Mingus Ah Um
Charles Mingus
Label Legacy Recordings
Orig Year 1959
Personnel
Charles Mingus - piano, bass
Jimmy Knepper
Shafi Hadi - alto & tenor saxophones
John Handy - alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet
Willie Dennis - trombone
Also: Dannie Richmond, Booker Ervin, Horace Parlan
Additional Info Remastered
Track Listing
1. Better Git It In Your Soul
2. Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat
3. Boogie Stop Shuffle
4. Self-Portrait In Three Colors
5. Open Letter To Duke
6. Bird Calls
7. Fables Of Faubus
8. Pussy Cat Dues
9. Jelly Roll
10. Pedal Point Blues - (bonus track)
11. GG Train - (bonus track)
12. Girl Of My Dreams - (bonus track)
Personnel: Charles Mingus (piano, bass); John Handy (alto & tenor saxophones, clarinet); Shafi Hadi (alto & tenor saxophones); Booker Ervin (tenor saxophone); Jimmy Knepper, Willie Dennis (trombone); Horace Parlan (piano); Dannie Richmond (drums).
Recorded at 30th Street Studio, New York, New York on May 5 & 12, 1959.