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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Savoy Sessions:- Billie's Bounce; Thriving From A Riff; Koko; Meandering; Donna Lee; Cheryl; Buzzy; Another Hair Do; Bluebird; Klaunstance; BirdGets The Worm ...

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, ...

"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 ...

The Vince Guaraldi Project played "A Charlie Brown Christmas" music tribute at Bop Shop Records on Sunday, their first time ...

A special Christmas concert will held Sunday evening in Brighton at Bop Shop Records. The concert will include an all-star local band, led by John Viviani, playing music from ‘A Charlie Brown ...