CHARLES MINGUS

Samara Joy's New Recording of "Reincarnation of A Lovebird" reviewed by Jon Pareles, New York Times

October 16, 2024 Charles Mingus

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.

Jon Pareles, NYT

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