Release Date: 03 February 2014
Label: Green Corner
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8436563182013
Genres: Jazz
Description
This CD contains, both in its Stereo and Mono versions, the complete original classic album "Mingus Ah Um", featuring an all-star group including Jimmy Knepper, John Handy, Booker Ervin and Curtis Porter (aka Shafi Hadi).
The Mono version appears here for the first time on CD. In the late 1950s, it was common for big labels to record performances simultaneously in Mono and Stereo, and then release both versions at the same time, with different reference numbers. This was explained at the time by the fact that Stereo was still a very recent innovation, and not everyone had sound systems capable of reproducing the new technology. The Stereo albums, thus, were slightly more expensive than their Mono counterparts. Over time, the Mono versions were condemned to oblivion, and only recently some music fans have begun to value these long forgotten masters, which capture classic performances from a different aural point of view.
On the present release, both versions of this masterpiece can be compared. Given that the tracks on the original Mono release were edited to fi t into the 12" LP format, they in some cases are shorter than the unedited Stereo tracks. All additional songs and takes from those sessions have been added as a bonus to this set, which also includes a second version of "Fables of Faubus" taped by Mingus the following year.
Tracklisting
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Cannonball Adderley & Miles Davis
Charles Mingus
Thelonious Monk Quartet
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
Charles Mingus
Billie Holiday
Bill Evans & Jim Hall
Thelonious Monk Quartet
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque
Charles Mingus
