Friday, August 29th

by musicclipoftheday

Happy Birthday!

Charlie Parker (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955, alto saxophone) with Fats Navarro (trumpet), Bud Powell (piano), Art Blakey (drums), et al., recorded live at Birdland (NYC) on May 15-16, 1950*

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Today it’s all Bird all day at WKCR (Columbia University).

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*Complete information regarding personnel and compositions can be found here.