Includes many famous songs such as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat."
This album is a condensed version of Mingus's compositional aesthetic, which combines soul and intelligence, and is a groundbreaking work as a jazz composer.
A:
1)
Better Git It In Your Soul
2)
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
3)
Boogie Stop Shuffle
4)
Self-Portrait In Three Colors
5)
Open Letter To Duke
B:
1)
Bird Calls
2)
Fables Of Faubus
3)
Pussy Cat Dues
4)
Jelly Roll
Bass, Leader - Charles Mingus
Composed By - Charles Mingus
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Clarinet - John Handy
Producer - Teo Macero
Drums - Dannie Richmond
Tenor Saxophone - Booker Ervin
Trombone - Willie Dennis (A2 to A5, C2 to C5)
Piano - Horace Parlan
Trombone - Jimmy Knepper (A1, B1 to C1, D1 to D4)
Sleeve Notes - Leonard Feather
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone - Curtis Porter
Photography By - X
Liner Notes - Diane Dorr-Dorynek
Photography By [Ullstein Bild Archive] - Sticha_Ullstein Bild
