Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus

The flowing sadness of "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" (unedited here for the first time on CD!) rings like a funeral chorus that pitches headlong into a celebration of Lester Young's life and improvising flexibility, rather than his death. And there's the funky furnace blast of "Boogie Stop Shuffle" (also unedited!), which reaches its glory with Booker Ervin's Texas tenor sax, wrapped tight in bluesy tone. With the index of emotions captured, these songs nail why Mingus is possibly the most relevant jazzer for the '90s generation. He swings and shouts and hollers and somersaults. His tunes either induce foot-stomping with their intensity or reach for poignant yearning with their lyrical tapestry of orchestral colors. a cheap 2 cd set of mingus magic. 'mingus ah um', 'the clown' and 'pithecanthropus erectus' are the albums in question and damn fine they all are too.

Charles Mingus

Mingus Ah Um

Columbia
Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
LP +

$18.99

U.K. Import, Blue Vinyl

Blue

Released 06/26/2022Catalog Number

DOL717HB

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Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
LP +

$44.99

Music On Vinyl 180 Gram Vinyl

Released 05/06/2022Catalog Number

0886976648718

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Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
LP

$24.99

180 Gram, Import

Released 04/15/2022Catalog Number

IMT3182723.1

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Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
CD

$9.99

Released 02/16/1999Catalog Number

074646551226

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Charles Mingus

Mingus Ah Um

Columbia
Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
LP +

$18.99

U.K. Import, Blue Vinyl

Blue

Released 06/26/2022Catalog Number

DOL717HB

Learn more
Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
LP +

$44.99

Music On Vinyl 180 Gram Vinyl

Released 05/06/2022Catalog Number

0886976648718

Learn more
Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
LP

$24.99

180 Gram, Import

Released 04/15/2022Catalog Number

IMT3182723.1

Learn more
Album artwork for Mingus Ah Um by Charles Mingus
CD

$9.99

Released 02/16/1999Catalog Number

074646551226

Learn more

The flowing sadness of "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" (unedited here for the first time on CD!) rings like a funeral chorus that pitches headlong into a celebration of Lester Young's life and improvising flexibility, rather than his death. And there's the funky furnace blast of "Boogie Stop Shuffle" (also unedited!), which reaches its glory with Booker Ervin's Texas tenor sax, wrapped tight in bluesy tone. With the index of emotions captured, these songs nail why Mingus is possibly the most relevant jazzer for the '90s generation. He swings and shouts and hollers and somersaults. His tunes either induce foot-stomping with their intensity or reach for poignant yearning with their lyrical tapestry of orchestral colors. a cheap 2 cd set of mingus magic. 'mingus ah um', 'the clown' and 'pithecanthropus erectus' are the albums in question and damn fine they all are too.