- jazz, hard bop, post-bop, bop
- 46 min
- 9 tracks
- Columbia
Mingus Ah Um is a studio album by the American jazz musician Charles Mingus. It was recorded in May 1959 and released that October through Columbia Records. It was Mingus' first album recorded for Columbia.
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Spare, character-led, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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Tracks
- A1Better Git It in Your Soul7:23
- A2Goodbye Pork Pie Hat4:47
- A3Boogie Stop Shuffle3:44
- A4Self-Portrait in Three Colors3:06
- A5Open Letter to Duke4:56
- B1Bird Calls3:14
- B2Fables of Faubus8:14
- B3Pussy Cat Dues6:29
- B4Jelly Roll4:02
9 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Charles Mingus
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1959
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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