Author: Mingus, Charles

Features:

• Mingus Ah Um (1999-05-25)

Format: Original recording remastered

PartNumber: 3571555

Release Date: 23-02-1999

Details: Amazon.ca Mercurial bassist and bandleader Charles Mingus was signed to Columbia Records for the briefest of time during 1959. His Columbia recordings, however, remain some of the most inspired, mood-jumping jazz in history. The flowing sadness of "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" (unedited here for the first time on CD!) rings like a funeral chorus that pitches headlong into a celebration of Lester Young's life and improvising flexibility, rather than his death. And there's the funky furnace blast of "Boogie Stop Shuffle" (also unedited!), which reaches its glory with Booker Ervin's Texas tenor sax, wrapped tight in bluesy tone. With the index of emotions captured, these songs nail why Mingus is possibly the most relevant jazzer for the '90s generation. He swings and shouts and hollers and somersaults. His tunes either induce foot-stomping with their intensity or reach for poignant yearning with their lyrical tapestry of orchestral colors. --Andrew Bartlett Product Description Mingus, Charles

UPC: 074646551226

EAN: 0074646551226

Model: 2012368

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood