USM are pleased to announce the latest addition to our Verve 60 campaign, Unheard Bird; a comprehensive two-disc set featuring previously unknown music 58 never listed studio takes from Charlie Parker. Originally issued on Mercury and Clef, but ultimately housed on Verve, the Parker/Granz studio collaborations were well-designed and thoughtfully conceived to display Birds unparalleled talents in a variety of contexts. These included Parkers four to six piece ensembles (both working and pick-up groups); Latin Jazz efforts, some of which were labeled South of the Border; the orchestral Charlie Parker including his masterpieces with strings; standard Big Band; and Parkers prescient view of the Third Stream. Unheard Bird touches on all of these, including a couple of brief false starts on If I Should Lose You that were not included in the remarkable 2015 companion set, Charlie Parker With Strings: Deluxe Edition. Disc 1 1. Okiedoke incomplete 2. Okiedoke alternate take 3. Okiedoke incomplete 4. Okiedoke alternate take 5. Okiedoke released master 6. Visa incomplete 7. Visa alternate take 8. Visa false start 9. Visa released master 10. Tune X incompletes & false start 11. Tune X alternate take 12. Tune X incompletes 13. Tune X, a.k.a. \’Diverse\’ released master 14. Tune X, a.k.a. \’Segment\’ released master 15. Tune Y false starts 16. Tune Y, a.k.a. \’Passport\’ released \’rare\’ master 17. Tune Z false start 18. Tune Z alternate take 19. Tune Z false starts 20. Tune Z alternate take 21. Tune Z false starts 22. Tune Z alternate take 23. Tune Z, also a.k.a. \’Passport\’ released \’common\’ master 24. If I Should Lose You false starts 25. If I Should Lose You released master 26. Star Eyes incomplete & false start 27. Star Eyes incomplete 28. Star Eyes released master 29. Blues (Fast) false starts 30. Blues (Fast) alternate take 31. Blues (Fast) false start 32. Blues (Fast) alternate take 33. Blues (Fast) incomplete 34. Blues (Fast) alternate take 35. Blues (Fast) abandoned take, studio chatter 36. Blues (Fast) released master 37. Bloomdido false starts 38. Bloomdido released master Disc 2 1. An Oscar for Treadwell incomplete 2. An Oscar for Treadwell incomplete 3. An Oscar For Treadwell released alternate take 4. An Oscar For Treadwell released master 5. Mohawk incomplete & false start 6. Mohawk released alternate take 7. Mohawk false start 8. Mohawk released master 9. My Little Suede Shoes alternate take w/false start 10. My Little Suede Shoes alternate take 11. My Little Suede Shoes alternate take 12. My Little Suede Shoes released master 13. Tico Tico alternate take w/false start 14. Tico Tico false starts 15. Tico Tico alternate take 16. Tico Tico false starts 17. Tico Tico released master 18. Fiesta alternate take w/false start 19. Fiesta released master 20. Mama Inez alternate take 21. Mama Inez released master 22. Night And Day alternate take 23. Night And Day alternate take 24. Night And Day released master 25. Almost Like Being In Love alternate take 26. Almost Like Being In Love false start & incomplete 27. Almost Like Being In Love released master 28. What Is This Thing Called Love incomplete 29. What Is This Thing Called Love alternate take 30. What Is This Thing Called Love incomplete 31. What Is This Thing Called Love released master