NOTE L001640
DATEJune 5, 2026
STATUSFiled
SUBJECTMingus Ah Um

Which jazz standard from Mingus Ah Um became his most covered composition?

‘Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,’ an elegy for saxophonist Lester Young, became one of Mingus’s most widely covered pieces, later adapted with lyrics by Joni Mitchell.

Report L001640. Filed.


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