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Mingus Ah Um
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Mingus Ah Um · Charles Mingus recorded this album in May 1959 for Columbia, the first he made for that label. It was released in October of that year. The title is a corrupted Latin list: Mingus, Minga, Mingum. The Penguin Guide to Jazz called the record an extended homage to ancestors, and that fits the pieces. Better Git It In Your Soul draws on gospel and preaching, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat is a tribute to Lester Young, who died shortly before the recording, and Open Letter to Duke is for Duke Ellington.
Fables of Faubus is named after Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas, who in 1957 blocked the integration of schools in Little Rock. Columbia refused the political lyrics on the album, so the piece was released as an instrumental. The original LP also contained shortened versions of six of the nine pieces. In 2003 the album was added to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.
Listening
Track list
- 1Better Get It In Your Soul7:23Apple Music ↗
- 2Goodbye Pork Pie Hat4:48Apple Music ↗
- 3Boogie Stop Shuffle3:43Apple Music ↗
- 4Self-Portrait In Three Colours3:07Apple Music ↗
- 5Open Letter To Duke4:57Apple Music ↗
- 6Bird Calls3:14Apple Music ↗
- 7Fables of Faubus8:16Apple Music ↗
- 8P***y Cat Dues6:30Apple Music ↗
- 9Jelly Roll4:03Apple Music ↗
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