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1	Haitian Fight Song	11:57
2	Blue Cee	7:48
3	Reincarnation Of A Lovebird	8:31
4	The Clown Narrator [Improvised] – Jean Shepherd Tenor Saxophone – Shafi Hadi	12:29
Bonus Tracks
5	Passions Of A Woman Loved	9:43
6	Tonight At Noon	5:58

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Warner Music Argentina – 8122-73749-2
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
• Marketed By – Warner Strategic Marketing International
• Recorded At – Atlantic Studios
• Remastered At – DigiPrep

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Shafi Hadi (Curtis Porter)* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6)
• Art Direction [Reissue], Design – Hugh Brown , Rachel Gutek
• Bass, Composed By – Charles Mingus
• Coordinator [Editorial] – Elizabeth Pavone
• Design – Marvin Israel
• Drums – Dannie Richmond
• Engineer, Recorded By – Larry Hiller, Tom Dowd
• Illustration – John Seabury
• Liner Notes [Original Album & Reissue] – Nat Hentoff
• Liner Notes, Reissue Producer – Bob Carlton
• Narrator – Jean Shepherd (tracks: 4)
• Photography By – Pickow-Three Lions*
• Photography By [Back Inlay Photo] – Lee Friedlander
• Piano – Wade Legge
• Reissue Producer – Patrick Milligan
• Remastered By – Dan Hersch
• Research [Editorial] – Daniel Goldmark
• Supervised By – Nesuhi Ertegun
• Supervised By [Editiorial Supervision] – Steven Chean
• Trombone – Jimmy Knepper

Notes

Recorded on February 13 (tracks 1-4) and March 12 (tracks 5-6), 1957.

Original album released as Atlantic SD-1260, August 1957; "Passions Of A Woman Loved" and "Tonight At Noon" were previously released on Tonight At Noon, Atlantic SD-1416, June 1964.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 8122-73749-2 1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1260	Charles Mingus, The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop*	Charles Mingus, The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop* - The Clown ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Atlantic	1260	US	1957
1260	Charles Mingus	The Clown - The Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Atlantic	1260	US	1961
1260	Charles Mingus	The Clown ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Atlantic	1260	US	Unknown
1260	Charles Mingus	The Clown ‎(LP, Album, Mono, RE)	Atlantic	1260	US	1959
LTZ-K 15164	Charles Mingus	The Clown ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	London Records	LTZ-K 15164	UK	1957