Jazz Experiments of Charles Mingus

Also available in a 3-pack with A MODERN JAZZ SYMPOSIUM OF MUSIC AND POETRY and EAST COASTING.Personnel: Charles Mingus (acoustic bass); John LaPorta (alto saxophone, clarinet); Teo Macero (tenor saxophone); Thad Jones (trumpet); Jackson Wiley (cello); Clem De Rosa (drums, percussion).Recorded in December, 1954. Originally released on Bethlehem (5024). Includes original liner notes by Charles Mingus and reissue liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo.Digitally remastered by Tom Moulton & Greg Vaughn (Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, New York).Personnel: Charles Mingus (piano); Jackson Wiley (cello); John LaPorta (clarinet, alto saxophone); Teo Macero (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Thad Jones (trumpet); Clem DeRosa (drums).Audio Remasterer: John Sigmon.Recording information: 12/1954.Illustrator: Gabrielle Castrillon.Originally released in 1955, THE JAZZ EXPERIMENTS... reveals that in some ways classical music is as much of a presence as that of Duke Ellington in Charles Mingus' music