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T.K. Blue, also known as Talib Kibwe, has worked constantly over the past three and a half decades, in a wide range of styles and situations. Blue T.K. is a musician of the highest caliber who is at the peak of his creative output. Mr. Blue's artistry is found on over sixty recordings and has performed with a long list of great international artists such as Don Cherry, Abdullah Ibrahim, Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Randy Weston, Dizzy Gillespie, Pharoah Sanders, Regina Carter, Bobby McFerrin, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Benny Powell, James Moody, Paquito D'Rivera, and Jimmy Scott, among numerous others. Latin Bird,
his ninth CD as a leader features eight of the legendary Charlie Parker’s compositions, most treated to Caribbean, Brazilian, and other imaginative rhythm twists,
"Latin Bird is one of the best kind of “tributes”-inspired and doesn’t smother its subject with pious “veneration”. Blue and company actually something constructive, passionate, and fun with their inspiration and influences." Mark Keresman for Jazz Inside
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