Showing posts with label Charlie Parker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charlie Parker. Show all posts
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Making Moves with Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra

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A Happy Birthday to Dizzy Gillespie! ...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

This is a song for the genius child

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Show description for Sunday 3/27/2011 @ 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Genius Ch...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Charlie Parker by Frank Marshall Davis

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Charlie Parker Who named him Yard Bird? He was a homing pigeon With no home to fly to Sky unlimited Route uncharted Eagle strong He scorc...
Sunday, August 29, 2010

I. Reed, Yardbird, Katrina 5 Years On

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Show description for Sunday 8/29/2010 @ 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM HAPPY BIR...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Billie's Detour (Dedicated to a genius)

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Here is a recent play-list from a broadcast at KDVS in Davis, Ca. I was very graciously joined at the end of the show by the great pianist ...
Monday, October 13, 2008

Happy Birthday Lenny Bruce, We Miss You Terribly

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Dear Lenny, We sure could use you these days. You turned out to be right about just about everything. I am not sure that's a good thing....
Friday, September 19, 2008

Bob's Bird

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Chasing The Bird The sun sets unevenly and the people go to bed. The night has a thousand eyes. The clouds are low, overhead. Every night it...
Thursday, July 3, 2008

Bird's Ecstasy Part Two

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And so it was then, the man and the message that rewired America and thus the world. The joy and the ferocious wonder of it all that surroun...
Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Bird's Ecstasy Part One

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For many years I listened to Bird without, I believe, really hearing him. Like a lot of us I began with the recordings on Dial. The Eastwood...