| Weary Blues | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Langston Hughes with Charles Mingus and Leonard Feather |
| Cover: | Weary Blues MGM.jpg |
| Released: | 1958 |
| Recorded: | March 17–18, 1958 New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz poetry |
| Label: | MGM E 3697 |
| Producer: | Leonard Feather |
| Chronology: | Charles Mingus |
| Prev Title: | East Coasting |
| Prev Year: | 1957 |
| Next Title: | A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
Weary Blues (also referred to as The Weary Blues) is an album by the American poet Langston Hughes, who recites several of his poems over jazz accompaniment composed and arranged by Leonard Feather and Charles Mingus. The album was recorded on March 17 & 18, 1958 in New York and was released on the MGM label in 1959. It was later reissued on Verve Records.[1] [2]
On side 1 (track 1) of the album Hughes is backed by a Leonard Feather organized group that includes Henry "Red" Allen, Sam "The Man" Taylor, Vic Dickenson, Milt Hinton, and Osie Johnson. On side 2 (tracks 2 and 3) the accompaniment is by a Charles Mingus led group that includes Horace Parlan, Shafi Hadi, and Jimmy Knepper.
The AllMusic review by Michael Katz called it "interesting, but not essential".[3]
Track 1:
Tracks 2 and 3: