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 ...

Jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker, whose nickname was "Bird," was born in Kansas City on August 29th, 1920. For the past month, his hometown has been celebrating his 100th birthday, ...

Bebop changed American music but wasn’t taken seriously for much of Charlie Parker’s life. This mid-century popcorn television commercial shows how the public’s perception of bebop was riddled with ...

A hundred years ago, on August 29, 1920, soon after jazz was born, Charlie Parker came into this world, and in the 35 years of a life cut short by addictions and impulse-driven living, he changed the ...

"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 ...

Spotlight: Charlie Parker 2023 welcomes jazz fans from all over the world to celebrate the iconic saxophonist with a series of concerts, educational opportunities and jam sessions. Kansas City ...

His audience knew him as “Yardbird”, or more usually, just “Bird”. The variety of sobriquets given to jazz alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, who would have turned 100 on 29 August 2020, is indicative ...

If you’re not yet a fan of jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker, spend a few minutes with UNC Charlotte professor Will Campbell. “His virtuosic approach to the saxophone was unmatched,” Campbell ...

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 ...