Andrew Bird has introduced his latest album, Sunday Morning Put-On, due out May twenty fourth by way of Loma Vista Recordings. Recorded alongside the artist’s Andrew Bird Trio venture, at present’s announcement comes accompanied by two songs from the document, “I Fall in Love Too Easily” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face.”
Bird has billed Sunday Morning Put-On as a tribute to mid-century, small group jazz, with the tracklist that includes compositions by musicians like Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Heart, and extra. Drummer Ted Poor and bassist Alan Hampton be a part of hen on the recordings, with extra contributions coming from Jeff Parker and Larry Goldings.
“Most Saturday nights [in my 20s], I’d stay up listening to a radio show called ‘Blues Before Sunrise’ on WBEZ from 12:00 to 4:00 a.m,” the artist mentioned of the album’s inspiration. “The DJ, Steve Cushing, played old, rare 78rpm records of blues, jazz, and gospel. Then I’d sleep for a few hours and wake to Dick Buckley’s show, also on WBEZ, featuring what he called ‘Golden Era’ jazz from the ’30s and ’40s. My love for a certain era of jazz up through the mid-20th Century has been constant through many transmutations in my own work, the bulk of which is not jazz at all. Once I had some distance between myself and this time when I was under its spell, I wanted to immerse myself in it again.”
The two new singles, “I Fall in Love Too Easily” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” make good on Bird’s jazzy guarantees. Falling consistent with the venture’s give attention to re-exploring basic jazz tunes, every observe places a brand new spin on a style commonplace; “I Fall in Love Too Easily” was initially written by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn, with artists like Chet Baker and Frank Sinatra additional popularizing it with their very own respective variations, whereas “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” comes from the 1956 musical My Fair Lady, with everybody from Tony Bennett to Bing Crosby to Marvin Gaye occurring to cowl the track. Stream each songs under.
The Andrew Bird Trio will have a good time the discharge of Sunday Morning Put-On with a efficiency at Chicago’s Green Mill jazz membership on May twenty ninth, adopted by an extra showcase at Los Angeles’ Lodge Room on June third. The two dates preview Bird’s summer time tour, which he co-headlines with Nickel Creek. Get tickets to any of his upcoming dates here.
Sunday Morning Put-On follows Bird’s 2023 effort Outside Problems.
Sunday Morning Put-On Album Artwork:
Sunday Morning Put-On Tracklist:
01. I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
02. Caravan
03. I Fall in Love Too Easily
04. You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to
05. My Ideal
06. Django
07. I Cover the Waterfront
08. Softly, As a Morning Sunrise
09. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
10. Ballon de Peut-etre
Andrew Bird 2024 Tour Dates:
05/29 — Chicago, IL @ Green Mill
06/03 — Los Angeles @ Lodge Room
07/05 — Jacksonville, OR @ Britt Pavilion *
07/06 — Bend, OR @ Hayden Homes Amphitheater *
07/07 — Boise, ID @ Outlaw Field on the Idaho Botanical Garden *
07/08 — Missoula, MT @ Big Sky Brewing Co. Amphitheater *
07/10 — Sandy, UT @ Sandy Amphitheater *
07/12 — Omaha, NE @ The Astro Amphitheater *
07/13 — Minneapolis, MN @ Surly Brewing *
07/14 — Bayfield, WI @ Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua *
07/15 — Interlochen, MI @ Kresge Auditorium *
07/17 — Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavilion *
07/18 — Asheville, NC @ Rabbit Rabbit *
07/19 — Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy *
07/20 — North Charleston, SC @ Firefly Distillery *
08/08 — Indianapolis, IN @ Rock The Ruins at Holliday Park ^
08/09 — Grand Rapids, MI @ TBA ^
08/10 — Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre ^
08/12 — Montreal, QC @ L’Olympia ^
08/13 — Schenectady, NY @ Frog Alley Brewing Summerstage ^
08/15 — Deerfield, MA @ Summerstage at Tree House Brewing Company – Deerfield ^
08/16 — New York, NY @ Pier 17 ^
08/17 — Westport, CT @ Levitt Pavilion ^
08/18 — Kennett Square, PA @ TBA ^
08/20 — Raleigh, NC @ North Carolina Museum of Art ^
08/21 — Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap – Filene Center ^
* = w/ Nickel Creek
^ = w/ Amadou & Mariam
