Happy, ah, um, birthday Mingus

April 22nd, 2013 in Illustration, Jazz by lpcoverlover | 4 Comments

Jimmy Knepper or  Willie Dennis (tb) John Handy (as, cl) Booker Ervin (ts) Curtis Porter (ts, as) Horace Parlan (p) Charles Mingus (b) Dannie Richmond (d) recorded NYC, May 5 & 12 1959   UK first pressing (1959) on Philips black labels of Columbia CS 8171

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4 Comments

1. #1 Andy says:
   April 22nd, 2013 at 10:49 am

   Beautiful lp cover enclosing some Mingus’s greatest music. I have worn out this album.

2. #2 Brian Phillips says:
   April 22nd, 2013 at 1:21 pm

   Agreed, great record and a subtle joke. According to the biography by Brian Priestley, the title is to be read as if Ming- was a latin verb and these are the various forms:

   Mingus
   Minga(h)
   Mingum

3. #3 ~Red x Baron~ says:
   April 22nd, 2013 at 2:43 pm

   Almost as good as Colonel Lingus…?!

4. #4 Dan G. says:
   April 23rd, 2013 at 4:41 am

   One of the best jazz records ever made. I practically wore this album out when I was at college. Boogie Stop Shuffle is a standout track.