abstract:Tijuana Moods is an album by Charles Mingus originally recorded in 1957 but not released until 1962. It was reissued in 1996 on CD as New Tijuana Moods with four alternate takes.
Among Mingus's notable albums including "Pithecanthropus Erectus, " "New TijuanaMoods" and "Mingus Dynasty" "Mingus Ah Um" stands out as the purest and most affecting expression of his aesthetic, a moment when his ever-shifting music and musicians came into perfect alignment.