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Charlie Parker

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    The Bad Plus return to perform Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring'

    ​The music of Stravinsky has been appropriated and reconfigured for ages now. From Charlie Parker to Ornette Coleman and Frank Zappa, pieces have been pulled, re-arranged and served as the catalyst for new ideas in both classical and jazz worlds.

  • Music

    March 30, 2011

    Critics' Picks: Yelawolf, DeVotchKa, Bright Eyes, and more

    ​The music of Stravinsky has been appropriated and reconfigured for ages now. From Charlie Parker to Ornette Coleman and Frank Zappa, pieces have been pulled, re-arranged and served as the catalyst for new ideas in both classical and jazz worlds.

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2011

    Joe Lovano & US5

    ​The music of Stravinsky has been appropriated and reconfigured for ages now. From Charlie Parker to Ornette Coleman and Frank Zappa, pieces have been pulled, re-arranged and served as the catalyst for new ideas in both classical and jazz worlds.

  • Music

    December 29, 2010

    Mark Mallman, the Hold Steady, and more

    ​The music of Stravinsky has been appropriated and reconfigured for ages now. From Charlie Parker to Ornette Coleman and Frank Zappa, pieces have been pulled, re-arranged and served as the catalyst for new ideas in both classical and jazz worlds.

  • Calendar

    December 29, 2010

    Charles Neville Quartet

    ​The music of Stravinsky has been appropriated and reconfigured for ages now. From Charlie Parker to Ornette Coleman and Frank Zappa, pieces have been pulled, re-arranged and served as the catalyst for new ideas in both classical and jazz worlds.

  • Music

    September 1, 2010

    Ian Rans' Drinking With Ian moves to cozy new location

    Local cable access icon adds a live element to the show

  • News

    June 23, 2010

    It's Summertime

    So hush now, little babies

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Point of Departure: The biggest envelope

    Was Charlie Parker even really improvising?

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2008

    Kevin Mahogany Sings Big Joe Turner

    Was Charlie Parker even really improvising?

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2008

    Ravi Coltrane Quartet/ Roy Haynes Quartet

    Was Charlie Parker even really improvising?

  • Music

    July 25, 2007

    Andrew Hill: Change

    Was Charlie Parker even really improvising?

  • Music

    November 23, 2005
  • Blogs

    October 6, 2005

    The Sound Unseen Festival, Oct. 7-16

    Was Charlie Parker even really improvising?

  • Music

    August 24, 2005

    Bop Lives!

    A recently discovered concert recording finds Bird and Diz at their peaks

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2005

    Bop Lives!

    A recently discovered concert recording finds Bird and Diz at their peaks

  • Music

    October 20, 2004

    Radio Gaga

    Guerilla Black: "Compton"

  • Music

    March 3, 2004

    Eight Ball, Side Pocket

    The winning sound of Roy Haynes, father of modern jazz drumming

  • Music

    February 4, 2004

    El-P: High Water (Mark)

    The winning sound of Roy Haynes, father of modern jazz drumming

  • Music

    December 17, 2003

    The Last Days of J-Hova

    Fruit fights, gangsta strife, and a whole lotta women's undies: a final artistic statement from Jay-Z

  • Music

    May 7, 2003

    Flipping the Bird

    With sparrows squawking in the distance, Fog subverts new-age music for the old-soul set

  • Music

    December 4, 2002

    Hill Peaks

    After a few low-profile decades, pianist Andrew Hill is resurgent--and restless

  • Music

    October 16, 2002

    One Foot in the Grave

    A melancholic Beck waxes fatalistic on 'Sea Change'

  • Music

    September 25, 2002

    Doing It For Themselves

    An experimental hip-hop duo that's not just for horn-rimmed white boys

  • News

    July 17, 2002

    Old School

    Pausing a beat for bassist Ray Brown

  • Music

    July 10, 2002

    Is All That Jazz?

    Savoring the variably spicy JVC jazz festival

  • Music

    June 26, 2002

    Venues and Value

    Getting More Bop for Your Buck with Parliament-Funkadelic and Charles McPherson Quartet at the JVC Jazz Fest

  • Music

    June 26, 2002

    'Trane Travel

    Jazz Tributes to Coltrane, Parker, and Hendrix

  • Music

    January 16, 2002

    Ode to Joy

    Blissing Out on Cuban-Born Jazz Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba

  • Movies

    April 25, 2001

    Road to Rejection

    Tom Schroeder's animated "Bike Ride" pedals toward heartbreak--and back again

  • Music

    May 10, 2000

    All the Things You Are

    A new book and five-disc reissue offer incomplete portraits of sax great Sonny Rollins

  • Music

    March 15, 2000

    Taming the Jungle

    With Treader, Spring Heel Jack make an etude out of electronica

  • Music

    October 6, 1999

    Mood Indigo

    Troubled jazz trumpeter Tom Harrell finds calm between the chords

  • Arts

    September 2, 1998

    I Am the Cosmos

    Talking computers and the chronos with sexagenarian artist Aribert Munzner

  • Arts

    July 1, 1998

    Back in Black

    Thirty-four years ago, LeRoi Jones's Dutchman sent American race relations careening on a New York subway. Where's the end of the line?

  • Arts

    May 20, 1998

    I'm With the Bandwidth

    The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records has all but defined Minneapolis's musical past. Now proprietor Paul Stark is making a play for the future.

  • Feature

    February 18, 1998

    1948

    The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records has all but defined Minneapolis's musical past. Now proprietor Paul Stark is making a play for the future.

  • Books

    January 21, 1998

    Chet Baker: As Though I Had Wings

    The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records has all but defined Minneapolis's musical past. Now proprietor Paul Stark is making a play for the future.

  • Music

    September 3, 1997

    Dexter Gordon

    The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records has all but defined Minneapolis's musical past. Now proprietor Paul Stark is making a play for the future.

  • News

    February 5, 1997

    Big Deal Meal

    The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records has all but defined Minneapolis's musical past. Now proprietor Paul Stark is making a play for the future.

  • News

    December 25, 1996

    Artists Of The Year

    The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records has all but defined Minneapolis's musical past. Now proprietor Paul Stark is making a play for the future.

  • Feature

    July 10, 1996

    Culture To Go

    The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records has all but defined Minneapolis's musical past. Now proprietor Paul Stark is making a play for the future.

  • Feature

    October 18, 1995

    Culture

    The Suburbs, the Replacements, Soul Asylum--Twin/Tone Records has all but defined Minneapolis's musical past. Now proprietor Paul Stark is making a play for the future.

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