Hog Callin' Blues

Charles Mingus · 1962 · Blues de Mingus ouvrant Oh Yeah

Context

Opening of Oh Yeah, recorded in November 1961, on which Mingus plays piano rather than double bass. The blues lasts over seven minutes.

In the genealogy of jazz

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

By the same artist

• Devil Woman (1962)
• Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am (1962)
• Ecclusiastics (1962)
• Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb on Me (1962)
• Eat That Chicken (1962)
• Solo Dancer (Stop! Look! And Listen, Sinner Jim Whitney!) (1963)

Sources

• EN: Oh Yeah (Charles Mingus album)

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