Album
The Clown
Charles Mingus, The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop
1957 · Jazz
5 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Clown is a Jazz album by Charles Mingus, The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop, originally released in 1957. On Gatefold: 61 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.
About
The Clown is an album by Charles Mingus recorded and released in 1957 on Atlantic Records as SD-1260. It is the follow-up to 1956's Pithecanthropus Erectus and features the improvised narration of Jean Shepherd. A deluxe edition of The Clown was issued in 2000 on Rhino featuring two bonus tracks. All the tracks were recorded on March 12, 1957, except for "The Clown", recorded on February 13 of the same year. According to Nat Hentoff's liner notes, Mingus explained why he chose those four tracks for the album: "I selected these four over two others that were more intricate because some of those guys had been saying that I didn't swing. So I made some that did. This album also has the first blues I've made on record.".
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Tracklist
- 1Haitian Fight Song12:01
- 2Blue Cee7:51
- 3Reincarnation of a Lovebird8:32
- 4The Clown12:09
- 5Passions of a Man4:52
- 6Tonight At Noon5:59
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Post-Bop & Modal
- angular
- playful
- smoky
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Listed artist on rear jacket and labels: The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop
Listed artist on front cover: Charles Mingus
The (stamped inverted E) on side B is some form of the MGM Records pressing stamp but is not clear, It looks like a mix between the block shaped S and the block T.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Charles MingusBASS BASS, COMPOSED BY BASS, WRITTEN-BY
- Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop
- Curtis PorterALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Dannie RichmondDRUMS
- Jimmy KnepperTROMBONE
- Wade LeggePIANO
- Shafi HadiALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
5 collectors on Gatefold own this · 61 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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