Charlie Parker - The Official Website of Charlie Parker

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The Official Instagram account for saxophonist, composer and Jazz icon Charlie "Bird" Parker.

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Check out this killer Bird inspired caricature illustrated by artist PLOG (IG User@plog1985). Share your Charlie Parker artwork, designs and tributes using the hashtag
#Bird2020 for your chance to be featured.
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Happy Birthday to jazz pianist, composer, arranger and theorist, George Russell! 🎹

Russell was part of the young innovators who frequented the 55th Street apartment of Gil Evans including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, and John Lewis. In 1945, George Russell was hospitalized with tuberculosis which forced him to turn down work as Charlie Parker's drummer. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Photo: Steve Schapiro ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Happy Birthday to singer, June Christy! 💃🎤 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
June Christy was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. After her death, she was hailed as one of the finest and most neglected singers of her time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
(Photo L to R: Dizzy Gillespie, June Christy, Charlie Parker)

Photo: Jet Magazine
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Stone Cold Records (IG User @stone_cold_records_hk) is spinning a copy of the limited edition THE MAGNIFICENT CHARLIE PARKER.

Do you own any limited edition Bird albums? Share your coveted music collection using the hashtag #Bird2020 for all Charlie Parker fans to enjoy. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Listen to this Jazz Essentials playlist from iHeartRadio.

Hear classics from Bird, Diz, Trane, Miles and many more! Link available in the IG Story.
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Happy Birthday to tenor and soprano saxophonist, Lucky Thompson!🎷 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
When Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker made their legendary visit to Billy Berg's club in Los Angeles in 1945, Thompson was retained to cover for Bird. On the first night, he confided to another onlooker: "This is crazy music." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
(Photo L to R: Lucky Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Billy Eckstine) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Photo: Charles 'Teenie' Harris
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Happy Birthday to legendary jazz pianist and composer, Erroll Garner! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Erroll Garner was a prolific composer, concert hall artist, and recording star. Garner was one of the most well known and influential pianists in the world during his lifetime. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Listen to Erroll’s recording of “Cool Blues” with Charlie Parker. Link available in the IG Story.
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Instagram post 2332168205663116943_6511207837 $Jazz musicians have always faced systems of discrimination in America. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ One insidious example was the cabaret card, a form of identification required for any musician to work in a New York nightclub from 1940 to 1967. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The New York Police Department administered these licenses and revoked them for any minor infraction. As a result, some of the biggest names in the music at the time, like Charlie Parker and Billie Holliday, lost their right to work at crucial points in their careers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Watch this video from NPR’s Jazz Night in America, tracing the history of the cabaret card from its racist origins to its toll on the music. Link available in the IG Story. — ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #CharlieParker #CharlieBirdParker #Birdlives #Bird100 #Bird2020 #NPR #CabaretCard #JazzNightinAmerica #Jazz #Legend$

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