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 title is a corruption of an imaginary Latin declension. It is common for Latin students to memorize Latin adjectives by first saying the masculine nominative,then the feminine nominative ("-a"),and finally the neuter nominative singular ("-um")—implying a transformation of his name,Mingus,Minga,Mingum. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.
Miles Davis and Milt Jackson Quintet/Sextet,also known as Quintet/Sextet is a studio album by Miles Davis and Milt Jackson released by Prestige Records in August 1956. It was recorded on August 5,1955. Credited to "Miles Davis and Milt Jackson",this was an "all-star" session,and did not feature any of the members of Davis's working group of the time. Jackie McLean only plays on his own compositions.
Mingus at Antibes was originally issued by BYG Records under the title Charles Mingus Live With Eric Dolphy in Japan in 1974. It was recorded at a live 1960 performance at the Jazz àJuan festival at Juan-les-Pins by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus;and was re-released by Atlantic Records in more complete form as a double album with the title Mingus In Antibes in the United States in 1976.
Pithecanthropus Erectus is a 1956 album by jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus. Mingus noted that this was the first album where he taught arrangements to his musicians by ear in lieu of putting the chords and arrangements in writing.
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman is a studio album featuring John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman released by Impulse! Records in July or August 1963. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.
Mingus Dynasty is a jazz album by Charles Mingus,recorded in 1959 and released on Columbia Records in May 1960. It is a companion album to his 1959 record,Mingus Ah Um,and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The title alludes to Mingus's ancestry which was partially Chinese.
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry is an album by the jazz bassist,composer,and band leader Charles Mingus,released by Bethlehem Records in mid-1959. In spite of the title,the album does not contain any poetry. "Scenes in the City",however,includes narration performed by Mel Stewart and written by actor Lonne Elder with assistance from Langston Hughes. The composition "Duke's Choice" re-appears,in updated form,as "I X Love" on the 1963 album Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus. "Nouroog","Duke's Choice" and "Slippers" form the basis of the suite "Open Letter to Duke" on Mingus Ah Um.
The Great Concert of Charles Mingus is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,recorded at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées,Paris,France,on April 19,1964. It was originally released as a triple album in 1971 on the French America label. The album was recorded just two days after the live sessions that produced Revenge!,which was also recorded live in Paris.
Pre-Bird is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus consisting of music that was composed before Mingus first heard Charlie Parker,hence the title Pre-Bird. It was released on Mercury Records in September 1961.
Jazz Composers Workshop is an album featuring jazz bassist Charles Mingus. It combines the earlier album Moods of Mingus with a Wally Cirillo session released earlier on the album Wally Cirillo &Bobby Scott. It was released on the Savoy label.
Right Now:Live at the Jazz Workshop is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,recorded in San Francisco in 1964 and released on the Fantasy label in 1966.
Mingus at Monterey is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,recorded in 1964 at the Monterey Jazz Festival and originally released on Mingus's short-lived mail-order Jazz Workshop label but subsequently released on other labels.
Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,recorded at the Philharmonic Hall of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1972 and released on the Columbia label. The CD release added five previously unreleased performances from the concert,but did not include the opening track,Fats Waller's "Honeysuckle Rose",present in the LP version and on former Japanese CD editions.
Mingus is an album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus. The album was recorded in October and November 1960 in New York and released in late 1961 on Nat Hentoff's Candid label.
The Complete Town Hall Concert is a live album by the American bassist,composer and bandleader Charles Mingus,recorded at The Town Hall in New York City and first released on the United Artists label in 1962 as Town Hall Concert. The album was rereleased with additional tracks on the Blue Note label in 1994 as The Complete Town Hall Concert.
Nostalgia in Times Square is an album by American jazz saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc,which was recorded in 1985 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. He leads a quintet that features Ornette Coleman guitarist Bern Nix,former Roland Kirk pianist Rahn Burton,bassist William Parker and drummer Denis Charles. This is Moondoc's first date with piano since his debut album,Muntu's First Feeding.
Dannie Richmond Plays Charles Mingus is an album by drummer Dannie Richmond and the Last Mingus Band which was recorded in Italy in 1980 and released on the Dutch Timeless label. The album features compositions by jazz bassist Charles Mingus performed by members of his final working group with Cameron Brown substituting for the late Mingus.
Mingus in Europe Volume I is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,recorded in 1964 in Germany and released on the Enja label in 1980.
Mingus in Europe Volume II is a live album by the jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus,recorded in 1964 in Germany and released on the Enja label in 1980.
Spirit of Mingusis a live album by soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and pianist Eric Watson,which was recorded in Paris in 1991 and first released on the Free Lance label in 1992.
