Tracklist

A1	Better Git It In Your Soul
A2	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
A3	Boogie Stop Shuffle
A4	Self-Portrait In Three Colors
A5	Open Letter To Duke
B1	Bird Calls
B2	Fables Of Faubus
B3	Pussy Cat Dues
B4	Jelly Roll

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – John Handy
• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Shafi Hadi
• Artwork – S. Neil Fujita
• Bass, Composed By – Charles Mingus
• Drums – Dannie Richmond
• Liner Notes – Diane Dorr-Dorynek
• Photography By – Herb Snitzer
• Piano – Horace Parlan
• Producer – Teo Macero
• Tenor Saxophone – Booker Ervin
• Trombone – Jimmy Knepper (tracks: A1, B1 to B4), Willie Dennis (tracks: A2 to A5)

Notes

Recorded at 30th Street Studio, NYC.
May 5, 1959 (A1, B1 to B4) / May 12, 1959 (A2 to A5).

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CL 1370	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Columbia	CL 1370	US	1959
S 62260, S 62 260, S 62.260, (CS 8171)	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um ‎(LP, Album)	CBS, CBS, CBS, CBS	S 62260, S 62 260, S 62.260, (CS 8171)	France	Unknown
BBL 7352, BBL.7352	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um ‎(LP, Album)	Philips, Philips	BBL 7352, BBL.7352	UK	1959
88697 48010 2	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um (50th Anniversary 2-CD Deluxe Set) ‎(CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, Enh, RE + Comp)	Columbia, Legacy	88697 48010 2	Europe	2009
CK 40648	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um ‎(CD, Album, Club, RE, RM, RP)	Columbia	CK 40648	US	Unknown

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