Some years bear a strange significance in music history. Single calendars that compress massive explosions of musical ingenuity within their pages. In 1967, it was psychedelic and progressive rock. In 1977, it was punk. 1991 brought multiple waves of noisy guitar bands, from grunge to shoegaze to post-hardcore to the massive umbrella of alternative rock. … Continue reading Record #817: Charles Mingus – Mingus Ah Um (1959)