Cover Recordings
The song has been recorded by other jazz musicians, including Gerry Mulligan, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Hunter, Oliver Lake, Project and the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey. The Normand Guilbeault Ensemble released a version called "Fables of (George Dubya) Faubus" in 2004.
The Mingus Big Band's recording of "Fables of Faubus", on their album Gunslinging Birds, features in the background the piano player playing tunes of the civil war, like the Confederate "(I Wish I Was in) Dixie" and Federal "Battle Hymn of the Republic", emphasizing Mingus's contempt for racism.
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