The back-to-back shows were album-release parties for Bird’s “Sunday Morning Put-On,” a low-key tribute to midcentury jazz and the Great American Songbook. They also brought Bird’s storied relation…
Andrew Bird leads his trio at the Green Mill in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood on May 29, 2024. If only every concert shared more in common with the special jazz-themed performance Andrew Bird presented Wednesday at Green Mill. At the first show of a sold-out doubleheader, the veteran singer-songwriter embraced levels of intimacy, freedom, warmth and openness that are impossible to replicate even in mid-sized theaters.
The only drawbacks? The necessary exclusivity. As with any unique and small-scale show, let alone one headlined by a critically acclaimed and Grammy-nominated artist, few people got the opportunity to attend. A shame, given the musicianship, chemistry and earnestness on display. And the relatively brief length, primarily a consequence of the night’s back-to-back schedule.
When that radio show ended at the tired hour of four in the morning, he went to bed before waking to the late Dick Buckley’s golden-age jazz show on the same station. Bird, who fuses a multitude of elements into his own work, credits his exposure to those programs as a massive influence on his repertoire and craft. He also cut his teeth in tiny local clubs covering some of the songs he heard on WBEZ.
Audience members listen in as the Andrew Bird Trio performs at the Green Mill in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood on May 29, 2024. Wearing a sport coat and jeans, his face adorned with his familiar five o’clock shadow, Bird sang as if he had written the lyrics or lived the experiences. He frequently squinted and closed his eyes, and tilted his torso to the side, his head a bit reluctant to follow the lead of his shoulders.
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