Mingus ah um

"The remaster is the same one performed by Mark Wilder in the late 1990s and still in print. Along with a couple of alternate takes, the second disc contains Mingus Dynasty, an uneven and far less interesting album recorded later in 1959 and issued early in 1960. The liner notes are slim and strangely conceived".

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"So much of the bonus material is taken up by the official Mingus Dynasty album that this could have just as easily been packaged as a two-fer set of Mingus Ah Um/Mingus Dynasty as a special 50th anniversary edition. For those who love the music, however, the labels are immaterial; however it's sliced, it's a comprehensive retrospective of Mingus at a vital juncture in his evolution".

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"Mingus Ah Um combined the ferocity, elegance and sheer brilliance of Mingus' pen and bandleading ... Now that all those absurd edits have been restored, along with previously unrealeased from these sessions, this edition of Mingus Ah Um is the one to have".