by Bird | May 27, 2021 | Category 1
Available exclusively in record stores starting July 17th as part of Record Store Day’s Drops . . BIRD IN LA (Verve) . . . a comprehensive 4 LP & 2 CD collection of rare live performances from clubs, parties and radio shows spanning seven years of Bird’s...
by Bird | Nov 6, 2020 | Category 1
AVAILABLE TODAY! . . . the compact disc edition of THE SAVOY 10-INCH LP COLLECTION! The collection, which spotlights Charlie Parker’s groundbreaking bebop sessions for the legendary jazz label, spanning 1944 to 1948, is already available on vinyl and digital formats....
by Bird | Oct 30, 2020 | Category 1
Pre Order TODAY . . . CHARLIE PARKER: THE MERCURY & CLEF 10-INCH LP COLLECTION! This unique box set, available exclusively at the official Charlie Parker webstore, includes five classic albums in their original, short-lived 10-inch format, newly mastered by Alex...
by Bird | Aug 27, 2020 | Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker’s brief swing through this world kicked off a century ago on Saturday with his birth in Kansas City, Kan. Eleven years later, he would take up the saxophone. A couple of years after that, inspired by the hot bands tearing up K.C. in the ’30s, the man...
by Bird | Aug 26, 2020 | Charlie Parker
Kim Parker is spinning a yarn about her stepfather, Charlie Parker, when a hummingbird swings by to greet her. “It’s a beautiful thing to see them,” the jazz singer tells Discogs from her garden in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. One year, she says, Kim and her...