Charles Mingus - Portraits LP
Blues-rooted jazz from various hard-driving combos directed by Charles Mingus, one of the most powerful modern jazz masters, caught here at his '50s and early '60s creative peak. Includes selections from Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956), Blues And Roots (1959), Ah Um (1959), Oh Yeah (1961), and Mingus Dinasty (1959).