Mingus Ah Um cover

Mingus Ah Um

Columbia

Released

Recommended by

DigitalDreamDoor from 100 Greatest Jazz Albums
Brian Priestley from Jazzwise Magazine
Chuck Eddy from 150 Best Albums of 1957/’58/’59
Tom Moon from 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die
Mike Powell from Pitchfork
David Bertrand Wilson from Wilson & Alroy’s Record Reviews
Richard Cook and Brian Morton from The Penguin Guide to Jazz
Elvis Costello from Vanity Fair

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