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Tag Archives: Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker
Bird’s birthday brings celebration to Kansas City
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Tagged Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker, Chuck Haddix, jazz
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On August 29, 1920 Charles Parker, Jr. was born in Kansas City, Kansas. As Chuck Haddix writes in Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, the jazz icon’s launching pad was a home of two faces; an environment that … Continue reading
Happy Saxophone Day: celebrate with the re-inventor
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Tagged Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker, Chuck Haddix, Dizzy Gillespie, jazz
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On November 6, 1814 Adophe Sax was born in Wallonia, Belgium. Sax invented many musical instruments but the one for which he is best known (and has immortalized his name) is the saxophone. Somewhere along the line musical enthusiasts declared … Continue reading
Happy “Bird”-day
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Tagged Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker, Chuck Haddix, jazz
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Jazz innovator Charlie “Bird” Parker was born on August 29, 1920 in Kansas City. Before his death at age 34, Parker transformed jazz with harmonic creativity and complex melodic saxophone lines. Chuck Haddix, author of Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie … Continue reading
Bird the book and Bird the man celebrated with all-star jam
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Tagged Bird, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker, Bobby Watson, Charlie Parker, Chuck Haddix, jazz
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On October 2nd, 2013, jazz historian, radio show host and UIP author Chuck Haddix kicked off the release of his book Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker in style at Unity Temple in, Kansas City. At this launch event in … Continue reading