Charlie Parker News

Victoria Theatre Association's Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series present MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, May 11 - 23 at the historic Victoria Theatre. A comedy by Ron Hutchinson and produced by The Human Race Theatre Company, MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS gives an 'inside' look at how the script for the movie Gone with the Wind was created-in five days!

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents improvisational saxophone legend Sonny Rollins at The Paramount Theatre. A rare treat, this engagement will be Rollins' first tour to Seattle in almost 15 years and his first performance at The Paramount Theatre. Always a restless creative spirit, a constantly self-renewing citizen of the jazz world and one of the music's leading lights, Rollins is jazz's most exacting, exhilarating and inspiring practitioners.

Nancy Wilson returns to the Blue Note for the first time in ten years for a rare one night only concert. With a career spanning over fifty years, Ms. Wilson has won three Grammy Awards, received an Emmy for her variety show The Nancy Wilson Show, was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2004, and has recorded over 70 albums.

The newly restored Church of St. Francis Xavier and the Mary Lou Williams Foundation will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the First Lady of Jazz with a concert to benefit Xavier Mission outreach programs including the homeless shelter and soup kitchen. WBGO Jazz 88.3FM radio host Rob Crocker will emcee the celebration taking place on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 7:30pm.

he newly restored Church of St. Francis Xavier and the Mary Lou Williams Foundation will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the First Lady of Jazz with a concert to benefit Xavier Mission outreach programs including the homeless shelter and soup kitchen. WBGO Jazz 88.3FM radio host Rob Crocker will emcee the celebration taking place on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at 7:30pm. The concert will serve as the first of many events marking the church's recent restoration. The lineup will include: renowned jazz pianist Aaron Diehl with his trio, including special guest Victor Goines on saxophone and clarinet; Yasushi Nakamura on bass and Marion Felder on drums; Laurel Massé, founding member of the vocal group Manhattan Transfer and a 40-voice choir directed by John Uehlein, Music Director at the Church of St. Francis Xavier. Mr. Diehl was hailed by The New York Times as a 'revelation' and by the Chicago Tribune as 'the most promising discovery that [Wynton] Marsalis has made since Eric Reed.'

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) presents improvisational saxophone legend Sonny Rollins at The Paramount Theatre. A rare treat, this engagement will be Rollins' first tour to Seattle in almost 15 years and his first performance at The Paramount Theatre. Always a restless creative spirit, a constantly self-renewing citizen of the jazz world and one of the music's leading lights, Rollins is jazz's most exacting, exhilarating and inspiring practitioners.

Victoria Theatre Association's Miami Valley and Good Samaritan Hospitals Broadway Series present MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS, May 11 - 23 at the historic Victoria Theatre. A comedy by Ron Hutchinson and produced by The Human Race Theatre Company, MOONLIGHT AND MAGNOLIAS gives an 'inside' look at how the script for the movie Gone with the Wind was created-in five days!

HARBINGER RECORDS has announced the release of the new CD from piano jazz legend BARBARA CARROLL. The CD Something To Live For: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola - the most improvisational album of a recording career that stretches back to 1951 - was captured in performance at New York's nightclub overlooking glittering Manhattan.

Pasadena Playhouse (Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Stephen Eich, Executive Director) today announced that the State Theater of California will host events beginning in May 2010 for Pasadena Jazz Institute, Lyric Opera and Blair IB School, as the organization continues its process of financial reorganization.

The Kitano New York presents The Teddy Charles Quartet, Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24. The shows will be preformed in sets at 8 and 10 pm. The Teddy Charles Quartet features Teddy Charles, Harold Danko, Pat O'Reilly, and Stefan Schatz.

Nancy Wilson returns to the Blue Note for the first time in ten years for a rare one night only concert. With a career spanning over fifty years, Ms. Wilson has won three Grammy Awards, received an Emmy for her variety show The Nancy Wilson Show, was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2004, and has recorded over 70 albums.

The Kitano New York presents The Teddy Charles Quartet, Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24. The shows will be preformed in sets at 8 and 10 pm. The Teddy Charles Quartet features Teddy Charles, Harold Danko, Pat O'Reilly, and Stefan Schatz.

Come pursue the varieties of jazz experience at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem! From conversations and live performances to educational sessions and panel discussions, you're sure to have a ball and learn a lot too.

Come pursue the varieties of jazz experience at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem! From conversations and live performances to educational sessions and panel discussions, you're sure to have a ball and learn a lot too.

The Kitano New York presents The Teddy Charles Quartet, Friday and Saturday, April 23 and 24. The shows will be preformed in sets at 8 and 10 pm. The Teddy Charles Quartet features Teddy Charles, Harold Danko, Pat O'Reilly, and Stefan Schatz.

On April 19th, Ilene Graff will be performing her show, First You Dream, at New York City's Birdland Jazz Club.

'Duke Meets Bird' - The music of Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker. Presented by the Napa Valley Jazz Society, produced by Bruce Hopewell.

April marks Jazz Appreciation Month and the Napa Valley Opera House is celebrating with a month of powerhouse jazz shows including the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour on Saturday April 17, and 'Duke Meets Bird,' a tribute to Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker produced by the Napa Valley Jazz Society on Sunday April 18.

Vocalfest, presented by JazzMobile, kicks off its second weekend this Friday, April 16 and Saturday April 17 at Showman's. Vocalfest, Jazzmobile's month-long celebration, is held in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month. Gregory Generet, a Showman's performer, will frontline Friday's show. Lezlie Harrison will showcase her unique style--70's soul combined with jazz, for Vocalfest's Saturday night performance.

Jazz, once a singularly American invention and one of the United States' greatest exports, has become a truly international phenomenon, with important players from all over the world making valuable contributions to the music's evolution. Europe, previously home to many of the most devoted connoisseurs of the art form, is now also the producer of some of the most innovative voices in jazz. With the inauguration of its European Modernists series Dreyfus Jazz is proud to bring U.S. audiences some of the best creative music being made on the continent today. The first releases in the collection showcase musicians from Belgium, France and Italy, spotlighting two long respected veterans and a pair of important younger voices. Taken together, Belgian guitarist Philip Catherine, French pianist Jean-Michel Pilc and Italians, drummer Aldo Romano and saxophonist Rosario Giuliani, these artists represent the continuing trend of noteworthy original music emanating from European environs.