* Have music, will travel: Swiss jazz pianist Claude Diallo Aug 15, 2008
Europeans dont care if they sound like Charlie Parker. we use the language [of jazz] as a base, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
FBI probing CCDC dealings Aug 13, 2008
Jazz greats Charlie Parker and Jelly Roll Morton were among the guests. CCDC planned to build a parking garage there until Huff-Willis was able to have the site designated historic in 2001. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
More of this story Aug 12, 2008
His old friends, such as Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk, are long gone. But Rollins said he finds a way to keep in touch. (Newport Daily News, RI)
For McPherson, curiosity and creativity go hand in hand Jul 30, 2008
Charles McPherson's fluency in the musical vocabulary created by Charlie Parker is so pronounced that he played the alto saxophone parts on the soundtrack for Clint Eastwood's 1988 biopic of the late jazz legend, "Bird.". While there's no denying that he's one of the world's most prodigious bebop-influenced altoists, McPherson absorbed another enduring lesson from Parker, about the power of knowledge to expand an improviser's consciousness. (Boston Globe)
Johnny Griffin, 80; Chicago jazz saxophonist lived in Europe Jul 27, 2008
Mr. Griffin was of an impressionable age when Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie became forces in jazz. He heard them both with Billy Eckstine's band in 1945 and, having first internalized the more ballad-like saxophone sound earlier popularized by Johnny Hodges and Ben Webster, became entranced by the lightning-fast phrasing of bebop, as the new music of Parker and Gillespie was known. (Boston Globe)
Scenic drive: Sedona back roads Jul 25, 2008
A Night in Tunisia, Charlie Parker: Play this if you head to the jazz brunch at the resort. On Sirius Satellite Radio: Chill (Channel 35) plays relaxing electronic music. (AZCentral -- Travel)
'Mad Men' returns Jul 21, 2008
The film that sent him into a new stratosphere at least artistically was the 1988 labor of love called Bird, a biopic on the life of virtuoso jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker. With superb performances by Forest Whitaker in the title role as well as Diane Venora as his long-suffering wife Chan, Bird took the feel and mood of Parkers music and translated it beautifully to celluloid. (MSNBC -- News)
This week's new releases (July 20) Jul 20, 2008
Clint Eastwood gives his well-established love for jazz full voice in directing this somber biopic of troubled jazz legend Charlie Parker (Forest Whitaker, above). Although reviews were mixed, the atmosphere is highly evocative, and Whitaker gives his finest performance next to "The Last King of Scotland.". (Boston Globe)
* EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Jul 18, 2008
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Bach to improvising and all that jazz Jul 13, 2008
"If you play a passage of Bach with your right hand and swing it, it's sometimes hard to ascertain if it's Bach or Charlie Parker," says Tedeschi. "Classical pianists until about 150 years ago were always improvising. I think it's a real shame it doesn't happen any more.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Thrillers, from wild to mild Jul 13, 2008
The story features Charlie Parker, a detective who has appeared in other books by Connolly. If one had heard or read them all, this might have seemed less disjointed, but an audiobook should stand on its own, and this doesn't. (Boston Globe)
A drumbeat of support greets a veteran jazzman in legal trouble Jul 13, 2008
The drummer did gigs with Charlie Parker and John Coltrane. Entertained in Korea with a USO jazz band during the war. (NJ.com -- News)
The tunes that get Obama moving and grooving Jun 26, 2008
Jazz legends Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker are also in the mix. "Actually, one of my favourites during the political season is [the Dylan song] Maggie's Farm," Obama said. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Virtuosity has no boundaries Jun 26, 2008
Although each was capable of tossing off the sort of fleet-fingered bebop run that would have left Charlie Parker panting for breath, what ultimately mattered was less a matter of pure technique than musical ingenuity. That's why, despite the fireworks Osby unleashed in his fevered rendition of What's New, his playing was less satisfying than the gritty, vocalized tack offered by Holloway on Do You Know What Love Is. (Globe and Mail)
Barack Obama Reveals His iPod Playlist: Jay-Z, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen ... And Sheryl Crow? Jun 26, 2008
"He is a guy who has never lost track of his roots, who knows who he is, who has never put on a front." And, yes, he addressed the New Jersey bard as "the Boss," because, as Obama admitted, "You've got to." Also on Obama's playlist are classical cellist Yo-Yo Ma and jazz giants Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. And though he's sometimes concerned about the messages his daughters Malia, 9, and Sasha, 7 might get from some of the hip-hop they listen to, Obama praised the genre for... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Hundreds attend Juneteenth celebration Jun 18, 2008
Reardon, along with Unified Government Commissioner Nathan Barnes, unveiled a gold plaque near the lake honoring jazz legend Charlie Parker, who was born in Wyandotte County in 1920. Parker died in March 1955 and is buried in Kansas City, Mo. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
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This year's events will include a 10 a.m. parade and a 12:30 dedication to jazz-legend Charlie Parker, who was born in 1920 in KCK. ... Harris said Unified Government Mayor/CEO Joe Reardon will start the afternoon off with a welcome, and will be followed by UG Commissioner Nathan Barnes in a dedication to jazz legend Charlie Parker. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
Clint vs. Spike: WWII racial grudge match! Jun 11, 2008
"When I do a movie and it's 90 percent black, like 'Bird' [his 1988 film about jazz legend Charlie Parker], then I use 90 percent black people." He acridly observed that in "The Human Factor," his upcoming film set in post-apartheid South Africa, he's "not going to make Nelson Mandela a white guy.". This may be impossibly liberal of me, but I'm going to suggest that they're both right, and that both of them need to tone down the grump-o-meter. (Salon)
Reardon Victim Goes Public, Blasts St. Francis Hospital Jun 1, 2008
I was a normal kid who, in the summer, went to basketball camp, earned money as a caddie at the local country club and was about to discover the music of Bud Powell, Miles Davis and Charlie Parker in the record bins of the Wethersfield Public Library. On a school trip to Italy, I overslept, missing a visit to the Vatican, and returned home with two small switchblades and a bust of the pope. (FOX61, CT)
The pip parade Jun 1, 2008
One of the weirdest bits of music I've ever heard - up there with Stockhausen, Nick Cave and Charlie Parker - was 'composed' by the Austrian winemaker Willi Opitz. The CD, which amounts to an hour of glugs and gurgles, is called The Sound of Wine. (Guardian Unlimited)
Endless quest of a jazz torch-bearer May 31, 2008
By the mid-1950s Rollins was widely acclaimed as the most significant saxophonist since Charlie Parker. He concedes he always knew he had something different happening but it remains a work in progress: "I have my own vision of what I want to do and I haven't achieved it yet.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Rock of ages May 27, 2008
He adds, deadpan, a footnote comment: "The black man, in order to get recognition, has always had to compromise . . . to the detriment of his music." There's rare footage of two who perhaps didn't: Charlie Parker and Miles Davis (above) playing together in New York in 1952. Everyone from bluegrass godfather Bill Monroe to concert impresario Bill Graham to randy Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman is interviewed. (Boston Globe)
Clint Eastwood, a director who aims to get to the heart of 'whole story' May 23, 2008
But when he came to Cannes in the '80s with "Pale Rider" and "Bird," his film on the jazz great Charlie Parker, he became an American auteur. His films have been five times in competition, and he has presided over the jury. (International Herald Tribune)
Terry Disley follows his muse to San Francisco May 18, 2008
"All the other kids at school were into David Bowie and whatever was happening in England, but I was more taken with Charlie Parker and Miles," says Disley, 51. He practiced relentlessly as a kid and went to the Salterton School of Music. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sax man likes to go with the flow May 16, 2008
The exemplars of their instruments that Robbins heard that day were Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, and Charlie Parker. In Robbins's ears there was no contest: Parker carried the day. (Boston Globe)
CBS goes for laughs May 15, 2008
Other recordings added to the registry include works by Roy Orbison, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Kitty Wells, and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. A collection of Navajo songs, Harry Truman's 1948 Democratic National Convention speech, radio broadcasts from Ronald Reagan before he became president, and the original cast recording of "My Fair Lady" also made the cut. (Boston Globe)
Thriller added to collection of audio treasures May 15, 2008
Other recordings added to the registry include works by Roy Orbison, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Kitty Wells and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. advertisement. (MSNBC -- News)
City Parks Foundation Announces Largest Lineup Ever of Free Concerts, Dance, & Theater Citywide May 13, 2008
NEW YORK, May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 2008 schedules for its free citywide performing arts festivals -- CityParks Concerts presented by Verizon, CityParks Theater presented by Time Warner, CityParks Dance, and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival -- promising a summer of extraordinary outdoor entertainment in the city ... Charlie Parker Jazz Festival ... The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, scheduled for Saturday, August 23 in Marcus Garvey Park and Sunday,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Their 15 minutes May 10, 2008
During breaks between audition sessions, Berklee staff members replayed some of the year's greatest hits: the accordion player who'd mastered his instrument while sailing around the world, solo; the 17-year-old trumpeter from Philadelphia who, when asked how he'd learned to play flawless bebop, said he'd "figured out the trick" listening to Charlie Parker records; the Oregon cellist who not only played beautifully but sang along in Russian, earning a rare 8 from her auditioners. Berklee sent out... (Boston Globe)
Oregon City High saxophone player will compete in state solo music contest May 2, 2008
The 17-year-old saxophone player loves Led Zeppelin, not Charlie Parker. He's so focused on science, math and robotics, it would be easy to assume music doesn't fit in. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Thanks, top 10 percent rule May 2, 2008
My musical schizophrenia - Miles Davis, Art Blakey and Charlie Parker one moment, Jewel the next, Argentina's Soda Stereo, Neneh Cherry, then a raucous Pantera jam - usually solicits laughs. I enjoy long walks on the beach, and no, this is not a cliche ploy to attract women. (The Daily Texan, TX)
Cipri, Maresco honor bebop hero Apr 23, 2008
Scott, who played with Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, among others, wound up in Rome during the 1970s, having gained a considerable reputation. He settled in Italy until his death in 2007. (Variety)
Whitakers reign over Hollywood continues Apr 13, 2008
The turning point for Whitaker came in 1988 when director Clint Eastwood cast him as jazz pioneer Charlie Parker in Bird. It s the point when I think people started looking at me as an artist, he says. (Wilkes Barre Times-Leader)
Write, stop, pivot, punch Apr 7, 2008
Just Play the Music (Charlie Parker). I called him in 2005, just before the opening of Radio Golf, to ask what it felt like, after 24 years of single-minded striving, to finish the final instalment of his cycle. (Guardian Unlimited)
Around the Square -- How streets get named Apr 2, 2008
Manhattan is littered with streets named after luminaries like jazz legend Charlie Parker and Nobel prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer. The majority are named after more local celebrities. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Time to party Mar 27, 2008
Led by Cameroonian saxophonist Ben Belinga, a self-taught jazz musician who draws his influences from John Coltrane and Charlie Parker, the group has toured both the United States and Europe extensively. Salsa Celtica from Scotland is a unique gathering of musicians who fuse Latin and Celtic sounds. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Oral history recording part of larger project to renovate neighborhood Mar 23, 2008
The area was the birthplace of famous jazz musician Charlie Parker, physician A. Porter Davis and Wyandotte County District Court Judge Cordell Meeks, Jr., among others. Julie Porter, executive director of Greater Kansas City LISC, said DASH was introduced to maintain some of the history of the area. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
A brief history of ska Mar 23, 2008
Trombonist Don Drummond was an authentic tortured genius a la Charlie Parker. With Britain's large West Indian immigrant population, it was a natural secondary market for the Jamaican recordings, and a number of ska artists, such as Millie Small and Prince Buster, found favor with the stylish Mods of the mid-'60s, giving the music a niche in the British pop scene. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Come Full Circle Mar 23, 2008
Meanwhile, he was soaking up the sax styles of Lester Young, Charlie Parker and John Coltrane, who later became a friend and mentor and was the player to whom Lloyd is most often compared. In high school, Lloyd got deep into Hungarian composer Bela Bartok. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
NIU Jazz Lab Band to give spring concert Mar 17, 2008
The concert will include music of some of the greatest jazz composers, including Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Victor Feldman, Thelonius Monk, Bob Brookmeyer, Jimmy Rowles and Horace Silver. This year the NIU Jazz Lab Band will participate in the 41st UW-Eau Claire Jazz Festival on March 28 where they will compete against other college jazz big bands. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
He got a big sound from a small instrument Mar 17, 2008
As innovator and technician, Little Walter has been compared to Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix. Clasping a hand-held microphone to his harmonica, Walter developed an astonishing repertoire of moans and wails and sobs. (Lima News, OH)
Senior statesman of scat Mar 4, 2008
You ain't no lawyer,' Charlie Parker told him in 1950, and he was right ... He planned on becoming a lawyer but sang jazz for fun, and one night in 1950 wound up sitting in with bebop giant Charlie Parker. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
''Birth of the Cool'' showcases artists with designs on the future Feb 29, 2008
Bebop jazz artists such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker did the same thing in their long, bawling solos. Over on the more temperate West Coast, it seemed, artists created work that felt more relaxed, more serene, and more fun. (Boston Globe)
Vernon Alley Feb 29, 2008
He knew them all: Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker. "Charlie Parker used to come into the Blackhawk and play with us every night, just for fun," Alley said in a 2003 interview ... "Once, I got a call from the owner of the Say When who asked, 'Is Charlie Parker there?' I said, 'Yeah.' And he said, 'Tell him to get over here. He's supposed to be working now.' ". (San Francisco Chronicle)
ATL teens to perform at Kennedy Center Feb 20, 2008
He was quoting Wilson quoting jazz giant Charlie Parker. True Colors artistic director Kenny Leon could not attend because he was in London staging Alicia Keys' concert tour and preparing for "Flashdance," a new movie-based musical that opens in July and tours the United Kingdom. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Common Plans To Drop New Album In November -- In Between Acting Gigs Feb 20, 2008
"We been conceptualizing, but we just gotta continue to work on it. We will. I look at it like two jazz musicians getting together, the way Charlie Parker and cats would get together and do work. I feel a lot more free with my music now that I'm doing films and stuff, because I don't put as much pressure on the music. It ain't my only source of income and way to make a living.". This report is provided by. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Cultural connections Feb 17, 2008
Taylor became the house pianist at Birdland, the landmark jazz club in New York, where he performed with the likes of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis. Taylor was appointed to the National Council of the Arts in 1994 and serves as the Artistic Advisor for Jazz to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., where he has developed several acclaimed concert series including the Louis Armstrong Legacy series and the annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival. (The Daily Reflector)
Jazz pianist Chris Anderson dies Feb 14, 2008
Influenced Herbie Hancock, Charlie Parker ... Among those he taught or impressed were Herbie Hancock and Charlie Parker. (Variety)
Earl 'Fatha' Hines opened up the keyboards Feb 14, 2008
His early 1940s orchestra featured some of the brilliant young musicians who were turning jazz inside out: Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan. Hines worked in Armstrong's small groups in the late '40s and early '50s before settling in the Bay Area. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Air This Week Feb 12, 2008
8 p.m.-midnight Jazz from Studio Four/Steve Schwartz: alto saxophonists Charlie Parker, Gary Bartz, Johnny Hodges, Jaleel Shaw (WGBH). 9 p.m. Chicago Symphony (WQXR: ). (Boston Globe)
Musician celebrates 80-year career Feb 8, 2008
In 1942, Long joined Earl "Father" Hine's All Star Band with Billy Eckstein, Budd Johnson, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn and Charlie Parker - what he considered was the highlight of his career. "(I enjoyed) having the opportunity to perform with my friend Charlie Parker and an amazing young girl by the name of Sarah Vaughn and knowing we were all making history," Long said. (Sealy News, TX)
Black History Month: Earl Watkins Feb 6, 2008
In 1956 Watkins launched into the big time with a seven-year gig in the band of pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines, who at various times had employed Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker. In the '60s, with the advent of rhythm and blues and rock 'n' roll, work for jazz musicians began to diminish. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Today's best bets Feb 2, 2008
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David 'Fathead' Newman: Ray Charles sidekick Feb 1, 2008
" Born and raised in Dallas, Newman grew up worshiping the proto-Rist Louis Jordan, and then fell under the sway of Buster Smith, who was also a mentor of Charlie Parker. In the early 1950s Newman was part of a bebop band that included future avant-garde patriarch Ornette Coleman. "We knew right away that Ornette was going in a different direction," Newman says. It was on a gig in 1952 with blues great T-Bone Walker that he first met Charles, who was working with Lowell Fulson. "Ray and I hit it... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Guitar legend Bill Frisell's diverse songbook defies his jazz label Jan 31, 2008
After falling in love with jazz in the 1970s, he refused to listen to anything except Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and other pure jazz artists ... "I'm not comparing myself with them, but Charlie Parker used popular songs and Sonny Rollins played cowboy songs or whatever else floated through his mind. That's what I feel like I'm doing - using jazz to take whatever's around me and transform it into my own voice," he says. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Lost and found Jan 20, 2008
More ambitious but not all that much better is Clint Eastwood's "Bird," about Charlie Parker or "Lady Sings the Blues." The latter isn't so much a Billie Holiday biography as a Diana Ross career move. Holiday comes across more vividly in a studio throwaway like "New Orleans," where she's 12th billed and plays a maid. (Boston Globe)
* Simply the Best honors late pianist Jan 14, 2008
"I was already a fan of his when we met and I had to keep asking myself how I was so fortunate that he fell in love with me." During his illustrious career, Peterson played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He is also remembered for the trio he led with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis in the 1950s. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Concert Honors Jazz Legend Peterson Jan 14, 2008
During his illustrious career, Peterson played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He is also remembered for the trio he led with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis in the 1950s. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Oscar Peterson: A simply magnificent tribute Jan 14, 2008
Our tendency is to think of it as a single currency, traded the same for Paris Hilton as for Charlie Parker, but the truth is that there are different kinds of fame, as demonstrated by the two very different tributes paid the late jazz pianist Oscar Peterson in Toronto over the weekend. One, an all-star gala called Oscar Peterson: Simply the Best, was big and brash and attention-getting, with celebrities onstage and fans lined up around the block hoping to get in. (Globe and Mail)
Fans line up early for free Peterson tribute show Jan 13, 2008
Peterson's distinguished career included performances with some of the greatest jazz musicians including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. With files from the Canadian Press. (CTV.ca)
Stars to honour Oscar Peterson this weekend Jan 12, 2008
Peterson's distinguished career included performances with some of the greatest jazz musicians including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. But Celine says the man she knew was just a regular guy. (CTV.ca)
Welcome to Jazz 101: improvisation optional Jan 8, 2008
" Jazz also draws on many of the creative devices and analytical tools used by classical composers. "I remember when I was in school, we analyzed a Charlie Parker solo for species counterpoint," McFarlin says. (Parker's counterpoint, he adds, "was perfect ... "The reason I say that is that recording the music has just exploded. There are so many people who are putting recordings out and just distributing them worldwide - that just never would have been imagined in the days of Charlie Parker.". (Globe and Mail)
The jazz beat: Al Vega, Bostons living legend of jazz Jan 4, 2008
While at the Hi Hat, he had the opportunity to perform with Billy Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ray Brown, Lester Young, Miles Davis, Percey Heath and Kenny Clark, among others. As if his gig at the Hi Hat couldn t suffice as a huge lifetime accomplishment, Vega went on to form another trio to perform as the house trio at George Wein s Storyville jazz club in Boston. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
Oscar Peterson - Simply the Best: A Concert Memorial Tribute to a Great Artist Jan 2, 2008
During his distinguished career, which spanned seven decades, Mr. Peterson played with some of the greatest jazz musicians including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Among his best loved compositions are The Canadiana Suite, Hymn for Freedom, Bach's Blues and Nigerian Marketplace. (Canada Newswire)
Pianist Oscar Peterson dies Dec 26, 2007
During an illustrious career spanning seven decades, Peterson played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. He is also remembered for the trio he led with Ray Brown on bass and Herb Ellis on guitar in the 1950s. (Variety)
