Bird with Strings with Charles McPherson,
Wess Anderson, and more
March 11-12, 8pm
Rose Theater
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Photo of Charlie Parker, courtesy of the Frank Driggs Collection.
In 1950, Charlie Parker with Strings was the recording that
transformed Charlie "Bird" Parker from a bebop innovator into a pop superstar. The
idea of having a major soloist playing classic standards with a lush, romantic string
section immediately became a staple of the 1950s, thanks to Bird. Sixty years later
those orchestrations (by such greats as Gerry Mulligan and Neal Hefti), like the
hit singles "Just Friends" and "April in Paris," still sound brilliant, as leading
saxophone ornithologists Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson and Charles McPherson
will demonstrate. They are joined by trombonist and music director Vincent Gardner,
members of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, Ryan Kisor
on trumpet, Ehud Asherie on piano, Ben Wolfe on bass, and Victor
Lewis on drums.
Free Pre-Concert Discussion, Nightly, 7pm
Featuring Vincent Gardner, music director.
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