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Mutima by Verena McBee

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Album Title: Bird(S)wing
LadyBee Music
Released: 2025
Duration: 42:47

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Mutima is written by jazz bassist Cecil McBee and was also the title track of his debut album. Decades later singer Verena McBee, McBee's wife, added lyrics to this tunes and release it this year on her 3rd album "Bird(S)wing. Vocals & Lyrics: Verena McBee, Piano: Alberto Pibiri, Bass; Stefano Battaglia, Drums: Craig Holiday-Haynes

Tracks

1 Oh,LadyBeGood - George & Ira Gershwin (Arr. John Colianni) 1:48 2 It’s Alright with Me - Cole Porter 2:29 3 Bird(s)wing/Lullaby of Birdland - Verena McBee/ George Shearing, G.D.Weiss 5:28 4 City Life - MoK, Joe Benjamin, Patricia White (Arr. Verena McBee) 4:46 5 Mutima - Cecil and Verena McBee 5:13 6 One Note Samba - Antonio Carlos Jobim (Arr. John Colianni) 1:59 7 Spain (I can recall)- Chick Corea, Al Jarreau 6:01 8 So In Love - Cole Porter 3:15 9 Wouldn’t it be Loverly- Frederick Loewe, A.J. Lerner 1:35 10 Surabaya Johnny Kurt Weill, Bert Brecht 2:39 11 September Song Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson 3:15 12 Luxury- Verena McBee 4:19

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