tracks 4-1 to 4-4, 4-6 alto saxophone Eric Dolphy
tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 3-1 to 3-10 alto saxophone Jackie McLean
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 alto saxophone John Handy
art direction Hugh Brown
art direction Julie Vlasak
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 baritone saxophone Pepper Adams
tracks 1-1 to 4-6 bass Charles Mingus
tracks 5-1 to 5-10 bass Doug Watkins
tracks 4-5 bass clarinet Eric Dolphy
compilation producer Andrew Homzy
compilation producer James Austin
compilation producer Patrick Milligan
design Julie Vlasak
tracks 2-1 to 2-6, 4-1 to 5-10 drums Dannie Richmond
tracks 1-6 to 1-8 drums Ed Shaughnessy
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 drums Willie Jones
editor [editorial assistance] Julee Stover
editor [editorial assistance] Vanessa Atkins
editor [editorial coordination] Elizabeth Pavone
editor [editorial coordination] Ted Myers
editor [editorial research] Daniel Goldmark
tracks 5-1 to 5-10 flute, siren, saxophone [manzello, strich] Roland Kirk
tracks 6-1 interviewee Charles Mingus
tracks 6-1 interviewer Nesuhi Ertegun
liner notes Andrew Homzy
liner notes Joel Dorn
liner notes Patrick Milligan
liner notes Stefano Zenni
liner notes Sue Mingus
liner notes Tom Dowd
liner notes [original atlantic liner notes] Charles Mingus
liner notes [original atlantic liner notes] Gunther Schuller
liner notes [original atlantic liner notes] Nat Hentoff
liner notes [original atlantic liner notes] Robert Palmer
photography by Lee Friedlander
photography by [book cover] Lee Tanner
tracks 4-6 piano Bud Powell
tracks 4-2 to 4-3, 5-1 to 5-10 piano Charles Mingus
tracks 1-6 to 1-8 piano Hall Overton
tracks 3-2 to 3-6, 3-8 to 3-10 piano Horace Parlan
tracks 1-1 to 1-5, 3-1, 3-7 piano Mal Waldron
tracks 2-1 to 2-6 piano Wade Legge
producer [original recordings] Nesuhi Ertegun
project manager [project assistance] Joel Dorn
project manager [project assistance] Joey Helguera
project manager [project assistance] Mike Kull
project manager [project assistance] Quincy Newell
project manager [project assistance] Sue Mingus
remastered by Bill Inglot
remastered by Dan Hersch
supervised by Steven Chean
tracks 3-1 to 3-10, 4-1 to 4-5, 5-1 to 5-10 tenor saxophone Booker Ervin
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 tenor saxophone J.R. Monterose
tracks 5-1 to 5-10 tenor saxophone Roland Kirk
tracks 2-1 to 2-6 tenor saxophone Shafi Hadi
tracks 2-1 to 2-6, 3-1 to 3-10, 5-1 to 5-10 trombone Jimmy Knepper
tracks 3-1 to 3-10 trombone Willie Dennis
tracks 4-1 to 4-6 trumpet Ted Curson
tracks 1-6 to 1-8 vibraphone Teddy Charles
tracks 5-1 to 5-10 voice Charles Mingus
Phonographic Copyright (p) Atlantic Recording Corporation
Copyright (c) Atlantic Recording Corporation
Manufactured By Rhino Entertainment Company
Marketed By Rhino Entertainment Company
Recorded At Audio-Video Studios
Recorded At Atlantic Studios
Recorded At Antibes Jazz Festival
Remastered At DigiPrep
Glass Mastered At WMME Alsdorf
Date and location:
Disc 1, 1-4: January 30, 1956, Audio-Video Studios, New York City
Disc 1, 5-8: November 12, 1956, New York City
Disc 2, 1: February 13, 1957, Audio-Video Studios, New York City
Disc 2: 2-6: March 12, 1957, Atlantic Studios, New York City
Disc 3: February 4, 1959, Atlantic Studios, New York City
Disc 4: July 13, 1960, Antibes Jazz Festival, Juan-les-Pins, France
Disc 5: November 6, 1961, Atlantic Studios, New York City
Disc 6: late 1961/early 1962, Nesuhi Ertegun's office, Atlantic Records, New York City

Original issue (year):
Disc 1, 1-4: Atlantic 1237 as Pithecanthropus Erectus (July 1956)
Disc 1, 5-8: Atlantic 1274 as Teddy Charles' Word From Bird (June 1958)
Disc 2, 1,3,5,6: Atlantic 1260 as The Clown (August 1957)
Disc 2, 2,4; Disc 5, 3,4,9: Atlantic 1416 as Tonight At Noon (June 1964)
Disc 3, 1-6: Atlantic 1305 as Blues & Roots (March 1960)
Disc 3, 7-10: previously unissued
Disc 4: Atlantic 2-3001 as Mingus At Antibes (October 1976)
Disc 5, 1,2,5-8,10: Atlantic 1377 as Oh Yeah (April 1962)
Disc 6: previously unissued extended interview; edited version originally appeared on CD reissue of Oh Yeah, Atlantic 90667-2 (1988)

(p) 1976 & 1997, (c) 1997 Atlantic Recording Corporation

The paged CD-sleeves for both Disc One and Disc Two are printed on the front as Disc One.
Barcode: 0 8122-72871-2 2
Other: 1-56826-852-1 (ISBN)
Label Code: LC 2982
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
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