Mingus Ah Um is a studio album by American jazz musician Charles Mingus, released in 1959 by Columbia Records. It was his first album recorded for Columbia. The cover features a painting by S. Neil Fujita. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013. The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD calls this album "an extended tribute to ancestors" (and awards it one of their rare crowns), and Mingus's musical forebears figure largely throughout.
It has often been said that Mingus forced and pressured his sidemen to play above their potential, and that is certainly true of this project. Altoist Shafi Hadi (who doubles on tenor) is in blazing form on "Ysabel's Table Dance," while trumpeter Clarence Shaw (who was praised by Mingus for his short lyrical solo on "Flamingo") sounds quite haunting on "Los Mariachis
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Charles Mingus albums: 1. A Modern Jazz Symposium Of Music And Poetry, 2. Blue Bird, 3. Blues & Roots, 4. Changes One, 5. Changes One & Two, 6. Changes Two, 7. Charles Mingus and Friends In Concert, 8. Charles Mingus Live With Eric Dolphy, 9. Charles Mingus With Orchestra, 10. Cumbia & Jazz Fusion, 11. East Coasting, 12. Four Trombones, 13. Giants Of Jazz Volume 2, 14. I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 83, 15. Jazz At Massey Hall, 16. Jazz Portraits, 17. Jazzical Moods, Vol. 1, 1. The Music Of Charles Mingus, 51. Three Or Four Shades Of Blues, 52. Tijuana Moods, 53. Tonight At Noon, 54. Town Hall Concert.
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As a bandleader, the American jazz bassist Charles Mingus released 51 albums between 1949 and 1977; as a sideman, Mingus appeared on a total of 34 albums. 4 albums of his music were recorded posthumously between 1979 and 1990. Baron Mingus - West Coast 1945–49 (1949, Uptown). Strings and Keys (duo with Spaulding Givens) (1951, Debut). The Young Rebel (1952, Swingtime). The Charles Mingus Duo and Trio (1953, Fantasy). Charles Mingus Octet (1953, Debut). Jazz Composers Workshop (1954-55, Savoy).
