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Mingus Ah Um
by Charles Mingus
from Sony Legacy
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 
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Not to be missed
An essential part of jazz history. The compositions and playing of this group, especially the presence of tenor Booker Ervin, are bound to remain one of the most important contributions to the jazz idiom.
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every once in awhile...
you get a breath of fresh air. its like opening the windows for the first time after a long winter. you've experienced the same thing maybe before but it just feels new.
thats what this disc is to me. i'm not gonna get into technical stuff because i cant. i'll say this tho. in my long ago past i was a horn player. this disc makes me remember exactly what that means. i hear things in here i long ago had forgotten existed in music theory. listening to this after thinking of modern day pop is like... more info
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MINGUS' BEST
This is Charles Mingus' best and most musically accessible alsbum. Recorded in 1959, it is soul stirring, great hard bebop with some fantastic sax playing by the great Booker Ervin. If you are into jazz, then this is an essential addition to your collection. I can never get tired of hearing this CD.
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An excellent album from the multifaceted Charles Mingus
This is the CD you should buy if you're new to Mingus. It came out during a highly creative period in his life, and contains some of his most memorable compostions. Ah Um may not be his most ambitious album or his best, but it is one of his most well rounded and diverse, showing many of the styles, quirks and facets that make Charles Mingus one of the top jazz composers of all time. And it's all laid out in easily digestable morsels, ie some of the songs were edited to make them more concise and able to fit... more info
Tracks:
- Better Get It in Yo' Soul
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
- Boogie Stop Shuffle
- Self-Portrait in Three Colors
- Open Letter to Duke
- Bird Calls
- Fables of Faubus
- Pussy Cat Dues
- Jelly Roll
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