Label: Bethlehem / BMG

Reissued 2/4/2022, Originally released 1957

​​The Jazz Experiments of Charlie Mingus is an album by jazz bassist and composer Charles Mingus released on the Bethlehem label. The album is a compilation of tracks originally released by Period Records as two 10-inch LPs entitled Jazzical Moods and co-credited to John LaPorta. Personnel Credits: Charles Mingus - bass, piano / John LaPorta - clarinet, alto saxophone / Thad Jones (credited on original issue as "Oliver King") - trumpet (tracks 1-3 & 6) / Teo Macero - tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone / Jackson Wiley - cello (tracks 1-3) / Clem DeRosa - drums, tambourine.

Track listing:

1. What Is This Thing Called Love
2. Minor Intrusion
3. Stormy Weather
4. Four Hands
5. Thrice Upon A Theme
6. The Spur Of The Moment