2LP Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um The Stereo & Mono Versions LTD

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Mingus Ah Um - LP, CD

Charles Mingus

Jazz | Bop | Hard Bop | Post Bop

1959

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2LP Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um The Stereo & Mono Versions LTD

Stereo & Mono Versions Remastered Limited

Green Corner 20. April 2018 Europe

Album Stereo Mono Limited Edition Reissue

Product Information The Penguin Guide to Jazz called the Mingus Ah Um "an extended tribute to the ancestors" and awarded it one of its rare crowns. In fact, it is one of Mingus's most distinctive albums, spawning a number of songs that have become standards. "Better Git It in Your Soul" is inspired by the gospel singing and preaching Mingus migh...

More ID: 140589 EAN: 8436563181856 Discogs ID: 12002529

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Title	Mingus Ah Um The Stereo & Mono Versions LTD
Artist	Charles Mingus
More info	Stereo & Mono Versions Remastered Limited
Format	2x LP (vinyl)
Labels	Green Corner
Country of issue	Europe
Date of publication	20. April 2018
First released	1959
Weight	690 g
EAN	8436563181856
Product ID	140589
Discogs ID	12002529
Discogs reviews	4.29

Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um The Stereo & Mono Versions LTD version on vinyl 2LP in limited edition. This particular edition was published in Europe in publishing company Green Corner on 20. April 2018.

Product Information The Penguin Guide to Jazz called the Mingus Ah Um "an extended tribute to the ancestors" and awarded it one of its rare crowns. In fact, it is one of Mingus's most distinctive albums, spawning a number of songs that have become standards. "Better Git It in Your Soul" is inspired by the gospel singing and preaching Mingus might have heard as a child growing up in Watts, Los Angeles, California, while "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a reference (via his favorite headdress) to saxophonist Lester Young (who died shortly before the album was recorded). "Boogie Stop Shuffle" is self-explanatory: a twelve-bar blues with four themes and a boogie bass accompaniment that goes from stop time to shuffle and back again. "Self-Portrait in Three Colors" was intended for the soundtrack of John Cassavetes' film Shadows, but for budgetary reasons was never used. "Open Letter to Duke" is a tribute to Duke Ellington, and "Jelly Roll" refers to jazz pioneer and pianist Jelly Roll Morton. According to Mingus himself, "Bird Calls" was not a reference to Charlie Parker: "It wasn't meant to sound like Charlie Parker. It was supposed to sound like birds - the first part." "Fables of Faubus" is named after Orval E. Faubus (1910-1994), the Arkansas governor who infamously opposed the integration of schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, defying a U.S. Supreme Court ruling (and forcing President Eisenhower to send in the National Guard). It is sometimes claimed that Columbia refused to allow the inclusion of lyrics on this album, although it is more likely that the song was originally composed as an instrumental and the lyrics were added later (they can be heard on the 1960 LP Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus). The extensive original liner notes for Mingus Ah Um were written by Diane Dorr-Dorynek, who was not only Mingus' publicist and agent at the time, but also his mistress.

Album spans genres Jazz, Bop, Hard Bop and Post Bop. 180g Remastered Limited Edition Vinyl.

Track list

	The Stereo Version (Columbia CS 8171)
A1	Better Git It In Your Soul	7:21 min
A2	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	5:42 min
A3	Boogie Stop Shuffle	5:01 min
A4	Self-Portrait in Three Colors	3:09 min
A5	Open Letter to Duke	5:50 min
B1	Bird Calls	6:16 min
B2	Fables of Faubus	8:13 min
B3	Pussy Cat Dues	9:14 min
B4	Jelly Roll	6:15 min
	The Mono Version (Columbia CL 1370)
A1	Better Git It In Your Soul	7:23 min
A2	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	5:44 min
A3	Boogie Stop Shuffle	5:03 min
A4	Self-Portrait in Three Colors	3:10 min
A5	Open Letter to Duke	5:51 min
B1	Bird Calls	6:18 min
B2	Fables of Faubus	8:14 min
B3	Pussy Cat Dues	9:15 min
B4	Jelly Roll	6:17 min