Charlie Parker News

BEATNIK a musical revue of the Jazz Beat Generation will make its NYC premiere on April 11, 2010 at 7 pm. Take a trip back in time to visit the Beatnik Cafe scene of cool jazz music, Jack Kerouac, and poetry of the 40s to the 60s live at the Richmond Shepard Theater located at 309 E 26th Street at 2nd Avenue NY, NY.

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

The NJMH will be covering both coasts this week as Directors Christian McBride and Loren Schoenberg do extensive programming in and around Stanford University and Palo Alto, Ca., and in New York, we offer Tuesday evening our final March class on Art Blakey (an evening of film) and on Friday night, pianist/composer Jason Lindner is joined by tablaist Suphala for an intriguing Harlem in the Himalayas concert. For more information, visit: http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/.

The NJMH will be covering both coasts this week as Directors Christian McBride and Loren Schoenberg do extensive programming in and around Stanford University and Palo Alto, Ca., and in New York, we offer Tuesday evening our final March class on Art Blakey (an evening of film) and on Friday night, pianist/composer Jason Lindner is joined by tablaist Suphala for an intriguing Harlem in the Himalayas concert. For more information, visit: http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/.

The NJMH will be covering both coasts this week as Directors Christian McBride and Loren Schoenberg do extensive programming in and around Stanford University and Palo Alto, Ca., and in New York, we offer Tuesday evening our final March class on Art Blakey (an evening of film) and on Friday night, pianist/composer Jason Lindner is joined by tablaist Suphala for an intriguing Harlem in the Himalayas concert. For more information, visit: http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/.

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

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.

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.

Legendary drummer Roy Haynes will end his return to the Blue Note for his 85th birthday on March 21.

Legendary drummer Roy Haynes returns to the Blue Note with a slew of high-profile special guests to celebrate his 85th birthday from Wednesday, March 17 - Sunday, March 21.

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 2009-2010 World Stages series with the internationally acclaimed Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 8pm.

Legendary drummer Roy Haynes returns to the Blue Note with a slew of high-profile special guests to celebrate his 85th birthday from Wednesday, March 17 - Sunday, March 21.

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem presents NJMH'S CLASSIC SERIES harlem in the himalayas and it continues this Friday with: AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE

Legendary drummer Roy Haynes returns to the Blue Note with a slew of high-profile special guests to celebrate his 85th birthday from Wednesday, March 17 - Sunday, March 21.

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.

Legendary drummer Roy Haynes returns to the Blue Note with a slew of high-profile special guests to celebrate his 85th birthday from Wednesday, March 17 - Sunday, March 21.

BEATNIK a musical revue of the Jazz Beat Generation will make its NYC premiere on April 11, 2010 at 7 pm. Take a trip back in time to visit the Beatnik Cafe scene of cool jazz music, Jack Kerouac, and poetry of the 40s to the 60s live at the Richmond Shepard Theater located at 309 E 26th Street at 2nd Avenue NY, NY.

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.

The Iridium Jazz Club presents Delfeayo Marsalis: Charlie Parker With A Twist from Thursday, March 4th through Sunday, March 7th, featuring Mark Gross-alto, Mark Shim-tenor, David Bryant-piano, Desron Douglas-bass and Marion Felder-drums.

Toots Thielemans, the founding father of jazz harmonica, returns to New York for the first time in two years for a rare set of performances at the Blue Note from March 4 - 7.