
Charlie Parker
Cabaret Cards: The Law Police Used To Keep Musicians Of Color Off Stage
WBGO and Jazz At Lincoln Center
Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie performs at the Boston Globe Jazz and Blues Festival on Jan. 15, 1966. Bob Daugherty/AP hide caption
Edward Norton Vava Ribeiro/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Edward Norton On World Cafe
Tenor Lawrence Brownlee plays the title role in the new opera Charlie Parker's Yardbird. Dominic Mercier/Opera Philadelphia hide caption
Charlie Parker, shown here in an undated photo, was a legendary jazz saxophonist. STF/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Flutist Hubert Laws is one of many jazz artists to have recorded an adaptation of themes from The Rite of Spring. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
Guatemalan author Eduardo Halfon's most recent book, The Polish Boxer, mesmerized us. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Review
Basic Jazz Record Library
Charlie Parker: 'Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection'
Charlie Parker: 'Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection'
Review
Basic Jazz Record Library
Various Artists: 'The Original Mambo Kings: An Introduction To Afro-Cubop 1948-1954'
Various Artists: 'The Original Mambo Kings: An Introduction To Afro-Cubop 1948-1954'
Charlie Parker: 'Confirmation: Best of the Verve Years'
Steve Wilson introduces five alto saxophonists who've mastered this beast of a horn. John Abbott hide caption
Charlie Parker: 'Bird Lives!' Part 2
Norman Granz at his office in July 1987.
Tad Hershorn/Courtesy of the artist hide captionCharlie Parker: 'Jazz at Massey Hall'
Judy Garland (right) sang "I Got Rhythm" in the 1943 movie version of the 1930s musical Girl Crazy. Courtesy of MGM hide caption