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Mingus Ah Um (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition) (CD)

By: Charles Mingus

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DISC 1 for Mingus Ah Um (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition) (CD) Album By Charles Mingus
1   Better Git It In Your Soul  
2   Goodbye Pork Pie Hat  
3   Boogie Stop Shuffle  
4   Self Portrait In Three Colors  
5   Open Letter To Duke  
6   Bird Calls  
7   Fables Of Faubus  
8   Pussy Cat Dues  
9   Jelly Roll  
10   Pedal Point Blues (bonus track)  
11   GG Train (bonus track)  
12   Girl Of My Dreams (bonus track)  
13   Bird Calls (alt. take)  
 
DISC 2 for Mingus Ah Um (50th Anniversary Legacy Edition) (CD) Album By Charles Mingus
1   Better Git It In Your Soul (alt. take)  
2   Jelly Roll (alt. take)  
3   Slop  
4   Diane  
5   Song With Orange  
6   Gunslinging Bird  
7   Things Ain't What They Used To Be  
8   Far Wells Mill Valley  
9   New Now Know How  
10   Mood Indigo  
11   Put Me In That Dungeon  
12   Strollin' (Nostalgia In Times Square) (bonus track)  
 

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Review

Down Beat (p.61) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "MINGUS AH UM combined the ferocity, elegance and sheer brilliance of Mingus' pen and bandleading."

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Personnel: Charles Mingus (piano, upright bass); John Handy (clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Shafi Hadi (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis (trombone); Horace Parlan (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums).
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City.

Album Description

One of the five essential Mingus albums to own, and even if you are not a jazz fan this is still worthy of being in any comprehensive collection. The opening track, "Better Git It In Your Soul," rushes along at a furious pace and then there is a wonderful change of tempo into an a cappella and handclap pause. It rolls on, of course, but the nature of this track reflects the nature of Mingus who never failed to experiment (even though sometimes he failed). The personnel comprises John Handy III, Shafi Hadi and Booker Ervin (saxophones), Horace Parlan Jr (piano), Willie Dennis and James Knepper (trombones) and Charles Richmond (drums). Mingus whoops, shouts and holds it all together and then turns the pace majestically on numbers such as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.

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