Bird In Kansas City: CD 2025BF30% Eddie Henderson and more

Eddie Henderson and more

Drummer Tony Williams was a frequent Blue Note presence in the 1960s and returned to the label in 1985 eager to form a new acoustic band as a vehicle to perform his compositions

Walter Bishop Jr

street rhythms

Freddie Hubbard – trumpet

Bird In Kansas City: CD 2025BF30% Eddie Henderson and moreCharlie 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 19411951 most of them never having been heard before and some never even having been known to exist chronicle Birds evolution from a blossoming soloist with the Jay McShann Band into a brilliant improviser who dominated the