Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
August 30, Tompkins Square Park, enter park at E. 8th St. & Ave. A; 3, FREE
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.
Today, pianist Cedar Walton leads his quartet, Papo Vazquez his Pirate Troubadores and Dred Scott his trio.
Bottom Line: Heroin addiction in the park is nothing to get stoked about. But this great jazz concert is.
