Unheard Bird - The Unissued Takes: 2CD

USM are pleased to announce the latest addition to our Verve 60 campaign, “Unheard Bird”; a comprehensive two-disc set featuring previously unknown music – 58 never listed studio takes from Charlie Parker.

Originally issued on Mercury and Clef, but ultimately housed on Verve, the Parker/Granz studio collaborations were well-designed and thoughtfully conceived to display Bird’s unparalleled talents in a variety of contexts. These included Parker’s four to six piece ensembles (both working and pick-up groups); Latin Jazz efforts, some of which were labeled “South of the Border;” the orchestral Charlie Parker including his masterpieces with strings; standard Big Band; and Parker’s prescient view of the Third Stream. Unheard Bird touches on all of these, including a couple of brief false starts on “If I Should Lose You” that were not included in the remarkable 2015 companion set, Charlie Parker With Strings: Deluxe Edition.

Disc 1
1. Okiedoke incomplete
2. Okiedoke alternate take
3. Okiedoke incomplete
4. Okiedoke alternate take
5. Okiedoke released master
6. Visa incomplete
7. Visa alternate take
8. Visa false start
9. Visa released master
10. Tune X incompletes & false start
11. Tune X alternate take
12. Tune X incompletes
13. Tune X, a.k.a. 'Diverse' released master
14. Tune X, a.k.a. 'Segment' released master
15. Tune Y false starts
16. Tune Y, a.k.a. 'Passport' released 'rare' master
17. Tune Z false start
18. Tune Z alternate take
19. Tune Z false starts
20. Tune Z alternate take
21. Tune Z false starts
22. Tune Z alternate take
23. Tune Z, also a.k.a. 'Passport' released 'common' master
24. If I Should Lose You false starts
25. If I Should Lose You released master
26. Star Eyes incomplete & false start
27. Star Eyes incomplete
28. Star Eyes released master
29. Blues (Fast) false starts
30. Blues (Fast) alternate take
31. Blues (Fast) false start
32. Blues (Fast) alternate take
33. Blues (Fast) incomplete
34. Blues (Fast) alternate take
35. Blues (Fast) abandoned take, studio chatter
36. Blues (Fast) released master
37. Bloomdido false starts
38. Bloomdido released master

Disc 2
1. An Oscar for Treadwell incomplete
2. An Oscar for Treadwell incomplete
3. An Oscar For Treadwell released alternate take
4. An Oscar For Treadwell released master
5. Mohawk incomplete & false start
6. Mohawk released alternate take
7. Mohawk false start
8. Mohawk released master
9. My Little Suede Shoes alternate take w/false start
10. My Little Suede Shoes alternate take
11. My Little Suede Shoes alternate take
12. My Little Suede Shoes released master
13. Tico Tico alternate take w/false start
14. Tico Tico false starts
15. Tico Tico alternate take
16. Tico Tico false starts
17. Tico Tico released master
18. Fiesta alternate take w/false start
19. Fiesta released master
20. Mama Inez alternate take
21. Mama Inez released master
22. Night And Day alternate take
23. Night And Day alternate take
24. Night And Day released master
25. Almost Like Being In Love alternate take
26. Almost Like Being In Love false start & incomplete
27. Almost Like Being In Love released master
28. What Is This Thing Called Love incomplete
29. What Is This Thing Called Love alternate take
30. What Is This Thing Called Love incomplete
31. What Is This Thing Called Love released master