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A1	Haitian Fight Song Written-By – Charles Mingus	11:57
A2	Blue Cee Written-By – Charles Mingus	7:48
B1	Reincarnation Of A Lovebird Written-By – Charles Mingus	8:31
B2	The Clown Written-By – Charles Mingus	12:29

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Polydor

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Curtis Porter (tracks: A1 to B1)
• Artwork By – Marvin Israel
• Bass – Charles Mingus
• Drums – Dannie Richmond
• Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
• Narrator [Improvised Narration] – Jean Shepherd (tracks: B2)
• Photography [Cover Photo] – Pickow-Three Lions
• Piano – Wade Legge
• Recorded By – Larry Hiller, Tom Dowd
• Supervised By – Nesuhi Ertegun
• Tenor Saxophone – Curtis Porter (tracks: B2)
• Trombone – Jimmy Knepper

Notes

UK issue in laminated sleeve, released as 'The Clown' on Atlantic in the USA.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side 1): 587166 A//1 420 11 4
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2): 587166 B//1 420 11 5

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