Blues & Roots

Blues & Roots

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Blues & Roots

Album by Charles Mingus

Released 4 April 1960

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jazz hard bop post-bop

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Release credits

Booker Ervin
tenor saxophone
Charles Mingus
double bass [1-3, 3-6]
Dannie Richmond
drums (drum set)
Horace Parlan
piano [1-5]
Jackie McLean
alto saxophone
Jimmy Knepper
trombone
John Handy
alto saxophone
Mal Waldron
piano [6]
Nesuhi Ertegun
producer
Pepper Adams
baritone saxophone
Tom Dowd
recording
Willie Dennis
trombone

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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Blues & Roots
12" Vinyl
4 April 1960
B
Blues & Roots
12" Vinyl (76 Germany vinyl reprint)
1976
B
Blues & Roots
CD
7 July 1987
B
Blues & Roots
CD (BMG club edition)
August 1987
B
Blues & Roots
CD
3 March 1998
B
Blues & Roots
CD
1998
B
Blues & Roots
CD (Atlantic Masters)
2002
B
Blues & Roots
Vinyl
7 February 2005
B
Blues & Roots
CD (24bit / mini LP replica)
24 January 2007
B
Blues & Roots
CD
2010
B
Blues & Roots
Digital Media (24bits 96khz "HD FLAC" from hdtracks)
2014
B
Blues & Roots
Hybrid SACD (CD layer), Hybrid SACD (SACD layer, 2 channels)
20 October 2023
B
Blues & Roots
2x 12" Vinyl (Stereo remastered at 45 rpm)
2023
B
Blues & Roots
CD
B
Blues & Roots
Digital Media (mono)
B
Blues & Roots
Digital Media