Featuring Bird’s own unique takes on classic songs by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Lerner & Loewe, Rodgers & Hart and more, the record finds him re-immersed in a lifelong love of mid-century, small group jazz and the Great American Songbook.

Accompanied by a masterful rhythm section – Ted Poor on drums, Alan Hampton on bass – Sunday Morning Put-On marks the culmination of a passion that has been building within him for nearly 30 years. The music he interprets dates back to his formative encounters with the titans who have consciously and subliminally influenced his career, and all of its numerous changes and acclaimed chapters.

Sonically and personally, Sunday Morning Put-On is unlike anything he has done before, and it begins with a trip through time