Album

The Clown

Charles Mingus, The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop

1957 · Jazz

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The Clown by Charles Mingus, The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop

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 4 collectors.

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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 track. 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 note, 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

  1. 1Haitian Fight Song12:01
  2. 2Blue Cee7:51
  3. 3Reincarnation of a Lovebird8:32
  4. 4The Clown12:09
  5. 5Passions of a Man4:52
  6. 6Tonight At Noon5:59

Sound DNA

  • Jazz
  • Post-Bop & Modal
  • angular
  • playful
  • smoky

Credits

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