1959 Charles Mingus Jazz LP Record "Mingus Ah Um" Stereo 6-Eye CS 8171 1D/1K
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Description
Up for auction is the sought after Stereo Jazz LP "Mingus Ah Um" by Charles Mingus on Columbia Records #CS 8171 from 1959. Visually graded using Goldmine standards, the vinyl rates a VG++(borderline excellent) with beautiful shine and extremely light surface wear. The jacket is also VG+ with light edge wear and a sticker tear in the top right corner of the front cover. The stamp in the dead wax is 1D/1L. Overall a very nice copy of this hard to find 6-eye. It will be shipped in a sturdy record mailer with the sleeves outside the jacket to prevent damage and will come in a protective plastic sleeve. Don't miss out! Please see my other sales for more rare records.
Mingus Ah Um is a studio album by American jazz musician Charles Mingus, released in October 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.
Track listing
All songs composed by Charles Mingus, except 12, composed by Sunny Clapp. Original LP song lengths are given within parentheses.
- "Better Git It in Your Soul" – 7:23
- "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" – 5:44 (4:46)
- "Boogie Stop Shuffle" – 5:02 (3:41)
- "Self-Portrait in Three Colors" – 3:10
- "Open Letter to Duke" – 5:51 (4:56)
- "Bird Calls" – 6:17 (3:12)
- "Fables of Faubus" – 8:13
- "Pussy Cat Dues" – 9:14 (6:27)
- "Jelly Roll" – 6:17 (4:01)
Personnel
- John Handy – alto sax (1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12), clarinet (8), tenor sax (2)[13]
- Booker Ervin – tenor sax
- Shafi Hadi – tenor sax (2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10), alto sax (1, 5, 6, 9, 12)
- Willie Dennis – trombone (3, 4, 5, 12)
- Jimmy Knepper – trombone (1, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- Horace Parlan – piano
- Charles Mingus – bass, piano (with Parlan on track 10)
- Dannie Richmond – drums
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