Charlie Parker - Bird In Kansas City

Charlie Parker — Bird in Kansas City

Rare recordings cover period between 1941-1951 chronicling Parker's jazz evolution

Charlie Parker had a complicated relationship with his hometown of Kansas City, Mo, owing both to its history of racial segregation and to his strong ties to his family and friends there. This new set of rare recordings dating from between 1941-1951 — most of them never having been heard before and some never even having been known to exist — chronicle Bird's evolution from a blossoming soloist with the Jay McShann Band into a brilliant improviser who dominated the jazz landscape for decades to come.

In addition to two unreleased 78s with the McShann band, this set offers two sets of private recordings (at the home of Bird'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 really stretch out and show us the shape of jazz that was to come in his wake.

Side A

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

Side B

1. Cherokee — Vic Damon version

2. My Heart Tells Me

3. I Found a New Baby

4. Body and Soul — Vic Damon version

5. Margie

6. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You

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