Charles Mingus -Mingus Ah Um (Redux) - Pure DSD
Artist(s): Bass, Composed By – Charles Mingus
Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – John Handy
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Shafi Hadi
Tenor Saxophone – Booker Ervin
Drums – Dannie Richmond
Piano – Horace Parlan
Recording Info: Recorded at 30th Street Studio by Columbia, NYC. May 1959
Producer – Teo Macero
Please Note: The album's original release featured edited versions of six of the nine compositions. For these tracks, from one to three minutes of the performances were removed, either to meet the playing time constraints of the LP format or because producer Teo Macero felt the pieces were more effective in edited form. The tracks on this release are based on the edited versions that were on the original release.
1 Better Get Hit In Your Soul 7:23
2 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 4:47
3 Boogie Stop Shuffle 3:42
4 Self-Portrait In Three Colours 3:06
5 Open Letter to Duke 4:57
6 Bird Calls 3:14
7 Fables Of Faubus 8:15
8 Pussy Cat Dues 6:30
9 Jelly Roll 4:02
Please Note: This release was mastered in DSD with no PCM. (Pure DSD)
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A great Mingus Album which is very well recorded!
This is another album that I've had in various formates over the years (CD, 96-24), but the 352.8-24 PCM version sounds so much better than the previous versions. If you like Mingus this is a must have album!

Absolutely amazing!
This recording is fantastic. I keep going back to it - every time listening for me is like the first time I listened to it. If you're a fan of classic Jazz or Charles Mingus it's one to get for sure.

Purchased In Order To Compare
I purchased the DSD256 version primarily to compare it against the One-Step. Listening to the opening track of each I still have to say that the clarity of the bass on the One-Step outdoes this transfer. This will certainly not keep me from enjoying this purchase for what it is.

Mingus Ah Um
Fantastic album made even greater by the excellent transfer to DSD 256. Unless you have a master tape, this is the best way to hear this album.

Very good version
I have a few releases of this, including a SACD one from the original label. I like this one better.
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