Tracklist Hide Credits
| A1 | Slop | 6:12 |
| A2 | Song With Orange | 6:37 |
| A3 | Gunslinging Bird | 5:03 |
| A4 | Things Ain't What They Used To BeWritten-By – Ellington* |
7:36 |
| B1 | The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers | 9:30 |
| B2 | Far Wells, Mill Valley | 6:11 |
| B3 | Mood IndigoWritten-By – Bigard*, Ellington*, Mills* |
6:13 |
Credits
- Bass – Charlie Mingus* (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B3)
- Bass [Arco Bass] – Homer Dench (tracks: B1), Milt Hinton (tracks: B1), Richard Davis (tracks: B1), Ron Carter (tracks: B1)
- Cello – Maurice Brown (tracks: A1, A4, B3), Seymour Barab (tracks: A1, A4, B3)
- Design [Cover Design] – Allen Weinberg
- Drums – Dannie Richmond (tracks: A1 to A4, B1 to B3)
- French Horn – Julius Watkins (tracks: B1)
- Mastered By – Vlado Meller
- Photography By [Cover] – David Gahr
- Piano – John Foster (tracks: B1), Roland Hanna (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B3)
- Producer [Original Recordings] – Teo Macero
- Reeds – Bobby Jones (tracks: B1), Charles McPherson (tracks: B1), Danny Banks* (tracks: B1), Jerry Dodgion (tracks: B1)
- Reissue Producer – Mike Berniker
- Remix [Digital] – Glen Kolotkin
- Research – Nathaniel Brewster
- Saxophone – Benny Golson (tracks: A2, A3, B2), Booker Ervin (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3), John Handy (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3)
- Saxophone, Flute – Jerome Richardson (tracks: A2, A3, B2)
- Trombone – Eddie Bert (tracks: B1), James Knepper* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2, B3), Urbie Green (tracks: B1)
- Trumpet – Donald Ellis* (tracks: A1, A4, B3), Snookie Young* (tracks: B1), Jimmy Nottingham (tracks: B1), Dick Williams* (tracks: A2, A3, B2)
- Written-By – Charles Mingus (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B2)
Notes
A1, A4, B3 recorded New York 13 November 1959.A2, A3, B2 recorded New York 1 November 1959.
B1 recorded New York 23 September 1971.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 5 099746 082215
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CK 44050 | Charles Mingus | Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife (CD, Comp, RM) | Columbia | CK 44050 | US | 1988 |
| CK 44050 | Charles Mingus | Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife (CD, Comp, RM) | Columbia | CK 44050 | Canada | 1988 |
| CBS 460822 4 | Charles Mingus | Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife (Cass, Comp, RM) | CBS | CBS 460822 4 | Europe | 1988 |
| CBS 460822 1 | Charles Mingus | Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife (LP, Comp, RM) | CBS | CBS 460822 1 | Europe | 1988 |
| SRCS 7088 | Charles Mingus | Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife (CD, Comp, RM) | Sony | SRCS 7088 | Japan | 1992 |
