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His sensibility pervades jazz on multiple levels. But when Charlie Parker first came up, some luminaries, like Armstrong, didn't get it at all. For one thing, there was Parker's unvarnished sound.
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.
Charlie Parker. Image: William Gottlieb/Redferns Charlie Parker was born Aug. 29, 1920. On his birthday, we remember the jazz legend with a report that aired on Weekend Edition in August 2000.
Now's The Time: The Genius of Charlie Parker #3 is the third in a series of albums expanding on Bird's 10” Clef releases from the early 1950s. The LP features some of Parker's purest recordings ...
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.
It made perfect sense to release the Savoy and Dial catalogs as Parker improvised his legal contracts as he did his music— on his own terms. Historically, Parker began to record for Savoy in 1944 and ...
Charlie Parker blazed through American music like a meteor, burning out in his early 30s. Yet the alto saxophonist ranks high in the pantheon of American genius for his artistry, innovations and ...
On his latest single, “Charlie Parker,” off his forthcoming album Eat The Worm, the multi-instrumentalist channeled the tragic life story of another music legend.
The new delta variant of COVID-19 canceled Sunday’s planned celebration for Charlie “Bird” Parker. But momentum is on the side of Kansas City’s American Jazz Museum.
Parker wanted to record his version of "Cherokee," a popular dance tune by Ray Noble that was a huge hit for Charlie Barnet in 1939. It was recorded that same year by Parker's idol, tenor player ...