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May 21-24, 2020 Bird Presents Lives! A Centennial Celebration May 21-24, 2020 Tickets 1-909-939-0777 The Westin Los Angeles Airport 5400 West Century Boulevard www.lajazzinstitute.org Los Angeles, California 90045 BIRD LIVES! FILM 3 A CHARLIE PARKER The Bebop Era CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION Rare clips from the Los Angeles Jazz Institute May 21-24, 2020 Archive including: Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Howard PLATINUM ADMISSION ird ives McGhee, Sonny Stitt, Brew Moore, Ray $450 VIP Registration ($425 for members) CONCERTB 3 FILM 2 ! Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Milt Jackson, Charles includes priority reserved seating L Mingus, Dexter Gordon, J.J. Johnson, Serge Hootie Blues Bebop Invades the West Chaloff, Max Roach, Kenny Clarke and more SESSION 1 Music of the Jay McShann Big Band. Rare film clips from the Los Angeles Jazz SESSION 7 K.C. Blues FILM 1 Institute Archive featuring: Presented by Ken Poston The of Howard McGhee, Slim Gaillard, Harry the Birdland: A multi-dimensional overview of the unique Roots Modern Jazz Hipster Gibson, Barney Kessel, Teddy The Jazz Corner of the World Kansas City nightlife atmosphere that Rare film clips from the Los Angeles Jazz Edwards, Sonny Criss, Hampton Hawes and a Institute Archive featuring Art Tatum, Roy Presented by Ken Poston influenced Charlie Parker in his youth. Rare special screening of Billy Berg’s Home Movies. Images, broadcast recordings and Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, films, images and memorabilia from the Los SPECIAL VIP EVENT memorabilia illuminate the legendary club Angeles Jazz Institute Archive bring “the Kenny Clarke, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy named for Charlie Parker. heavenly city” to life. Gillespie, Charlie Parker and more Bird’s L.A. CONCERT 11 SESSION 4 Tour of Charlie Parker’s Los Angeles SESSION 2 with lunch at the site of the original Au Privave Lester Leaps In The Birth of Bebop in Harlem Billy Berg’s Nightclub The Bobby Watson Quintet Presented by Loren Schoenberg The after hours jam sessions that took place Sites visited include: Ross Russell’s Tempo Music from the 1950s Quintets the recorded Jazz Historian Loren Schoenberg explores the at Minton’s Playhouse and Monroe’s Uptown Music Shop, The Electro-Broadcast Studios, for Mercury and Clef. impact that Lester Young had on a young House have reached mythic proportions in Radio Recorders, NBC, The Embassy Charlie Parker. the annals of jazz history. Young musicians Theater, Philharmonic Auditorium, C.P. SESSION 8 such as Thelonious Monk, Charlie Christian, MacGregor Studios, The Finale Club, The Chasing the Bird Kenny Clarke, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Civic Hotel, The Hi De Ho Club, Central Presented by John Burton Max Roach and Charlie Parker shared the Avenue including The Bird in a Basket, The One of the world’s top Charlie Parker bandstand with swing era heavyweights like Tiffany Club, The Shrine Auditorium, The collectors and discographers discusses Don Byas, Hot Lips Page, Roy Eldridge and Trade Winds and Billy Berg’s Rendezvous. tracking down every potential scrap of Ben Webster. The on-going experimentation CONCERT 7 Charlie Parker audio that exists and exchange of ideas played a major role in the birth of modern jazz. Yardbird in Lotus Land CONCERT 12 The Vincent Herring Sextet Supersax & Music from the legendary engagement at Billy Berg’s Rendezvous the L.A. Voices Revisited CONCERT 1 The re-vamped Supersax group with a unique A Kansas City Jam Session: SESSION 6 concert of Bird with Voices. Tenor Battle Ross Russell’s Dial Records CONCERT 13 featuring Ricky Woodard, Charles Presented by Ken Poston Big Band Bird Owens, Loren Schoenberg, Doug Webb A detailed presentation of Ross Russell’s Dial The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra and Harry Allen Records & Bird’s activities on the west coast. Directed by Michael Berkowitz with Kansas City’s legendary after-hours jam CONCERT 8 special guest Lanny Morgan sessions were a significant influence on CONCERT 4 Music from Charlie Parker’s Big Band Charlie Parker as he was making his nightly A Night at Minton’s Playhouse Dial Days recordings for Norman Granz as well as music rounds throughout the nightlife district. An all-star session in the spirit of the The Richie Cole Quintet written by Bill Holman for Bird’s appearances Spook Breakfasts usually started around 4am after hours sessions at Minton’s Music from the West Coast Dial with Stan Kenton during the 1954 Festival of and lasted until noon and featured “take no and Monroe’s. Features the sessions 1946-47 Modern Jazz tour. The program also includes prisoner” cutting contests that made and instrumentation of the original CONCERT 9 big band arrangements of a variety of Charlie broke aspiring musicians reputations. house band plus special Parker music including pieces by Gil Evans, This concert is an all-star jam session in the guests. Scrapple From Gerry Mulligan, Bill Russo, Bill Holman, Don Sebesky and many more. spirit of those classic Kansas City rituals. CONCERT 5 the Apple SESSION 3 Supersax Revisited Opus X Music from the Classic The Legendary Buster Smith The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra Quintet 1947-49. Charlie Parker Presented by Loren Schoenberg The Music of Billy Eckstine’s Big Band returned to New York in 1947 and Jazz historian Loren Schoenberg presents Directed by Michael Berkowitz formed his working quintet that recorded insights into Charlie Parker’s primary mentor; SESSION 5 many classic sides for Dial and Savoy. The Henry “Buster” Smith including rare group also enjoyed extended bookings on recordings. 52nd Street and the 52nd St. and at the Royal Roost. An all-star CONCERT 2 1945 Sideman Sessions saxophone section performs the music from Special Guest: Terry Gibbs Bird’s finest era. CONCERT 14 One O’ Clock Jump An exploration of Bird’s earliest sideman Nights at the Reno Club CONCERT 10 sessions including dates with: Tiny Grimes, Charlie Parker The Music of the Count Basie-Buster Smith Clyde Hart, Clyde Bernhart, Red Norvo, Sir Barons of Rhythm Just Friends South of the Border Charles Thompson and more. Charlie Parker with Strings The Arturo O’ Farrill’s Big Band Directed by Loren Schoenberg Featuring Bobby Watson, Vincent CONCERT 6 Performances of Charlie Parker’s SPECIAL VIP DINNER Herring, Richie Cole and Lanny Morgan collaborations with Machito and his small Dinah’s Groovin’ High-Bird & Diz performing the original Bird with strings group South of the Border recordings. The Bobby Watson Sextet arrangements by Jimmy Carroll, Joe Lipman, CONCERT 15 Fried Chicken Restaurant An All-Star Sextet performs the music of the Gerry Mulligan, Neal Hefti, George Russell, Yardbird Dizzy Gillespie Sextet and music from Charlie Jimmy Mundy and more. Includes music that Jazz at Massey Hall Private Party at Dinah’s Fried Chicken Parker’s first date as a leader. was performed but never recorded The Bobby Shew All-Star Sextet Many more special guests will be added so make sure to go to our website (www.lajazzinstitute.org) and sign up for our social media updates!.
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