Weary Blues (album)

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This article is about the album by Langston Hughes. For the poem by Langston Hughes, see The Weary Blues. For the 1915 tune by Artie Matthews, see Weary Blues.
Weary Blues
Studio album by
Langston Hughes with Charles Mingus and Leonard Feather
Released1958
RecordedMarch 18, 1958
New York City
GenreJazz
LabelMGM E 3697
ProducerLeonard Feather
Charles Mingus chronology
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
(1957) 		Weary Blues
(1958) 		Jazz Portraits: Mingus in Wonderland
(1959)
CD Reissue

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.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Michael Katz called it "Interesting, but not essential".[2]

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. ^ a b Katz, M. Allmusic Review accessed December 4, 2012
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