Album · 1972

Let My Children Hear Music

Charles Mingus

Label

CBS/Sony

Catalogue

25DP 5313

Tracks

Runtime

55 min

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Tracklist

The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers

Let My Children Hear Music

9:34

Adagio ma non troppo

Let My Children Hear Music

8:22

Don’t Be Afraid, the Clown’s Afraid Too

Let My Children Hear Music

9:26

Hobo Ho

Let My Children Hear Music

10:07

The Chill of Death

Let My Children Hear Music

7:38

The I of Hurricane Sue

Let My Children Hear Music

10:09

In print

First pressed 1972, still pressed 2012 — 40 pressings across 10 countries.

Credits

Illustration · painting [cover], design

Bobby Jones

Instrument · tenor saxophone

Charles McCracken

Instrument · cello

Charles McPherson

Instrument · alto saxophone

Instrument · tenor saxophone

Joe Wilder

Instrument · trumpet

Julius Watkins

Instrument · french horn

Mastering · lacquer cut by

Chris Bellman

Mastering · lacquer cut by

Ray Staff

Mastering · remastered by [uncredited]

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