Boxset / Compilation · 2024
Tracklist
A1 Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (1st Version / Take 4) 9:12
A2 Melody From The Drums 9:27
A3 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Take 4) 9:27
B1 Vassarlean 6:38
B2 Body And Soul (Take 2) 13:46
Line-up/Musicians
Alto Saxophone – Eric Dolphy (tracks: B3)
Alto Saxophone [uncredited] – Charles McPherson (tracks: A1)
Bass – Charles Mingus (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B2)
Bass Clarinet – Eric Dolphy (tracks: B1)
Drums – Dannie Richmond (tracks: A1, A2, B1), Jo Jones (tracks: A3, B2)
Flute, Bass Clarinet – Eric Dolphy (tracks: A1)
Piano – Nico Bunink (tracks: A1, B1), Tommy Flanagan (tracks: A3, B2)
Tenor Saxophone – Booker Ervin (tracks: B1)
Trombone – Jimmy Knepper (tracks: B2)
Trumpet – Lonnie Hillyer (tracks: A1, B1), Roy Eldridge (tracks: A3, B2), Ted Curson (tracks: A1, B1)
* Paul Bley and Britt Woodman are listed on the rear cover under "Featuring", but did not play on any of these tracks.
About this release
Candid – 33131
A1, A2, B1 recorded October 20, 1960
A3, B2 recorded November 11, 1960
Both recorded at Nola Penthouse Studios, New York
Rare Mingus tracks unavailable on vinyl for decades, reassembled as a stand-alone album as a sequel to Incarnations, which came out for RSD Black Friday 2023.
Thanks to snobb for the addition