harlie Parker. “Bird.” “Yardbird.” After saying his name they shout “amen” and holla “Hallelujah.” He’s revered like a saint (the jazz saint of improvisation).
After him there is no other. If Frankie Crocker was the Eighth Wonder of the World, surely Bird is flying high at number nine, no ifs or buts. Damn, maybe even number one depending on the source. You know he inspired a trove of memorable compositions named in his honor, even a jazz club; musicians wanted to play like him.
On August 26, the Parker celebration continues at Garvey Park with a line-up featuring The Cookers septet, a concerted collaborative of established all-star band leaders and composers, consisting of saxophonist Billy Harper, bassist Cecil McBee, pianist George Cables, trumpeters Eddie Henderson and David Weiss, drummer Billy Hart, and alto saxophonist Donald Harrison.
Berta Indeed, Harlem’s consummate jazz producer/promoter, recently celebrated her first anniversary of Berta “Indeed” Alloway Day as proclaimed last year on August 8, 2022 by Mayor Eric Adams. The celebration took place at Harlem’s Ralph Ellison Memorial Park on 150th Street and Riverside Drive, the site of her weekly Sunday jazz series , that was filled with jazz-loving friends.
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