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Video: Many Faces of Bird

JazzWax by Marc Myers Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

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Richie Cole
Over the course of two weeks at the Wiltern Thetare in Los Angeles in 1987, seven musicians and a singer performed a tribute to Charlie Parker. Called The Many Faces of Bird, the band featured Richie Cole, Lee Konitz, James Moody and Bud Shank (as); Lou Levy (p); Monty Budwig (b); John Guerin (d) and Bobby McFerrin (vcl). Here are two video clips from that event:

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