5 ORIGINAL ALBUMS: 1. Pithecanthropus Erectus 2. The Clown 3. Blues & Roots 4. Oh Yeah 5. Tonight at Noon The greatest bassist leader jazz has ever known, Mingus, with his spirited playing and spontaneity, always kept his ears and fingers on the pulse. The albums this giant of music recorded for Atlantic between 1956 and 1961 are rightly considered his best.