Charles Mingus Charles Mingus In Paris: The Complete America Session (C)(P) [October 30] 2006 Universal Music (France) EmArcy (C)(P) [May 22] 2007 Universal Music (France), licensed to Sunnyside Communications, Inc Sunnyside SSC 3065 2 CD's

Tracks

• CD1: The Master Takes
  1. I Left My Heart in San Francisco (4:04) (Cross/Cory)
  2. Reincarnation of a Lovebird (15:09)
  3. Peggy's Blue Skylight (12:51)
  4. Love Is a Dangerous Necessity (4:34)
  5. Blue Bird (18:08) (Parker)
  6. Pithecanthropus Erectus (16:41)
• CD2: The Alternate Takes
  1. Reincarnation of a Lovebird: Warm Up and First False Start (0:30)
  2. Reincarnation of a Lovebird: Second False Start (1:49)
  3. Reincarnation of a Lovebird: Third False Start (0:06)
  4. Reincarnation of a Lovebird: Incomplete (4:49)
  5. Peggy's Blue Skylight: First False Start (0:15)
  6. Peggy's Blue Skylight: Second False Start (0:15)
  7. Peggy's Blue Skylight: Third False Start and Rehearsal (0:37)
  8. Peggy's Blue Skylight: Alternate (fast version) (9:45)
  9. Blue Bird: Incomplete (4:10)
  10. Reprise (0:42)
  11. Love Is a Dangerous Necessity: First False Start (1:06)
  12. Love Is a Dangerous Necessity: Second False Start (1:48)
  13. Pithecanthropus Erectus: First Take, Incomplete (7:33)
  14. Pithecanthropus Erectus: Reprise (0:54)
  15. Pithecanthropus Erectus: Rehearsal (0:35)
  16. Pithecanthropus Erectus: False Start (0:09)
  17. Pithecanthropus Erectus: To the End (10:02)
  18. Pithecanthropus Erectus: Mingus Explanations, Restart (2:17)

  All compositions by Charles Mingus except where noted

Personnel

• Eddie Preston - trumpet
• Charles McPherson - alto sax
• Bobby Jones - tenor sax
• Jaki Byard - piano
• Charles Mingus - bass
• Dannie Richmond - drums

Information

Date and location

October 31, 1970, Studio Decca, Paris, France

Original issue

• Disc One, 3, 4, 6: America 30 AM 6109 ("Pithecanthropus Erectus", LP)
• Disc One, 1, 2, 5: America 30 AM 6110 ("Blue Bird", LP)

Reissues

• Disc One, 1-6: Reincarnation Of A Lovebird (1970, Prestige)
• Disc One, 2, 3, 5, 6: Pithycanthropus Erectus (1995, Musidisc)