Mingus Ah Um Vinyl Original

Mingus ah um columbia cs 8171 featuring an all star group including jimmy knepper john handy booker ervin and curtis porter aka shafi hadi was charles mingus first lp for columbia.

Mingus ah um vinyl original.

As far as mingus you either like him or don t. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1959 vinyl release of mingus ah um on discogs. When columbia first issued this album 6 of the 9 tracks were shortened drastically to fit them on the lp. It is 180 gram contrary to what another reviewer wrote.

Mingus ah um is a studio album by american jazz musician charles mingus released in october 1959 by columbia records. It s a mix of be bop soft bop hard bop and a little bit of old 30 s chicago jazz. Charles mingus mingus ah um original columbia lp 6 eye label mono. Vinyl is beautiful and plays well.

Ending friday at 9 00am pdt 4d 1h. The big surprise was the red columbia label with the 6 eyes. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable. It was his first album recorded for columbia.

This section does not cite any sources. If all vinyl was pressed to this standard nobody with a half decent ear would buy another cd or mp3 again. By the mid 50s mingus had formed his own publishing and recording companies to protect and document his growing repertoire of original music. He s all over the place on this album.

The cover features a painting by s. The album was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 2013. The pressing is flawless and the mastering which is entirely analog from the original 3 track tapes is impeccable.