The album includes most of his blusier works. It even comes with four alternate takes to the ones that are already released. 1 wednesday night prayer meeting ***** 2 cryin' blues 3 moanin *****(five stars) 4 tensions ***** 5 my jelly roll soul 6 e's flats ah's flat too ***** If you have a cd player that holds multiple cds,and if you kinda like mingus,the cd will not come out of your cd player for the next 14-15 years.