Pressed for Time: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (New York Press)

They called him Bird, the saxophonist from Kansas City who blew the horn and his life with a fierce addiction to luminous bebop and street smack.This weekend noted jazz musicians gather to pay tribute to Parker’s oeuvre.

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Pressed for Time: Charlie Parker Jazz Festival (New York Press)

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