Charles Mingus

Artist:  Charles Mingus
Birth Name:  Charles Mingus Jr.
Born:  April 22 1922.  US Army Base In Nogales, Arizona, USA
Died:  January 5, 1979 (Aged 56).  Cuernavaca, Mexico
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Free Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Double Bass, Piano, Cello

Charles Mingus was an American Jazz Double Bassist, Pianist, Composer and Bandleader.  His music took elements from everything he had experienced, from Gospel, Blues, New Orleans Jazz, Swing, Bop, Latin Music, Modern Classical Music and Avant-Garde Jazz.  His touchstone was Duke Ellington.

Title:   Minus Ah Um  (Limited Edition )(2020)
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Bebop, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post Bop, Free Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Jazz Instrument
Label:  Pan Am Records
Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Better Get It In Your Soul  (7:23)
 2.  Goodbye Pork Pie Hat  (5:44)
 3.  Boogie Stop Shuffle  (5:03)
 4.  Self-Portrait In Three Colors  (3:10)
5.  Open Letter To Duke  (5:51)

Side B:

 1.  Bird Calls  (6:18)
 2.  Fables Of Faubus  (8:14)
 3.  Pussy Cat Dues  (9:15)
 4.  Jelly Roll  (6:17)

Personnel:  

Charles Mingus:   Bass
Jimmy Knepper:  Trombone
Willie Dennis:  Trombone
Booker Ervin:  Tenor Saxophone
Curtis Porter (aka Shafi Hadi):  Tenor Saxophone
John Handy:  Alto & Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet
Horace Parlan:  Piano
Dannie Richmond:  Drums

Minus Ah Um is a studio album by Charles Mingus, originally released on October, 1959,  by Columbia Records, remastered and reissued on February 14, 2020 by Pan Am Records.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl.