Charlie Parker

During his short life, Charlie Parker changed the course of music. Like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and John Coltrane, he was a pioneering composer and improviser who ushered in a new era of jazz and influenced subsequent generations of musicians, writers and artists. Bursting with fresh ideas and virtuosity, Parker’s solos and compositions, including “Orinthology”, “All The Thing You Are”, and “Scrapple From The Apple”, have inspired musicians and composers across a broad spectrum of music.

Parker’s brilliance and charisma continues to inspire dancers, poets, writers, filmmakers, visual artists and other kindred musical spirits sampling his music, confirming that BIRD LIVES!