Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus

Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus

2 × 45 RPM • 1-Step • 180g Black Vinyl • AAA

Few jazz albums carry the stature, individuality and enduring influence of Charles Mingus’ Mingus Ah Um. Originally released in 1959, the album remains one of Mingus’ defining statements — a work that combines blues, gospel, hard bop, collective improvisation and orchestral thinking with unmistakable personality.

For AN-2608, AudioNautes presents Mingus Ah Um as a premium 2 × 45 RPM 1-Step edition, pressed on 180-gram black vinyl and produced through a fully AAA all-analogue chain.

The choice of 45 RPM gives the mastering greater physical headroom and allows the grooves to be cut with increased space, supporting improved transient response, separation and dynamic expression. Combined with the 1-Step manufacturing process, the aim is to reduce intermediary production stages and preserve as much musical information as possible from the analogue source.

This is especially important for an album like Mingus Ah Um, where the impact comes not only from the compositions themselves, but from the interaction between the musicians: the attack of the brass, the weight of Mingus’ bass, the rhythmic propulsion of the ensemble and the constantly shifting contrasts between tightly arranged passages and spontaneous improvisation.

The programme includes some of Mingus’ most celebrated compositions, among them “Better Git It in Your Soul,” “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,” “Boogie Stop Shuffle,” “Self-Portrait in Three Colors,” “Open Letter to Duke,” “Bird Calls,” “Fables of Faubus,” “Pussy Cat Dues” and “Jelly Roll.”

For collectors, the production is also numbered and limited, and pre-orders are particularly attractive because they provide the opportunity to secure a lower serial-numbered copy.

AN-2608 — MINGUS AH UM
Charles Mingus

2 × 45 RPM
1-Step Production
180g Black Vinyl
AAA — All Analogue
Numbered & Limited Edition
Available from the beginning of October 2026

A landmark jazz recording, revisited in a format designed for listeners who want maximum resolution, dynamics and analogue presence.

Pre-orders now open — low serial numbers available while allocation lasts.

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