| # | Title | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | The Shoes of the Fisherman’s Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers- recorded in:
- New York, New York, United States (on 1971-09-23)
- producer:
- Teo Macero
- alto saxophone:
- Teo Macero (on 1971-09-23) and Charles McPherson (on 1971-09-23)
- cello:
- Charles McCracken (on 1971-09-23)
- double bass:
- Ron Carter (on 1971-09-23), Richard Davis (on 1971-09-23), Homer Dench (on 1971-09-23), Milt Hinton (on 1971-09-23) and Charles Mingus (on 1971-09-23)
- double bass [bass]:
- Charles Mingus (on 1971-09-23)
- drums (drum set):
- Dannie Richmond (on 1971-09-23)
- French horn:
- Julius Watkins (on 1971-09-23)
- piano:
- John Foster (on 1971-09-23) and “Sir” Roland Hanna (on 1971-09-23)
- reeds:
- Danny Banks (on 1971-09-23), Jerry Dodgion (on 1971-09-23), Bobby Jones (on 1971-09-23), Hal McKusick (on 1971-09-23), Charles McPherson (on 1971-09-23) and James Moody (on 1971-09-23)
- trombone:
- Eddie Bert (on 1971-09-23), Urbie Green (on 1971-09-23) and Jimmy Knepper (on 1971-09-23)
- trumpet:
- Lonnie Hillyer (on 1971-09-23), Jimmy Nottingham (on 1971-09-23), Joe Wilder (on 1971-09-23), Snookie Young (on 1971-09-23) and Snooky Young (on 1971-09-23)
- conductor:
- Teo Macero (on 1971-09-23)
- arranger:
- Charles Mingus
- recorded at:
- CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1971-09-23)
- recording of:
- The Shoes of the Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers (on 1971-09-23)
- composer:
- Charles Mingus
- publisher:
- Jazz Workshop, Inc.
| | 9:39 |
| 2 | Adagio ma non troppo | | 8:27 |
| 3 | Don’t Be Afraid, the Clown’s Afraid Too | | 9:29 |
| 4 | Taurus in the Arena of Life | | 4:21 |
| 5 | Hobo Ho | | 10:11 |
| 6 | The Chill of Death | | 7:42 |
| 7 | The I of Hurricane Sue | | 10:10 |
