Mingus Ah Um Vinyl Review

Vinyl is beautiful and plays well.

Mingus ah um vinyl review.

As far as mingus you either like him or don t. Pussy cat dues also teeters off in the last minute of the song and leaves something to be desired. It s a mix of be bop soft bop hard bop and a little bit of old 30 s chicago jazz. It is 180 gram contrary to what another reviewer wrote.

Mingus hard pull of the strings on fables of faubus is also abrasive and detracts from horace parlan s piano solo. The big surprise was the red columbia label with the 6 eyes. It s a mix of be bop soft bop hard bop and a little bit of old 30 s chicago jazz. When columbia first issued this album 6 of the 9 tracks were shortened drastically to fit them on the lp.

A true audiophile delight this is the type of vinyl release to answer all questions that makes it all worth while. The music of mingus ah um needs no more reviews. Clearly one of the best recordings of all time. There was no one more multi faceted than mingus between the 1950s and 1970s and of his many albums mingus ah um 1959 is considered to be a jazz classic.

Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. This package adds two more lp s worth of music on the second disc. These flaws keep mingus ah um from being perfect though the album does come quite close to achieving just that. I m sure i m not versed enough in jazz to assess what it is that makes mingus mingus but listening to ah um again an album i plucked from my dad s collection at age 15 i remember sitting in.

For the music for the performance and for this absolutely perfect reissue mingus ah um is a must have album in any collection and a definitive vinyl gourmet audiophile top 100 record. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. It is 180 gram contrary to what another reviewer wrote. He s all over the place on this album.

The big surprise was the red columbia label with the 6 eyes. Vinyl is beautiful and plays well. A much better value in my opinion unless you need the classic cover art on the front of your cd.