The eighth annual series called “ Spotlight: Charlie Parker ” kicked off with a performance at The Phoenix and includes a film screening, parade, walking tour and musician bootcamp.

The free three-day outdoor festival is the city's annual salute to the late great saxophonist Charlie Parker, who worked and lived in Harlem. "Charlie Parker was the one that led that.

Charlie Parker is pure genius. I first heard “Honeysuckle Rose” on a cassette tape that the late Francis Paudras (1935–1997), author of the huge tome To Bird With Love, brought once to KCRW Morning ...

Seventy years ago, Charlie Parker and four other be-bop legends created what many call the greatest jazz concert ever— with Parker playing a plastic saxophone. A reissue of the recording is out.

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.

Jazz great Charlie Parker would have turned 100 in 2020, but COVID-19 delayed celebrations. Now, UNC Charlotte is honoring him with a series of “Charlie Parker 101” events.

Charlie Parker smiles at the Massey Hall concert in 1953. He was joined, from left to right, by pianist Bud Powell, Charles Mingus on bass, drummer Max Roach and Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet.

Spotlight 2020: Charlie Parker, a celebration of his life and music, is taking place through August online and at various venues around Kansas City, Mo., Parker’s birthplace.

WHITEHEAD: Charlie Parker with a studio big band in 1952. Despite one famously disastrous recording date and his self-medication with alcohol and heroin, Bird could be amazingly consistent on record.