What is Mingus Ah Um?
{{Infobox album | name = Mingus Ah Um | type = Studio | artist = [[Charles Mingus]] | cover = | released = October 1959 | genre = [[Jazz]] | length = {{Duration|m=45|s=53}} | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]] | producer = [[Teo Macero]] }} '''''Mingus Ah Um''''' is a [[Album|studio album]] by American musician [[Charles Mingus]]. It was released in October 1959 by [[Columbia Records]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SwoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=CS+8171&pg=PA43|title=Billboard|last=Inc|first=Nielsen Business Media|date=1959-10-05|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|language=en}}</ref> It was his first album recorded for Columbia. The album cover shows a painting made by S. Neil Fujita. The album was put into the [[Grammy Award|Grammy Hall of Fame]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-29|title=Jazz Articles: Coltrane, Mingus, Tristano Recordings Honored by Grammy Hall of Fame - By Jeff Tamarkin — Jazz Articles|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/62558-coltrane-mingus-tristano-recordings-honored-by-grammy-hall-of-fame|access-date=2022-09-19|archive-date=2014-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029232302/http://jazztimes.com/articles/62558-coltrane-mingus-tristano-recordings-honored-by-grammy-hall-of-fame|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> == References == <references /> [[Category:1959 albums]] [[Category:Columbia Records albums]] {{music-stub}}