A woman owns a beautiful old alto saxophone that belonged to her father and according to family legend was once owned by the legendary jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker. Her late father ...

Chuck Haddix's more conventional and workmanlike Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker is biography by ... these older musicians showed the young saxophonist." He was laughed off the ...

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 ...

Featuring jazz masters Bud Powell and Kenny Clarke, Dexter Morgan's 1963 Blue Note session 'Our Man In Paris' is a bebop ...

Despite having very different sounds and approaches to the saxophone, their creative paths have much in common. Both began recording around the turn of the century. Both have paid homage to major alto ...

Charlie Parker (saxophonist) and Machito recorded the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite album in 1950, and pianist George Shearing recorded Latin Escapade in 1956.