THE ULTIMATE VERSION OF LANDMARK 1959 ALBUM: DELUXE AUDIOPHILE SET STRICTLY LIMITED TO 6,000 NUMBERED COPIES
"Better Git It in Your Soul" not only serves as the name of the inviting, holler-appointed opening track of Charles Mingus' Mingus Ah Um. It epitomizes the spirit, urgency, freedom, and feel-it-in-your-bones passion of an album that – along with Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, Dave Brubeck's Time Out, and John Coltrane's Giant Steps – forms the Mount Rushmore of quintessential records from 1959-1960, jazz's watershed graduating class. Indeed, Mingus Ah Um is cited on practically every "greatest" list assembled and enjoys the rare distinction of wearing a prestigious crown in the Penguin Guide to Jazz and membership in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Now, it receives the highest sonic treatment available in the form of a reissue worthy of its preeminent creative stature.
- Better Git It in Your Soul
- Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
- Boogie Stop Shuffle
- Self-Portrait in Three Colors
- Open Letter to Duke
- Bird Calls
- Fables of Faubus
- Pussy Cat Dues
- Jelly Roll
