Incarnations is a new masterpiece thoughtfully assembled from rare and unreleased material from those sessions that stands proudly in the Mingus canon of masterworks. All but one of the tracks here are from the November 11th, 1960 sessions Mingus and producer Nate Hentoff put together. The date was split into two halves: one a pure Mingus-led date, featuring a six-piece band that expanded into an octet for two additional tunes, and another, a partial reunion of a collective that had assembled in opposition against George Weins Newport Jazz Festival that past July. (That collective, calling themselves The Jazz Artist Guild, would release the album Newport Rebels on Candid in 1961.) Of special note here is the one track recorded during the Mingus October 20th, 1960 sessions. It is a previously unreleased track titled All The Things You Are (All). Found on a tape that contained material from both of these fall 1960 dates, the piece has its roots in an Art Tatum rendition of All the Things You Are, which Mingus had recorded before in various settings.

Featuring Booker Ervin, Eric Dolphy, Charles McPherson, Ted Curson, Lonnie Hillyer, Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Knepper, Britt Woodman, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Bley, Dannie Richmond, and Jo Jones. With audio restored and remastered by Bernie Grundman, and liner notes by Pitchfork and New York Times contributor Hank Shteamer, this album is a must-have for any Mingus fan.

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• Remastered, 180 Gram
• Black Vinyl
• Genre: Jazz
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TRACKS

A1 Bugs 8:28
A2 R&R 11:51
B1 All The Things You Are (All) 4:51
B2 Reincarnation Of A Love Bird (2nd Version) 7:02
B3 Body And Soul 10:49