This 2-CD set was recorded on October 31, 1970 in a single, sleepless night, the fleeting space of a session that took place almost undetected and in a sort of urgent calm. The first CD includes the America Masters previously released on vinyl only. The second CD includes all the alternate takes and comments and directions by Charles Mingus during the sessiontakes. It's fascinating piece of Jazz history.

Tracklist:

I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Reincarnation of a Lovebird
Peggy's Blue Skylight
Love Is a Dangerous Necessity
Blue Bird
Pithecanthropus Erectus
Reincarnation of a Lovebird: Warm Up and First False Start [Alte
Reincarnation of a Lovebird: Second False Start - (previously un
Reincarnation of a Lovebird: Third False Start - (previously unr
Reincarnation of a Lovebird: Incomplete - (previously unreleased
Peggy's Blue Skylight: First False Start - (previously unrelease
Peggy's Blue Skylight: Second False Start - (previously unreleas
Peggy's Blue Skylight: Third False Start and Rehearsal - (previo
Peggy's Blue Skylight: Alternate - (previously unreleased, alter
Blue Bird: Incomplete - (previously unreleased, alternate take,
Reprise - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
Love Is a Dangerous Necessity: First False Start - (previously u
Love Is a Dangerous Necessity: Second False Start - (previously
Pithecanthropus Erectus: First Take, Incomplete - (previously un
Pithecanthropus Erectus (Reprise) - (previously unreleased, alte
Pithecanthropus Erectus: Rehearsal - (previously unreleased, alt
Pithecanthropus Erectus: False Start - (previously unreleased, a
Pithecanthropus Erectus: To the End - (previously unreleased, al
Pithecanthropus Erectus: Mingus Explanations, Restart - (previou

UPC: 016728306522
Label: Sunnyside
Release Date: 5.22.07
Format: CD

Charles Mingus - Charles Mingus In Paris The Complete America Session (2 CD)