It was later reissued on Verve Records. [1] [2]

Contents

On side 1 (track 1) of the album Hughes is backed by an ensemble organized and arranged by Leonard Feather, featuring Henry "Red" Allen, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Vic Dickenson, Milt Hinton, and Osie Johnson. On side 2 (tracks 2 and 3) the accompaniment is by Charles Mingus's group, featuring Horace Parlan, Shafi Hadi, Kenny Davis and Jimmy Knepper.

Reception

Professional ratings
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The AllMusic review by Michael Katz called it "interesting, but not essential". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Blues Montage: Opening Blues/Blues Montage/Commercial Theater/Morning After/Could Be/Testament"
  2. "Consider Me: The Stranger/Midnight Stroll/Backstage
  3. "Dream Montage: Weird Nightmare/Double G Train/Jump Monk

Personnel

Track 1:
Tracks 2 and 3:

References

  1. ↑ Charles Mingus discography accessed December 4, 2012
  2. ↑ "Verve Records Discography: 1958". accessed May 2, 2022
  3. 1 2 Katz, M. Allmusic Review accessed December 4, 2012
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