CHARLIE MINGUS – BLUES & ROOTS LP – Nr MINT- 1976  JAZZ

Charlie Mingus – Blues & Roots
(Atlantic Records  1976  ATL50232)

Die Cut Gatefold Sleeve in Good+ condition
– bottom part on front has a couple of small tears and some marking but inside gatefold there is tearing and water damage

Vinyl in Nr MINT- condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979), often referred to mononymously as “Mingus”, and occasionally as “Baron Mingus”, was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. A major proponent of collective improvisation, he is considered to be one of the greatest jazz musicians and composers in history, with a career spanning three decades and collaborations with other jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Herbie Hancock.

Mingus’s compositions continue to be played by contemporary musicians ranging from the repertory bands Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty, and Mingus Orchestra, to the high school students who play the charts and compete in the Charles Mingus High School Competition. In 1993, the Library of Congress acquired Mingus’s collected papers—including scores, sound recordings, correspondence and photos—in what they described as “the most important acquisition of a manuscript collection relating to jazz in the Library’s history”.

Blues & Roots is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded in 1959 and released on the Atlantic label in 1960.