There’s a kind of cooking I chase on the weekends this time of year, the type that starts with sticking on a Spotify playlist (usually something with a bit of jazz — Chet Baker, maybe Charlie Parker ...

This is a great month for Irish crime fiction, with more strong releases than one column can fit, including titles by Jane Casey, John Connolly and Catherine Ryan Howard. In Jane Casey’s The ...

The 2025 lineup of free shows at NYC parks includes The Roots, Soccer Mommy, Jessica Pratt, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Rakim, ...

The Roots, Rilo Kiley, Soccer Mommy, Femi Kuti and Marcus Miller will perform at the 2025 season of Capital One City Parks ...

The Topic Folk Club, at Hullabaloo Community Pub, will welcome poets Emma Conally-Barklem and Charlie Parker on Thursday, May ...

Chittenden Fire Department Captain Charlie Parker suffered a fatal heart attack last July after responding to a barn fire. The 74-year-old is one of the more than 100 first responders being ...

Jazz and genes sustained George Freeman, who died Monday at age 97 — just a few days shy of gigs he was supposed to play at the Green Mill to celebrate his 98th birthday. Mr. Freeman was a ...

In recent years, as Mr. Freeman approached 100 and couldn’t hold a guitar pick the way he did when he was playing with greats like Charlie Parker and Billie Holliday, he began using knobs from ...

Bird [Charlie Parker's nickname] had a heart of gold, and he could play anything. “I had been playing standards and dances, no problem. But when he called out that song, I got nervous.