Charlie Parker
Roy Haynes obituary
Jazz drummer who played with Charlie Parker and John Coltrane and earned the nickname Snap Crackle for his crisp style
Ronald Atkins
13, Nov, 2024 @5:32 PM
Lou Donaldson obituary
American jazz saxophonist and singer who enjoyed a huge hit with his 1967 anthem Alligator Boogaloo
John Fordham
11, Nov, 2024 @5:50 PM
The anti-hibernation culture guide: something to enjoy for every day in January
You can spend the next few weeks under the duvet and in front of the telly, or enjoy world-class art, theatre, music, film and standup – here’s an event for each of the next 31 days
Rachel Aroesti, Catherine Bray, Andrew Clements, John Fordham, Miriam Gillinson, Jonathan Jones and Lyndsey Winship
31, Dec, 2022 @11:55 AM
‘KABOOM!’ – why Basquiat’s explosive art should be listened to, not just looked at
From Beethoven to bebop to his own abrasive, atonal ‘noise band’, the now revered artist tuned his work to music at every turn of his career, as a major new show reveals
Andrew Dickson
16, Nov, 2022 @11:27 AM
Tony Williams obituary
Other lives: Jazz record producer and authority on Charlie Parker and his music
Colin Marr
26, Dec, 2021 @7:38 PM
'He'll make your head explode': sax stars on the genius and tragedy of Charlie Parker
He was nicknamed Bird and he soared in his music – if not in his life. For the centenary of the saxophonist who redefined jazz, today’s players reveal how his dizzying speed and spirituality changed their lives
Interviews by Kate Hutchinson
18, Nov, 2020 @6:00 AM
Peter King obituary
Brilliant British jazz saxophonist and composer inspired by Charlie Parker
John Fordham
06, Sep, 2020 @5:07 PM
The Passion of Charlie Parker review – Madeleine Peyroux and friends sing Bird songs
John Lewis
06, Jul, 2017 @5:30 PM
Charlie Parker's Yardbird review – beauty, anger and poetry, but the jazz great's genius eludes us
Daniel Schnyder’s ambitious classical-jazz fusion opera features a remarkable central performance from tenor Lawrence Brownlee
Tim Ashley
10, Jun, 2017 @5:28 PM
The Bird in my hand: my journey to Charlie Parker
Bridgette Wimberly’s uncle so idolised his jazz-legend friend that he took up the saxophone – and copied his heroin use. Now she’s written the libretto for an opera about the musician her grandmother said was the devil incarnate
Bridgette Wimberly
06, Jun, 2017 @5:00 AM
Jazz snobbery is not all in the (male) genes | Letters
Letters: Jazz snobs can be women too. I’ve been one since I was a teenager
Letters
27, Jan, 2017 @6:51 PM
Why music is the beating heart of my poetry
CLiPPA nominated poet John Lyons grew up in Trinidad in the 1930s and 40s where singing and telling stories were as natural a part of his life as breathing. Now in his 80s, here’s why music still helps him go with the flow and might help you too
John Lyons
14, Jun, 2016 @9:30 AM
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