[tanfenton]

I know what mine is, but what's yours?

NGF

 

[Old Pa]

Mingus Ah Um is an obvious classic, but I favor Pithencanthropus Erectus for some strange reason.

 

[GlowWorm]

Black Saint & Sinner Lady
Mingus At Antibes
Blues & Roots

 

[Guild]

The Clown

well, um... it's definitely different.

 

[MikeM]

Quote:

Originally posted by Old Pa Mingus Ah Um is an obvious classic

... and I keep going back to it.

 

[imperator]

My favorite is Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus.

I study Latin though so I think Mingus, Ah, Um is coolest album title ever

 

[DanG]

So far it's Town Hall Concert.

 

[rickfri]

For some strange reason I've always favored "New Tijuana Moods".

 

[Magic77]

Actually, my favorite album "with" Mingus is: "Money Jungle" with Mingus, Duke Ellington and Max Roach.

 

[robert]

Quote:

Originally posted by GlowWorm Black Saint & Sinner Lady Mingus At Antibes Blues & Roots

my vote, verbatim

 

[Cap'n Dan]

The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

(Anyone heard Cumbia & Jazz Fusion? I love that piece)

 

[scottder]

Quote:

Originally posted by imperator My favorite is Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, Mingus. I study Latin though so I think Mingus, Ah, Um is coolest album title ever

Ok I am missing something here, let us non-Latin scholars in on this.

Scott

PS - I almost picked this one up the other day, grabbed "John Coltrane - Blue Train" instead, this is on my list though.

 

[DanG]

Quote:

Mingus, ah, um

Most Latin adjectives have several possible endings for modifying nouns of different genders. For example, the word "homo" (as in homo sapiens), which means "man," is of the masculine gender. If "mingus" were a Latin adjective meaning "Mingus-like", "Mingus-like man" would be translated to "homo Mingus." "Femina" means "woman," so Mingus-like woman would be "femina Minga." The word "opus" (meaning a work or creation) is of the neuter gender (neither masculine nor feminine) and so Mingus-like work would be "opus Mingum."

When students of Latin learn vocabulary, they learn each adjective as modifying each gender in the nominative case (basically, modifying nouns that are the subject of a sentence). So instead of learning something like "magnus" (great), the student would memorize "magnus, -a, -um." The "-a" is pronounced "ah."

I suspect I could have explained more concisely but there you have it.