Better Git It in Your Soul
Context
Opening track of Mingus Ah Um, recorded in New York in May 1959 (May 5 for this track) for Columbia, Charles Mingus's first record on that label. The track, 7 min 22 s long, draws on the church songs and sermons Mingus heard as a child. The album was added to the National Recording Registry in 2003 and to the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop, Soul jazz, boogaloo. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).