The Clown (album)

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The Clown
The Clown cover
Studio album by Charles Mingus
Released 1957
Recorded February 15, March 12, 1957
Genre Jazz
Length 40:41
Label Atlantic Records
Producer Nesuhi Ertegün
Professional reviews
Charles Mingus chronology
Pithecanthropus Erectus
(1956)		 The Clown
(1957)		 Mingus Three
(1957)
For the movie character, see Camp Blood.

The Clown is an album by Charles Mingus recorded and released in 1957. The follow-up to 1956's Pithecanthropus Erectus, it further established Mingus' reputation as one of jazz music's premiere band leaders.

Though perhaps best-known for featuring the improvised narration of Jean Shepherd, it is considered by many to be one of Mingus's major works as well as being arguably his most diverse[citation needed].

A deluxe edition of The Clown was issued in 2000 on Rhino featuring two bonus tracks.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Haitian Fight Song" (Mingus) - 11:57
  2. "Blue Cee" (Mingus) - 7:48
  3. "Reincarnation of a Lovebird" (Mingus) - 8:31
  4. "The Clown" (Mingus) - 12:29

[edit] Deluxe Edition bonus tracks

  1. "Passions of a Woman Loved" (Mingus) - 9:52
  2. "Tonight at Noon" (Mingus) - 5:57

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