Charles Mingus The Clown © 1984 Atlantic Recording Corporation Atlantic Jazz 7567-90142-2 Compact Disc

Tracks

1. Haitian Fight Song (11:57)
2. Blue Cee (7:48)
3. Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (8:31)
4. The Clown (12:29)

   All compositions by Charles Mingus

Personnel

• Shafi Hadi - alto sax, tenor sax
• Jimmy Knepper - trombone
• Wade Legge - piano
• Charles Mingus - bass
• Dannie Richmond - drums
• Jean Shepherd - narration on 'The Clown' (4)

Information

Date and location

• 1-3: March 12, 1957, New York City
• 4: February 13, 1957, New York City

Total time

40:41

Original issue (year)

Atlantic #1260 (195?)

Reissues

• Atlantic AMCY-1173 [Japan] (2001?, CD, limited LP style jacket edition, 20bit K2 super coding)

Comments

'Love Bird' from February 13 session remains unissued (according to Priestley).

See also

• Tonight At Noon
• A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry
• Weary Blues with Langston Hughes