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“It simply isn't possible to single out one Mingus album as definitive, but Mingus Ah Um comes the closest.”
★★★★★
Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um (LP, Clear)
FormatLPLabelWaxtime RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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When driving a band with his upright bass, Charles Mingus looked -and was- gigantic, in more ways than one. He had huge creative appetites (as well as being hot tempered), creating his own combination of hard bop, blues, and avant-garde jazz. There was no one more multi-faceted than Mingus between the 1950s and 1970s and of his many albums, Mingus Ah Um (1959) is considered to be a jazz classic.
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Tracklist
| A1 | Better Get It In Your Soul | 7:23 | |
| A2 | Goodbye Pork Pie Hat | 5:44 | |
| A3 | Boogie Stop Shuffle | 5:03 | |
| A4 | Self-Portrait in Three Colors | 3:10 | |
| A5 | Open Letter to Duke | 5:51 | |
| B1 | Bird Calls | 6:18 | |
| B2 | Fables of Faubus | 8:14 | |
| B3 | Pussy Cat Dues | 9:15 | |
| B4 | Jelly Roll | 6:17 |
Credits
- Curtis Porter
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone (A1-B4)
- John Handy
- Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet (A1-B4)
- Charles Mingus
- Bass, Leader (A1-B4)
- Dannie Richmond
- Drums (A1-B4)
- Diane Dorr-Dorynek
- Liner Notes
- Horace Parlan
- Piano (A1-B4)
- Booker Ervin
- Tenor Saxophone (A1-B4)
- Jimmy Knepper
- Trombone (A1, B1-B4)
- Willie Dennis
- Trombone (A2-A5)
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