Release Date: 02 July 2021
Label: 20th Century Masterworks
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8436563183454
Genres: Jazz Modern Postbebop
Release Date: 02 July 2021
Label: 20th Century Masterworks
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 8436569195147
Genres: Jazz Modern Postbebop
Description
Charles Mingus's classic album 'Mingus Ah Um' on limited edition 180gram pink virgin vinyl + bonus track. Contains new specially prepared liner notes by Penguin Guide To Jazz writer Brian Morton, and by Paris' prestigious Jazz Magazine.
"1959 was a near-miraculous year for jazz. It would be redundant to number all the classic albums made or released over that extraordinary twelve months, some of those records included in this Masterworks series, but Mingus Ah Um stands out strongly. Unlike some of the recordings that appeared that year, it is in no way "avant-garde". On the contrary, it stands squarely in the great lineage of jazz, but not in a monumental way. It calls up the past in order to address a troubled present. And far from being a period piece, it has never seemed more relevant than now." Brian Morton
Description
Charles Mingus' classic 1959 album 'Mingus Ah Um' available on 180g vinyl LP + bonus CD of the album with bonus tracks.
"First let's put your minds at ease about that weird title: it's a corruption of an imaginary Latin declension (mingus-minga-mingum). Don't ask why. It seems to me that Mingus has now completely found himself, found a personal and vital direction. This is a consistently exciting and stimulating set. Mingus has something to say, knows how and through whom to say it, and it is all stated with communicative authority." DownBeat, Leonard Feather
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Simone
Elvis Presley
Oscar Peterson
Johnny Hodges Septet & Ben Webster
Sonny Rollins
Miles Davis
Sarah Vaughan & Clifford Brown
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque
Charles Mingus
