Release

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

Credits

Bass, Composed By - Charles Mingus
Drums - Dannie Richmond
Photography - Herb Snitzer
Piano - Horace Parlan
Producer - Teo Macero
Saxophone [Alto], Clarinet - John Handy
Saxophone [Alto], Saxophone [Tenor] - Shafi Hadi
Saxophone [Tenor] - 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-B4) / May 12, 1959 (A2-A5).

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Review by markjazz Aug 18, 2008

This is definatly a classic Mingus album but it's not my favorite overall. There's some awesome tracks, like Better Git It In Your Soul, Boogie Stop Shuffle (My personal fav), and the bonus track GG Train is simply awesome. This album is a great one for that long drive and if you want to show anyone new to jazz a great album with some soul then this is one to give them. I think out of any artist on this discs lineup Dannie Richmond is the best. He's one of the most under-rated drummers of his time I think and he helps carry some of these tracks very well and seems to play with ease.