Mingus Ah Um and the Album Art of S. Neil Fujita From the buoyant gospel of ‘Better Git It In Your Soul’ and the mournful grace of ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat’ to the caustic protest song ‘Fables of Faubus’, on Mingus Ah Um the double bassist and redoubtable bandleader Charles Mingus Culturedarm
produced one of his most diverse and accessible albums. Mingus Ah Um was recorded over two sessions on 5 and 12 May 1959, as Mingus carved out his first album for Spring-Summer 2021 4
