"I'm writing now the way I've always written. Whatever coast he's on, a man should be himself. And I don't write in any particular 'idiom'. I write Charles Mingus." - Charles Mingus as told to Nat Hentoff

Recorded on August 16, 1957 in New York City... East Coasting

Charles Mingus - bass, arranger & leader
Bill Evans - piano
Clarence Shaw - trumpet
Jimmy Knepper - trombone
Shafi Hadi - alto & tenor saxophone
Dannie Richmond - drums

What would be the only Mingus/Evans studio album. Coincidentally, Bill Evans received the last minute call at 4am on the morning of the recording session, he made it to the studio and sight read most of the music on the spot, all on his 28th birthday.