Friday, August 24, 2007

Today's music headlines - NYT

Charlie Parker, Uptown and Down By NATE CHINEN

In many ways, Charlie Parker, the subject of a festivalthis weekend, was the quintessential New York hero: amaverick and bon vivant, a subject of notoriety and myth

.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/arts/music/24park.html?th&emc=th

3 Jazzmen, Obstinate and Wily By BEN RATLIFF

The bassist Gary Peacock, the pianist Paul Bley and thedrummer Paul Motian took a normal jazz-club performance andturned it upside down at Birdland on Wednesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/arts/music/24bley.html?th&emc=th

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