by Bird | Apr 27, 2020 | Bird100, Charlie Parker, Chasin The Bird, Graphic Novel, Z2 Comics
We are excited to announce CHASIN’ THE BIRD: CHARLIE PARKER IN CALIFORNIA by Dave Chisholm, a graphic novel published by Z2 Comics coming this September in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bird! The graphic novel tells the story of Bird’s time in L.A. starting...
by Bird | Mar 12, 2020 | Bird100, Charlie Parker
Charlie “Bird” Parker Photo Credit: William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress In 1952, bluesman Bull Moose Jackson recorded a suggestive song called “Big Ten Inch Record,” which became a hit on...
by Bird | Feb 21, 2020 | Bird100, Charlie Parker
In the liner notes for an upcoming Charlie Parker box set, jazz journalist Neil Tesser writes that one of Bird’s songs suggests a style of music that wouldn’t emerge for over a decade: “…the gravity-defying ‘Constellation,’ which, with its barely sketched melody and...
by Bird | Jan 24, 2020 | Bird100, Charlie Parker
“This book was my introduction to the world of ‘cool jazz’ due to Charlie Watt’s love of it.” – GoodReads Fifty-five years ago, Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts published an illustrated ode to Bird. Ode to a Highflying Bird was...
by Bird | Jan 9, 2020 | Albums, Bird100, Charlie Parker, Savoy
We are proud to announce the centennial of Bird with the release of THE SAVOY 10-INCH LP COLLECTION on February 28th, which spotlights Charlie Parker’s groundbreaking bebop sessions for the legendary jazz label, spanning 1944 to 1948. The deluxe, four-LP box set—also...
by Bird | Nov 27, 2019 | Bird100, Charlie Parker
JAZZ ICON CHARLIE PARKER’S CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION “BIRD 100” CONTINUES One of the Most Pioneering and Influential Artists in Jazz and Modern Music is Honored with New Releases, Vinyl Reissues, First-Ever Excursions Into Graphic Novels and Animated Videos and a...