Charles Mingus - The Clown

The Clown is one of Charles Mingus' best albums of his career. Although he does have even better albums, The Clown remains an essential album of Charles Mingus. The album starts out with Hatian Fight Song. This is one of if no the best Mingus compostion. The blending of the instruments and the build up of intensity is done perfectly. This is followed by Blue Cee, which, although not as strong as Hatian Fight Song, keeps the level of greatness on the album. Following this is Reincarnation of A Love Bird. This is also an incredible song and one of Mingus' best. The last song is The Clown. Thi ssong features a long compostion by Mingus and a spoken story over it by Jean Shepard. This is a very different song. It isn't quite as good as the others on the album and once you listen to it once, you probably won't want to listen to it again. It doesn't really hurt the album though. Overall, The Clown is an incredible album and essential to fans of the incredible bass player.

Artist: Charles Mingus
Album: The Clown
Genre: Jazz
Source: CD
Original Release Date: 1957
Playing Time: 00:40:52
Ripper: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version: reference libFLAC 1.1.4 20070213
Quality: Lossless, (avg. compression: 48 %)
Channels: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit