Episode 884 is coming from the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts where I’m featuring a fourth hour of music from Charlie Parker in honor of the 100^th anniversary of his birth on August 29, 1920 in Kansas City. This hour features music Bird recorded for Norman Granz releases on the Norgran, Mercury & Verve labels in the early 1950s prior to Bird’s passing at the age of 34 on March 12, 1955.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

K.C. BLUES

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 884

Cass Corridor, Detroit, October 8, 2020 [20635]

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Charlie Parker: Au Privave (January 17, 1951)

Charlie Parker: She Rote (January 17, 1951)

Charlie Parker: K.C. Blues (January 17, 1951)

Charlie Parker: Tico Tico (March 12, 1951)

Charlie Parker: My Little Suede Shoes (March 12, 1951)

Charlie Parker: Blues For Alice (August 8, 1951)

Charlie Parker: Swedish Schnapps (August 8, 1951)

Charlie Parker: Lover Man (August 8, 1951)

Charlie Parker: La Cucaracha (January 23, 1952)

Charlie Parker: What Is This Thing Called Love (July 1952)

Charlie Parker: Funky Blues (July 1952)

Charlie Parker: Laird Baird (December 30, 1952)

Charlie Parker with the Miles Davis Sextet: Compulsiion (January 30, 1953)

Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me (July 5, 1950)

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt