Título: Charles Mingus
Seção: Mingus Ah Um and other works
Background: Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922 - January 5, 1979) was an American jazz double bassist, pianist, composer and bandleader. His compositions retained the hot and soulful feel of hard bop, drawing heavily from black gospel music and blues, while sometimes containing elements of Third Stream, free jazz, and classical music. He once cited Duke Ellington and church as his main influences. Mingus espoused collective improvisation, similar to the old New Orleans jazz parades, paying particular attention to how each band member interacted with the group as a whole.

Conteúdo: In 1959 Mingus and his jazz workshop musicians recorded one of his best-known albums, Mingus Ah Um. Even in a year of standout masterpieces, including Dave Brubeck's Time Out, Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, John Coltrane's Giant Steps, and Ornette Coleman's prophetic The Shape of Jazz to Come, this was a major achievement, featuring such classic Mingus compositions as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (an elegy to Lester Young) and the vocal-less version of "Fables of Faubus" (a protest against segregationist Arkansas governor Orval E. Faubus that features double-time sections). Also during 1959, Mingus recorded the album Blues & Roots, which was released the following year. As Mingus explained in his liner notes: "I was born swinging and clapped my hands in church as a little boy, but I've grown up and I like to do things other than just swing. But blues can do more than just swing."  Mingus witnessed Ornette Coleman's legendary--and controversial--1960 appearances at New York City's Five Spot jazz club. He initially expressed rather mixed feelings for Coleman's innovative music: "...if the free-form guys could play the same tune twice, then I would say they were playing something...Most of the time they use their fingers on the saxophone and they don't even know what's going to come out. They're experimenting." That same year, however, Mingus formed a quartet with Richmond, trumpeter Ted Curson and multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy. This ensemble featured the same instruments as Coleman'

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assistant: In 1959 Mingus and his jazz workshop musicians recorded one of his best-known albums, Mingus Ah Um.

user: What songs were on the album

assistant: "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" (an elegy to Lester Young) and the vocal-less version of "Fables of Faubus" (

user: Were there any other songs on the album

assistant: Fables of Faubus" (a protest against segregationist Arkansas governor Orval E.

user: Were there any other good songs on the album

assistant: Also during 1959, Mingus recorded the album Blues & Roots, which was released the following year.

user: Were there any more songs?

assistant: Also during 1959, Mingus recorded the album Blues & Roots,

user: What songs were on Blues and Roots

assistant: The former also features the version of "Fables of Faubus" with lyrics, aptly titled "Original Faubus Fables".

user: Were there any other songs on the album

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user: Was this album popular

assistant: major achievement,

user: Did the albums win any awards

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user: Were there any other albums?

assistant: The former also features the version of "Fables of Faubus" with lyrics, aptly titled "Original Faubus Fables".