The most anticipated of the new books on Parker is Stanley Crouch's soulful, poetic and often graphic Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker. Covering Parker's early years ...

Charlie Parker with Strings is the name of two separate albums by jazz musician Charlie Parker, released in 1950 on Mercury Records. It is also the name of a 1995 compilation album released by Verve ...

Jazz guitarist George Freeman, a mainstay of Chicago’s music scene, died on April 1 at 97 – mere days before he was due to play a show in celebration of his 98th birthday. Coming from a family of ...

Meet Charlie Parker (Vocal Version Of Ornithology); The Epitaph Of Charlie Parker (Vocal Version Of USA); Yardbird Suite (Vocal Version); So Long (Vocal Version Of K.C. Blues); Every Little Thing ...

Saxophonist Charles Parker Jr., born August 29, 1920, nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird," was one of the architects of bebop, a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Springfield, Illinois is home to the famous Charlie Parker's Diner. It serves up breakfast, lunch and a giant stack of pancakes. For anyone who can eat all four of ...

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 ...

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