Weary Blues

Charles Mingus, Langston Hughes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000047A8
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,032 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 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 - Leonard Feather

2. Opening Blues

3. Blues Montage

4. Commercial Theater

5. Morning After

6. Could Be

7. Testament

8. Consider Me

9. The Stranger

10. Midnight Stroll

11. Backstage

12. Dream Montage

13. Weired Nightmare

14. Double G Train

15. Jump Monk

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite a unique recording with Langston Hughes, January 3, 2000

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macfawlty "macfawlty" (potomac, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weary Blues (Audio CD)

This is one of those rare recordings with a wonderful blend of poetry and jazz. There are so few examples of this blend represented in jazz recording history, although I am sure it has been more prevalent in performance. I looked for this for a long time on LP after hearing it on WPFW and never saw it until it came out on CD and I called up the DJ for the info. This is one you should definitely buy as it is bound to go out of print again... also look into the James Baldwin, which may also currently be out of print on CD temporarily as I have had people ask me for it.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pickin' A Nit, October 7, 2005

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J. Deighton "J. Deighton" (Inches From My Computer) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Weary Blues (Audio CD)

Sure woulda liked it if the CD was split up into tracks, instead of one long track. Sure is annoying to have to listen to the whole thing in one sitting or not at all. Also, Leonard Feather has always been a bit square- and he does half the music. The MINGUS half is MINGalicious! Otherwise- please refer to the other more helpful reviewers re:actual content of CD.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Everything's great except..., June 27, 2011

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Eric Langley - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Weary Blues (Audio CD)

It's just one big track and on the back of the packaging, it clearly lists multiple tracks.

The audio quality is not bad, as expected, but come on. Everytime I want to listen to any part of it, it's back to the beginning! Luckily, I just got the cd after losing my original 7 years ago and so it's all pretty exciting.

However, I have a feeling like this is going to get more and more annoying as time goes on.

No need to really review the album's artistic merit. If you're interested in it, you've already got a good idea of what you're getting in for.