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The Weary Blues

Folklife and Cultural Heritage

Object Details

Performer

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Collection Creator

Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records

Collection Citation

Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.

Contents

Blues montage (parts I, II & III) / Hughes. Opening blues ; Blues montage ; Commercial theatre ; Morning after ; Could be / Feather (3:10 ; 6:50 ; 7:41) --Testament / Hughes, Feather (5:45) --Consider me / Hughes. The Stranger ; Midnight stroll ; Backstage / Mingus (3:19) --Dream montage / Hughes. Weird nightmare ; Double G train ; Jump monk / Mingus (16:35).
sova.cfch.asch_ref17940

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk55271a8aa-1de0-47f6-b167-8dcd22b7940b

Local Numbers

FW-ASCH-LP-3849 MGM.3697

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

MGM 1958

General

Poetry reading to jazz and blues background. Program notes and durations on container. Performer(s): Langston Hughes reads poems to blues and jazz music performed by Red Allen, Vic Dickenson, Sam (The Man) Taylor, Al Williams, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, and the Horace Parlan Quintet. Production notes: "The thirty-three Langston Hughes poems read by him on this LP were recorded in New York City March 17 and 18, 1958"--Container.

Topic

Jazz
African Americans

Performer

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Culture

Americans

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Moses and Frances Asch Collection
Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / LP

Extent

1 Phonograph record (analog, 33 1/3 rpm, 12 in.)

Date

1958

Archival Repository

Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Identifier

CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-LP-3849

Type

Archival materials
Phonograph records

Collection Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.

Restrictions

Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
CFCH.ASCH_ref17940
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/bk55271a8aa-1de0-47f6-b167-8dcd22b7940b
CFCH.ASCH
CFCHFOLKLIFE

Record ID

ebl-1649170801566-1649171785905-1

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