Charlie Parker had been dead for more than 30 years when the current incarnation of the New York jazz club Birdland opened on 44th Street in 1981. Even so, I was filled with hometown pride that had nothing to do with Bird as I listened to the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra from a $30 seat at the venue's bar in Manhattan on Sunday. The three percussionists that propel the accomplished 18-piece ensemble are peerless, but many members of the band didn’t seem capable of outplaying the top Kansas City based jazz musicians.
(Original image by Plastic Sax.)
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