Articles related to "Charlie Parker"

Charlie Parker, the alto saxophone player, wrote "Ornithology," "Scrapple from the Apple" and other classics. He played with Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis.

From Greenwich Village to Broadway and the Upper West Side, jazz lives in New York City. Here are some legendary NYC jazz clubs & bars for hearing live music every night.

A sax man who played with everyone who was anyone during jazz's golden age discusses playing styles and contemporaries Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Dizzy Giliepie.

Throughout his career Roy Hargrove always showed an amazing ability to be comfortable in any style. On Emergence he fits right in with the grooves of the big band.

It seems like Roy Haynes has been around forever, maybe he has. He was there at the beginning of Bop and worked with innovators like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.

A book of ghost stories in the tradition of M.R. James written for BBC Northern Ireland, framed by two short novels set in the modern-day USA more akin to Stephen King.

A brief look at the life of Oscar Peterson, who received 7 Grammys, the IMC UNESCO Music Award, and the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Founders Award.

Miles Davis was a genius in jazz, but his addiction to heroin nearly killed him. The influence of Sugar Ray Robinson saved his life.

For fans of classic jazz music in Chicago, the choices for listening to their favorite music is rather limited. Recently, the choices are online or in the suburbs.

With the death, aged 84, of baritone saxophonist Cecil Payne, on 30 November 2007, the jazz world has lost one of its most respected and creative players and composers.

Jazz music festivals are held around the year in all parts of the world. The festivals bring alive the moving, entertaining and empowering songs played on the radio.

Chet Baker was a star in the 1950's but drug addiction threatened to ruin his career. He found redemption in his later years and is much remembered and loved to this day.

Singer who has performed and recorded with the greatest artists in Jazz, and attracted a worldwide audience for his unique and soulful interpretations of classic songs.

Charlie Haden harkens back to his past in this collection of songs featuring his wife, triplet daughters and son as well as friends Pat Metheny and Elvis Costello.

Blue Note's 'Dial "S" For Sonny' is a simply delightful turn from the ill-fated pianist and composer Sonny Clark...

If there is one musician within the jazz genre that any fan should know, it's Miles Davis. Very few other musicians have so influenced a single genre and multiple genres

Jaco Pastorius has been credited with changing the way the electric bass was played, and his individual style is on display in his first album as a band leader.

Toronto's Massey Hall, built expressly for orchestral and choral performances, opened June 14, 1894 and earned a unique place in history.

New York City was the birthplace of the Beat Generation, one of the biggest cultural movements of the 20th century.

Move over Vanessa Mae, here comes a new challenger to the crown of Crossover Classical Violinist Extraordinaire - Miri Ben-Ari.

Thelonious Monk composed such songs as "Blue Monk" and "Straight, No Chaser." He added his unique style of improvisation to records by Charlie Parker and led a big band.

During the 1950s, Beat poets in America withdrew from mainstream society. Many jazz greats provided music to enhance their performances and avant-garde thoughts.

The music of Miles Davis encapsulated the many sides of his prodigious talent with that familiar provocative "Me-ness" that always identified his work instantly.

Hazel Scott was born in Trinidad, grew up in the US. She mesmerized audiences with her piano skills, married a congressman and ended up on Joe McCarthy's blacklist.

Over its' many years of existence, Massey hall, Toronto's world renown house of culture has played host to many great jazz performances

From the 1940s to the present, urban music has creatively changed during each decade. The artists managed to find innovative ways to update the music.

Every musical instrument has a history that is as unique as its sound. This article explores Wind, Brass and Strings, including Saxophone, Flute, Violin and Trombone.

Keith Jarrett's improvisational feats on the piano have taken on a new form, and his new recording, Testament: Paris/London, is abundant proof that it works.

Playwright Micheal Healey calls GFW Canada's own combo of Charles Dickens and Anton Chekhov for his "great and unsentimental feel for people at that end of our society."

Marietta McCarty goes to the heart of philosophy with 10 ideas that matter most, 21 philosophers who espouse them, and 100s of ways to make philosophy part of your life.