Charlie Parker with Strings is the name of two separate albums by jazz musician Charlie Parker, released in 1950 on Mercury Records. It is also the name of a 1995 compilation album released by Verve ...

The most anticipated of the new books on Parker is Stanley Crouch's soulful, poetic and often graphic Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker. Covering Parker's early years ...

CD1: Charlie Parker Interview; Honeysuckle Rose/Body and Soul; I Got Rhythm; I Found A New Baby; Body And Soul; Moten Swing; Coquette; Oh Lady Be Good; Wichita Blues; Honeysuckle Rose; Max Roach ...

Jazz guitarist George Freeman, a mainstay of Chicago’s music scene, died on April 1 at 97 – mere days before he was due to play a show in celebration of his 98th birthday. Coming from a family of ...

Saxophonist Charles Parker Jr., born August 29, 1920, nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird," was one of the architects of bebop, a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Springfield, Illinois is home to the famous Charlie Parker's Diner. It serves up breakfast, lunch and a giant stack of pancakes. For anyone who can eat all four of ...

The Birth Of Bop, Volume 1: Charlie Parker: Romance Without Finance; Dexter Gordon: Dexter’s Minor Mad; J. J. Johnson: Jay Bird; Milt Jackson: Hearing Bells; Leo Parker: Chase ’N’ Lion (Chase’n The ...

The City of Smithville’s Fire Chief Charlie Parker is making some big requests of the Smithville Board of Mayor and Aldermen, ...

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