Features never-before-seen photos taken by original photographer Gosta Peterson and new liner notes by Jazz historian and producer Michael Cuscuna. Catalog Number: 4050538997613 Color: Black Format: LP UPC: 4050538997613 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.