Samara Joy's New Recording of "Reincarnation of Lovebird" reviewed by Jon Pareles, New York Times
“The leaping, chromatically shifty, gliding and then sprinting melody of “Reincarnation of a Lovebird,” composed in the 1950s by the jazz titan Charles Mingus, was made for instruments, not a singer. But Samara Joy seizes the challenge in this tour-de-force reinvention. She adds lyrics about an elusive love that’s “still a never-ending melody,” and handles every acrobatic twist with warmth and near-operatic precision: daringly a cappella at first, then joined by a group that swings like Mingus did.”