Bird Songs
Encyclopedia
Bird Songs is the 22nd album by Joe Lovano
to be released on the Blue Note
label. It was released in 2011 and features Esperanza Spalding
, James Weidman, and Otis Brown III primarily performing Charlie Parker
's music.
Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...
to be released on the Blue Note
Blue note
In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres. Country blues, in particular, features wide variations from the...
label. It was released in 2011 and features Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding
Esperanza Spalding is an American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist and singer, who draws upon many genres in her own compositions...
, James Weidman, and Otis Brown III primarily performing Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
Charles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....
's music.
Track listing
- "Passport" - 5:27
- "Donna Lee" - 4:30
- "Barbados - 6:19
- "Moose the Mooche - 6:34
- "Loverman - 9:03
- "Birdyard - 1:47
- "Ko Ko - 6:20
- "Blues Collage (carvin’ the bird-bird feathers-bloomdido) - 1:52
- "Dexterity - 2:49
- "Dewey Square - 8:25
- "Yardbird Suite - 11:58
Personnel
- Joe LovanoJoe LovanoJoseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...
: Saxophone - Esperanza SpaldingEsperanza SpaldingEsperanza Spalding is an American multi-instrumentalist best known as a jazz bassist and singer, who draws upon many genres in her own compositions...
: Bass - James Weidman: Piano
- Otis Brown III: Drums, Percussion