+postality Agreed. While taking a History of Jazz class in college, this was one of the first jazz albums I ever bought. While my friends were listening to punk, or rap, or Phish, or Sublime - I was totally discovering the world of jazz. They thought I was really weird. Yet, jazz is timeless and an album like Ah Um never goes out of style, contrary to so much other music that is disposable these days.
Booker Ervin KILLS it here!! Probably my favourite solo of his. That last 2/5/1 lick is to die for. Would’ve loved to have seen the sax sections faces when Mingus handed them this chart