| Mingus Ah Um | ||||
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| Released | October 1959[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | 5–12 May 1959 | |||
| Studio | Columbia 30th Street (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Post-bop, jazz[3][4] | |||
| Length | 45:53 Original edited LP 57:07 Unedited LP and CD versions | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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Mingus Ah Um is a studio album by American jazz musician Charles Mingus which was released in October 1959 by Columbia Records.[1][2] It was his first album recorded for Columbia. The cover features a painting by S. Neil Fujita.[5] 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 (usually ending in "-us"), then the feminine nominative ("-a"), and finally the neuter nominative singular ("-um")[6]—implying a transformation of his name, Mingus, Minga, Mingum. The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.[7]
- ^ a b Columbia Records (Oct 5, 1959). "New in October from Columbia Records". The Billboard. Cincinnati: The Billboard Publishing Co. p. 43.
- ^ a b Ostrow, Marty; Howard, Ira, eds. (Oct 10, 1959). "October Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. Vol. XXI, no. 4. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. p. 39.
- ^ Santoro, Gene (1997). Stir It Up: Musical Mixes from Roots to Jazz. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 108–109. ISBN 9780195098693.
- ^ "Mingus Ah Um and Mingus Dynasty are considered his best post-bop". The Absolute Sound (134): 55. February–March 2002.
- ^ "Waxing Chromatic: An Interview with S. Neil Fujita". AIGA. 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
- ^ Feather, Leonard (November 26, 1959). "Mingus Ah Um". DownBeat. Chicago. Archived from the original on October 14, 2020. Retrieved Oct 14, 2020.
- ^ Tamarkin, Jeff (November 21, 2012). "Coltrane, Mingus, Tristano Recordings Honored by Grammy Hall of Fame: Louis Jordan, James Brown, Ray Charles also Awarded". JazzTimes. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014.