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  Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is a studio album by the American jazz composer and bassist Charles Mingus which was released on January 9, 1964.
  
  ## Background
  
  Mingus collaborated with arranger/orchestrator Bob Hammer to score the music for a large ensemble of brass and saxophones.
  
  Most of the compositions on this album had been previously recorded or have since been rerecorded, some under different titles, on other albums:
  
  * "II B.S." as "Haitian Fight Song" on Plus Max Roach and The Clown
  * "I X Love" as "Duke's Choice" on A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry.
  * "Mood Indigo" (Barney Bigard, Duke Ellington) on Mingus Dynasty
  * "Celia" on East Coasting
  * "Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul" as "Better Git It in Your Soul" on Mingus Ah Um (also "Better Git Hit in Your Soul" on Mingus at Antibes)
  * "Theme for Lester Young" as "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" on Mingus Ah Um
  * "Hora Decubitus" as "E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too" on Blues & Roots
  * "Freedom" on The Complete Town Hall Concert (1962)
  
  ## Track listing
  
  Adapted from 1995 CD reissue; many original LP copies have incorrect durations listed. All tracks composed by Charles Mingus, except where noted.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  Tracks #1 and 4–8, recorded on September 20, 1963:
  
  * Eddie Preston – trumpet
  * Richard Williams – trumpet
  * Britt Woodman – trombone
  * Don Butterfield – tuba
  * Jerome Richardson – soprano and baritone saxophone, flute
  * Dick Hafer – tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute
  * Booker Ervin – tenor saxophone
  * Eric Dolphy – alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  * Jaki Byard – piano
  * Charles Mingus – bass, narration ("Freedom")
  * Walter Perkins – drums
  * Bob Hammer – arranger and orchestrator
  
  Tracks #2 and 3, recorded on January 20, 1963:
  
  * Rolf Ericson – trumpet
  * Richard Williams – trumpet
  * Quentin Jackson – trombone
  * Don Butterfield – tuba
  * Jerome Richardson – soprano and baritone saxophone, flute
  * Dick Hafer – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
  * Charlie Mariano – alto saxophone
  * Jaki Byard – piano
  * Jay Berliner – guitar
  * Charles Mingus – bass, piano
  * Dannie Richmond – drums
  * Bob Hammer – arranger and orchestrator
  
  ### Production
  
  * Bob Thiele – producer
  * Michael Cuscuna – reissue Producer
  * Bob Simpson – engineer
  * Erick Labson – remastering
  