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The plastic Grafton alto saxophone that Charlie Parker played during a 1953 performance has returned to its place in the American Jazz Museum. Charlie Parker’s Grafton alto saxophone has returned to ...
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR Seventy years ago, jazz great Charlie Parker played a plastic saxophone at what many ...
Stanley Crouch, one of the nation's most prominent jazz critics, is the author of the just-released Kansas City Lightning --part one of a... Harlem's Savoy Ballroom, early 1942. The Jay McShann ...
More than 70 years ago, what's often called the greatest jazz concert of all time took place in Toronto. Charlie "Bird" Parker soared with four legendary colleagues while playing a plastic saxophone.
Lou Donaldson, alto saxophonist inspired by Charlie Parker who had a big hit with Alligator Boogaloo
Lou Donaldson, who has died aged 98, was an alto saxophonist whose fluid, soulful style helped to shape the face of modern jazz; a protégé of the king of bebop, Charlie Parker, he went on to forge a ...
More than 70 years ago, what's often called the greatest jazz concert of all time took place in Toronto. Charlie "Bird" Parker soared with four legendary colleagues while playing a plastic saxophone.
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