Bird In Kansas City: Vinyl LP Whitney drummer Ian Matthews and guitarist

drummer Ian Matthews and guitarist Tim Carter

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Bird In Kansas City: Vinyl LP Whitney drummer Ian Matthews and guitaristCharlie 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