It’s been 100 years since jazz legend Charlie Parker was born. Nicknamed “Bird,” Parker began playing the alto saxophone as a youth, eventually setting the music world ablaze with his penetrating ...
Lou Donaldson, alto saxophonist inspired by Charlie Parker who had a big hit with Alligator Boogaloo
Lou Donaldson, who has died aged 98, was an alto saxophonist whose fluid, soulful style helped to shape the face of modern jazz; a protégé of the king of bebop, Charlie Parker, he went on to forge a ...
"Mulberry-eyed girls in black stockings, Smelling vaguely of mint jelly and last night's bongo drummer... fling their arrow legs / To the heavens / Losing their doubts in the beat" of San Francisco ...
“Bebop & Beyond: The Music Of Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie,” featuring Charles McPherson, Gilbert Castellanos, Jeremy Pelt, Antonio Hart, Gerald Clayton, David Wong and Joe Farnsworth Concerts ...
The Birth Of Bop, Volume 1: Charlie Parker: Romance Without Finance; Dexter Gordon: Dexter’s Minor Mad; J. J. Johnson: Jay Bird; Milt Jackson: Hearing Bells; Leo Parker: Chase ’N’ Lion (Chase’n The ...
Les Rose and The Valley Jazz Collective will perform Jazz Explorations 2 – Masters of Bebop, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12 at St. Mark’s–in-the-Valley. in Los Olivos. The Valley Jazz Collective’s members ...
Charlie Parker's career lasted less than 20 years, but he left behind a legacy that continues to shape contemporary music. The Bird And Bebop: Charlie Parker At 100 (Rebroadcast) It’s been 100 years ...
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