alto saxophone Curtis Porter art direction Acy Lehman bass, leader Charles Mingus castanets Ysabel Morel design Craig DeCamps drums Dannie Richmond liner notes [1962] Charles Mingus liner notes [1975] Robert Palmer percussion Frankie Dunlop photography by Nick Sangiamo piano Bill Triglia recorded by [engineer] Bob Simpson remastered by Brad McCuen trombone Jimmy Knepper trumpet Clarence Shaw voice [voices] Lonnie Elder Recorded At RCA Studio A Copyright (c) RCA Records Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis Recorded July 18 and August 6, 1957 in RCA's Studio A, New York Originally released in 1962 as LSP-2533, Tijuana Moods Charlie Mingus 1962: This Is The Best Record I Ever Made (printed on back side) Matrix / Runout: APL1-0939-A (Label, side A) Matrix / Runout: APL1-0939-B (Label, side B) Matrix / Runout: APL10939 A 1 Ⅰ (Runout, side A) Matrix / Runout: A I APL -0939 B 1 Ⅰ (Runout, side B) Pressing Plant ID: I (Stamped in runouts) Rights Society: ASCAP Rights Society: BMI