Boogie Stop Shuffle

Charles Mingus · 1959 · Blues à quatre thèmes, basse boogie

Context

Twelve-bar blues with four themes, built on a boogie bass line that moves from stop-time to shuffle. Recorded on May 12, 1959, it appears on Mingus Ah Um in a shortened version of 3 min 43 for the LP (5 min 02 in full).

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Hard bop, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Fables of Faubus (1959)
• Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (1959)
• Better Git It in Your Soul (1959)
• Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting (1959)
• Nostalgia in Times Square (1959)
• Self-Portrait in Three Colors (1959)

Sources

• EN: Mingus Ah Um

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