Bird In Kansas City: CD BF253P50% 4 Sinnerman

4    Sinnerman

Tadd’s Delight (Side B)

Space Seas

paralleling yet distinct from the work of Ornette Coleman and other American free jazz artists

Long held as the jazz album that even non-jazz fans will own

Bird In Kansas City: CD BF253P50% 4 SinnermanCharlie 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