I haven't felt this way about a Jazz album since I bought "Blue Trane" 10 years ago. The opening track "Better Git It In Your Soul" is a thundering mash of gospel and blues with handclaps and primal shouts. Why can't all Jazz sound like this? Mingus is an obese, pugnacious genius, singing on the double bass and like an immense lark, leading his sidesmen up into a ragged, melodious heaven.
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