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Personnel: Charles Mingus (vocals, piano, bass); Jerome Richardson (soprano & baritone saxophones); Shafi Hadi, John Handy III (alto & tenor saxophones); Eric Dolphy, Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone); Roland Kirk (tenor saxophone, manzello, flute); Dick Hafer (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Booker Ervin, Bobby Jones (tenor saxophone); Ted Curson, Rolf Ericson, Richard Williams, Lonnie Hillyer, Joe Wilder, Snooky Young (trumpet); Julius Watkins (French horn); Jimmy Knepper, Quentin Jackson (trombone); Don Butterfield (tuba); Charles McCracken (cello); Wade Legge, Horace Parlan, Jaki Byard (piano); Doug Watkins (bass); Dannie Richmond, Walter Perkins (drums).
Compilation producers: Bob Belden, Michael Cuscuna.
Recorded between 1957 and 1971. Includes liner notes by Brian Priestly.
Digitally remastered by Seth Foster and Mark Wilder (Sony Studios, New York, New York).
This is part of the Columbia/Legacy Ken Burns JAZZ series.
