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| "I've Found A New Baby" from New Set of Rare Recordings - Charlie Parker: Bird in Kansas City On modern jazz pioneer Charlie Parker's heavenly birthday: August 29, 2024, Verve Records announced Bird in Kansas City, an album featuring a new set of rare recordings dating from between 1941-1951, to be released globally on October 25, 2024 on vinyl, CD, and digitally. Much of this collection has never been heard before and some recordings have never even been known to exist Bird in Kansas City chronicles Charlie Parker's evolution from a blossoming soloist with the Jay McShann Band into a brilliant improviser who changed the genre forever. To celebrate the announcement of Bird in Kansas City, the first track, "Cherokee, " Chuck Haddix scholar and author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, who also produced and wrote liner notes for this album says, "'Ray Noble's 'Cherokee' was one of Bird's favorite songs. Whenever he showed up late for a gig, he would make a grand entrance through the front door playing 'Cherokee.' Taken at a bright tempo, Charlie takes wing with a melodic solo that deftly navigates the song's challenging chord changes." In addition to two unreleased 78s with the McShann band, Bird in Kansas City offers two sets of private recordings at the home of Parker's friend Phil Baxter and at Vic Damon's studio made with local musicians and a very relaxed-sounding Parker who has the room to stretch out and show us the shape of jazz that was to come in his wake. Central to these recordings is Parker's relationship to his hometown of Kansas City, a place he never lived again once he left in 1941 but remained deeply important to him; his mixed emotions owed to the city's history of racial segregation and to his strong ties to his family and friends there. Though he never returned permanently, he frequently came home during breaks in his travels, and it is during those times that these recordings were made. Tracklist: 1. Bird Song #1 2. Bird Song #2 3. Bird Song #3 4. Cherokee Phil Baxter version 5. Body and Soul Phil Baxter version 6. Honeysuckle Rose 7. Perdido 8. Cherokee Vic Damon version 9. My Heart Tells Me 10. I Found a New Baby 11. Body and Soul Vic Damon version 12. Margie 13. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You write your comments about the article :: © 2024 Jazz News :: home page |