糖尿病を乗り越え復帰した1972年2月録音のFriends In Concertは、企画モノで商業的なアルバム。73年10月録音のMingus Movesは、ミンガス節が出ているのだが毒気はまだなかった。そして、74年1月録音の本作によってミンガスは完全に復帰した。それを支えたのは、このセッションに参加したミュージシャン達。なかでも盲目のサックス奏者ローランド・カークは大熱演。
Disc 1 1. Introduction by Bill Cosby 2. Jump Monk 3. E.S.P. 4. Ecclusiastics 5. Eclipse 6. Us Is Two 7. Taurus In The Arena Of Life 8. Mingus Blues 9. Introduction To Little Royal Suite by Bill Cosby 10. Little Royal Suite
Disc 2 1. Introduction To Strollin' by Bill Cosby 2. Strollin' 3. The I Of Hurricane Sue 4. E's Flat, Ah's Flat Too 5. Ool-Ya-Koo 6. Portrait 7. Don't Be Afraid, The Clown's Afraid Too
Jon Faddis, Lonnie Hillyer, Lloyd Michaels, Eddie Preston - trumpet Eddie Bert - bass trombone Richard Berg, Sharon Moe - French horn Robert Stewart - tube Howard Johnson - tuba, bass saxophone James Moody - flute Lee Konitz, Charles McPherson, Richie Perri - alto saxophone Gene Ammons, George Dorsey - tenor saxophone Bobby Jones - tenor saxophone, clarinet Gerry Mulligan - baritone saxophone John Foster, Randy Weston - piano Milt Hinton - bass Charles Mingus - bass, arranger Joe Chambers - drums Dizzy Gillespie, Honey Gordon - vocal Bill Cosby - vocals, announcement Sy Johnson - arranger Teo Macero - arranger conductor
Recorded on February 4, 1972 at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, NYC.