{"product_id":"charles-mingus-blues-roots-rhino-reserve","title":"Charles Mingus - Blues \u0026 Roots (Rhino Reserve)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Mingus made Blues \u0026amp; Roots to prove a point, and this limited Rhino Reserve pressing on 180-gram audiophile vinyl lets every holler and stomp land with full weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics in the late 1950s liked to call Mingus too cerebral, so he answered with a record steeped in gospel shouts, church-basement blues and barrelhouse swing. Recorded in 1959 and issued by Atlantic in 1960, it brought together a fearsome group including Jackie McLean, John Handy, Booker Ervin, Pepper Adams, Jimmy Knepper and drummer Dannie Richmond, then let them argue, preach and celebrate all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting\" opens with handclaps and shouted encouragement, a revival tent caught on tape. \"Moanin'\" builds from Pepper Adams' growling baritone into a glorious pile-up of riffs, each horn section shoving the next one forward. \"My Jelly Roll Soul\" tips its hat to Jelly Roll Morton and the rolling rhythms of early jazz, while \"E's Flat Ah's Flat Too\" closes with a swaggering, shout-chorus blues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is raw, joyful and a little bit dangerous, exactly how Mingus liked it, and the band sounds like it is having the time of its life. For anyone who thinks jazz lives only in hushed reverence, this is the corrective, best heard loud and with the neighbors warned in advance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57518426325297,"sku":"081227806477","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/Charles_Mingus-Blues_Roots_Rhino_Reserve.jpg?v=1794677558","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/charles-mingus-blues-roots-rhino-reserve","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}