Mingus Ah Um

Album by Charles Mingus

Mingus Ah Um is a studio album by American jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus, released in 1959. Blending hard bop, gospel and blues influences with large-ensemble arrangements and extended improvisation, the album showcases Mingus's compositional range and marked a key moment in his late-1950s output and in the development of modern jazz.
First released: 1959

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Better Git It in Your Soul
    7:23
  2. 2.
    Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
    5:44
  3. 3.
    Boogie Stop Shuffle
    5:02
  4. 4.
    Self-Portrait in Three Colors
    3:10
  5. 5.
    Open Letter to Duke
    5:51
  6. 6.
    Bird Calls
    6:17
  7. 7.
    Fables of Faubus
    8:13
  8. 8.
    Pussy Cat Dues
    9:14
  9. 9.
    Jelly Roll
    6:17
  10. 10.
    Pedal Point Blues
    6:30
  11. 11.
    GG Train
    4:39
  12. 12.
    Girl of My Dreams
    4:08

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