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Weary Blues (also referred to as The Weary Blues) is an album by American poet Langston Hughes reciting over jazz composed and arranged by Charles Mingus and Leonard Feather. The album was recorded in 1958 and first released on the MGM label.
Video Weary Blues (album)
Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael Katz called it "Interesting, but not essential".
Maps Weary Blues (album)
Track listing
- "Blues Montage: Opening Blues/Blues Montage/Commercial Theater/Morning After/Could Be/Testament"
- "Consider Me: The Stranger/Midnight Stroll/Backstage
- "Dream Montage: Weird Nightmare/Double G Train/Jump Monk
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Personnel
- Langston Hughes - narrator (all songs)
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- Track 1:
- Leonard Feather - arranger
- Red Allen - trumpet
- Vic Dickenson - trombone
- Sam "The Man" Taylor - tenor saxophone, clarinet
- Al Williams - piano
- Milt Hinton - bass
- Osie Johnson - drums
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- Tracks 2 and 3:
- Charles Mingus - bass, arranger
- Jimmy Knepper - trombone
- Shafi Hadi - tenor saxophone
- Horace Parlan - piano
- Kenny Dennis - drums
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References
Source of the article : Wikipedia