The Clown

Tracklist

• 1
  Haitian Fight Song
  12:01
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Blue Cee
  7:51
• 3
  Reincarnation of a Lovebird
  8:32
• 4
  The Clown
  12:09
• 5
  Passions of a Man
  4:52
• 6
  Tonight at Noon
  5:59
  2.5 ★

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Release credits

• Booker Ervin
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Charles Mingus
  double bass [1-4, 6], piano [5]
• Curtis Porter
  alto saxophone [1-4], tenor saxophone [4]
• Dannie Richmond
  drums (drum set)
• Doug Watkins
  double bass [5]
• Jean Shepherd
  spoken vocals [4]
• Jimmy Knepper
  trombone
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk
  woodwind [5]
• Shafi Hadi
  alto saxophone [1-3, 6], tenor saxophone [4]
• Wade Legge
  piano [1-4, 6]

Issues

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  The Clown

  12" Vinyl
  August 1957
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  The Clown

  12" Vinyl
  1972
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  The Clown

  CD
  1989
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  The Clown

  CD
  25 June 1998
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  The Clown

  CD
  7 September 1998
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  The Clown

  CD
  16 February 1999
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  The Clown

  CD
  16 February 1999
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  The Clown

  CD (deluxe edition)
  1999
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  The Clown

  CD
  3 May 2004
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  The Clown

  Digital Media
  29 March 2005
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  The Clown

  CD
  7 December 2005
• T
  The Clown

  CD (24 bit japanese reissue)
  23 July 2007
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  The Clown

  CD
  2013
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  The Clown

  12" Vinyl
  2014
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  The Clown

  12" Vinyl (mono)
  15 October 2016
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  The Clown

  Hybrid SACD (mono, remastered)
  2024
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