Saxophonist Charles Parker Jr., born August 29, 1920, nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird," was one of the architects of bebop, a ...

Chuck Haddix's more conventional and workmanlike Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker is ... centers on the bromance between Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, their association was ...

Charlie Parker (saxophonist) and Machito recorded the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite album in 1950, and pianist George Shearing recorded Latin Escapade in 1956.

Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer who ignited the rhythmic fire on landmark performances by Charlie Parker ... led by saxophonist Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie — both of whom Mr. Haynes accompanied.

A masterful composer and a brilliant improviser, this record is a showcase of Lucky at his best, captured alongside Hank ...

Among the leaders of this new idiom were trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, pianist Thelonious Monk and saxophonist Charlie Parker, who started out playing after-hours clubs in Harlem and venues around ...