Bird helped usher in bebop and transformed the alto saxophone into an instrument of startling possibility. Here’s an 11-song ...

Kansas City kicked off 'Spotlight: Charlie Parker 2026' on Saturday, a summer-long celebration honoring jazz icon Charlie ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — People from all over the world are still coming to Kansas City to pay their respects to one of the true giants of American jazz. It’s Charlie Parker, a jazz legend who went by the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 29, 1920. Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, a founding figure in jazz, is born in Kansas City, Kansas. He was raised in Kansas City, Missouri, near what is now referred to as the ...

Brooklyn's premiere professional orchestra, the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra, brings classical and jazz music into conversation in a powerful tribute to jazz legend Charlie Parker on February 13.