It’s been 100 years since jazz legend Charlie Parker was born. Nicknamed “Bird,” Parker began playing the alto saxophone as a youth, eventually setting the music world ablaze with his penetrating ...

The name of the record label is ezz-thetics, which was also a composition by George Russell and an album of the same name (which featured Eric Dolphy) released by Riverside Records in 1961. Maybe a ...

"Mulberry-eyed girls in black stockings, Smelling vaguely of mint jelly and last night's bongo drummer... fling their arrow legs / To the heavens / Losing their doubts in the beat" of San Francisco ...

Spotlight: Charlie Parker 2023 welcomes jazz fans from all over the world to celebrate the iconic saxophonist with a series of concerts, educational opportunities and jam sessions. Kansas City ...

If you’re not yet a fan of jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker, spend a few minutes with UNC Charlotte professor Will Campbell. “His virtuosic approach to the saxophone was unmatched,” Campbell ...

Today marks the centennial of the birth of jazz great Charlie Parker, an event that is being celebrated nationwide in a wide variety of ways. If jazz history can be divided into two epochs — danceable ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Indeed, interest in Bird proves to be undimmed, from jazz cognoscenti and ...

Charlie Parker's career lasted less than 20 years, but he left behind a legacy that continues to shape contemporary music. The Bird And Bebop: Charlie Parker At 100 (Rebroadcast) It’s been 100 years ...