CHARLES MINGUS

Samara Joy's New Recording of "Reincarnation of 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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