SWR Big Band & John Beasley & Magnus Lindgren - Bird Lives (Black Vinyl) (LP)

Charlie Parkers music revisited by one of leading European Big Bands plus top-flight guests like Joe Lovano, arranged by GRAMMY winner John Beasley 2023 65th Annual GRAMMY® Awards'Bird Lives' was nominated for THREE GRAMMY® AWARDSGRAMMY® WINNER for Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A CappellaScrapple From The AppleJohn Beasley, arranger (Magnus Lindgren, John Beasley & The SWR Big Band Featuring Martin Aeur)Was also GRAMMY® Nominated for:Best Large Jazz Ensemble AlbumBest Improvised Jazz Solofor John Beasley soloist on 'Cherokee / Koko'Bird Lives feels like a soundtrack for an imaginary film co-written by Lindgren and Beasley. The SWR Big Band performs with a string section of 10 players, but this recording is not a re-creation of Parker's 'Bird With Strings' albums. 'We wanted to introduce new generations to Bird's music, but we also wanted Bird fans to hear his music in a fresh and new approach,' Beasley explains, noting that near the end of his life, Parker idolized Edgard Vares