I'm getting more and more into jazz music and developing more favorite artists. I got broken in on Miles Davis and then moved on to John Coltrane (not to say that I don't check for Miles or Trane any more, but now I'm ready to expand).

Charles Mingus is the next dude on deck. I've heard some stuff of his and dude is INCREDIBLE. It's amazing to me that he's not more known on the level of Miles, Trane, Dizzy, Bird, Monk, or at least Sonny Rollins or Max Roach.

Anyway, I want to begin adding some of Mingus' music to my collection and I wanted to know what is the Charles Mingus' defining album? Like many claim that "Kind of Blue" was more or less, Miles Davis defining album and "Love Supreme" was Coltrane's defining album. What album is that must have album for Mingus?

Does any know/have an opinion?