Seventy years ago, jazz great Charlie Parker played a plastic saxophone at what many call the greatest jazz concert ever. A new deluxe reissue of that recording is out now. More than 70 years ago ...

Seventy years ago, Charlie Parker and four other be-bop legends created what many call the greatest jazz concert ever— with Parker playing a plastic saxophone. A reissue of the recording is out.

The only child of Charles and Addie Parker, Charlie Parker was one of the most important and influential saxophonists and jazz players of the 1940’s. When Parker was still a child, his family moved to ...

On what would be his 100th birthday, we pay tribute to Charlie Parker—"Bird"—whose melodies revolutionized jazz and continue to echo through modern music. His phrasing, tone, and spirit remain ...

Charlie “Bird” Parker was one of the wonders of 20th-century music. During his troubled 34 years on earth, he changed the course of jazz history. Yet nothing is simple about the life of this ...

As mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, in 1994, Cleaver was huddled in a church basement with city officials and civic leaders nervously monitoring the auction of Charlie Parker memorabilia held by ...

Two years ago, a revelatory suite of Charlie Parker’s recordings, made between 1945 and 1952, was released as a two-CD set, titled “Bird in L.A.” Now this collection of concert and radio ...

Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell: They altered the course of American music and raised the bar for improvisation. Listen to 10 experts’ favorites. By Giovanni Russonello What five ...

This week, we’re saluting alto saxophonist and bebop pioneer Charlie Parker. Now, why am I saluting a saxophonist on a show about jazz vocalists? Well, I would argue that no instrumentalist had ...

H. Charles (Charlie) Parker passed away on May 12, 2024 at the age of 80 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. It is perhaps fitting that he passed away on Mother’s Day; his mother ...