8436563182723

Mingus Ah Um

Charles Mingus

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Format: LP

Cat No: 9152316

Release Date:  31 January 2020

Label:  Pan Am Records

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8436563182723

Genres:  Jazz  

  • Description

    PAN AM Records, LIMITED EDITION 180g VIRGIN VINYL - CLASSIC ALBUM - NEWLEY REMASTERD - DELUXE INNER SLEEVE - ONE PRESSING ONLY.

    MINGUS AH UM (Columbia CS-8171), featuring an all-star group including Jimmy Knepper, John Handy, Booker Ervin and Curtis Porter (aka Shafi Hadi), was Charles Mingus' first LP for Columbia. By the mid-50s, Mingus had formed his own publishing and recording companies to protect and document his growing repertoire of original music. He also founded the "Jazz Workshop," a group which enabled young composers to have their new works performed in concert and on recordings. One of those albums was "Mingus Ah Um", an extremely personal work that once again showcased Mingus' unique talent for breaking new ground.

    The composition "Fables of Faubus" is one of Mingus's most explicitly political works, a song written as a direct protest against Arkansas governor Orval E. Faubus, who in 1957 sent out the National Guard to prevent the integration of Little Rock Central High School by nine African-American teenagers.

    All compositions by CHARLES MINGUS.
    CHARLES MINGUS, bass & leader; JIMMY KNEPPER, trombone; WILLIE DENNIS, trombone; BOOKER ERVIN, tenor sax; CURTIS PORTER (aka SHAFI HADI), alto & tenor sax; JOHN HANDY, alto & tenor sax, clarinet; HORACE PARLAN, piano; DANNIE RICHMOND, drums. New York, May 5 & May 12 (A2-A5), 1959.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Better Get It In Your Soul
      • 2. Goodbyr Pork Pie Hat
      • 3. Boogie Stop Shuffle
      • 4. Self-Portrait In Three Colors
      • 5. One Letter To Duke

      Side 2

      • 1. Bird Calls
      • 2. Fables Of Faubus
      • 3. Pussy Cat Dues
      • 4. Jelly Roll