by Bird | Sep 21, 2019 | Bebop, Bird And Diz, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz
https://znne58.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CP_BirdAndDiz_004_001_SEPT19.mp4 AVAILABLE NOW! This collection of 78 rpm singles, recorded on June 6, 1950 in New York City, while Parker was still working with producer Norman Granz, is one of bebop’s key...
by Bird | Sep 9, 2019 | Charlie Parker
In the early 1950s, bebop pioneer Charlie Parker lived in a townhouse on Manhattan’s Avenue B, bordering Tompkins Square Park in Alphabet City. These days, that stretch of Avenue B is known as Charlie Parker Place, and the park hosts the annual Charlie Parker Jazz...
by Bird | Sep 9, 2019 | Charlie Parker
His name is synonymous with Kansas City and the sweet sounds of his saxophone are historical. https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/celebrating-kansas-city-icon-charlie-parker/video_ed36af8d-dbea-52e2-9321-3018f417cdf6.html
by Bird | Sep 3, 2019 | Bebop, Bird And Diz, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz
The final instalment of titles in Verve and Impulse! Records’ Vital Vinyl series, in conjunction with UMe, are released today (23). The new batch of albums complete the celebration of essential jazz LPs from the catalogues of these two great jazz labels. Both Verve...
by Bird | Jul 17, 2019 | Category 1
One of the wonderful things about making this playlist is that with the benefit of perspective, one can array music into a theme or pattern. In this playlist, the second one on guitars in this series, the attempt is made to highlight the different sounds from the...