Jazz at Lincoln Center will present the Dizzy and Bird Festival, highlighting the music of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie “Bird” Parker, from Feb. 28 to March 10. The New York City festival, one of six presented during this season to celebrate JALC’s 25th anniversary, will include several simultaneous performances in Rose Theater, the Allen Room [...]
Jazzman Frank Morgan’s Smooth Sound, Rough Life Considered for Film Project
June 5, 2012 | Posted by
Stark shadows. Empty streets. A lone figure clutching a horn. The conventions for depicting a hard-boiled jazz hero have been firmly established for decades, in fiction and in film. The implicit toll of the music, according to this code — a clutch of obsession, leading to one or another form of ruination — would register [...]
