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2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

By Richard Conde
September 10, 2017
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The City Parks Foundation kicked off its 25th annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Wednesday August 23, 2017 at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. On Thursday August 24th and Friday August 25th the festival continued its musical celebration uptown in Harlem at Marcus Garvey Park. It featured the work of Jason Samuels Smith's "Chasing The Bird" and renowned clarinetist and saxophonist

Anat Cohen

clarinet
b.1975

" data-original-title="" title="">Anat Cohen. On Saturday August 26th veteran alto- saxophonist

Lee Konitz

saxophone, alto
1927 - 2020

" data-original-title="" title="">Lee Konitz a contemporary of

Charlie Parker

saxophone, alto
1920 - 1955

" data-original-title="" title="">Charlie Parker when bebop came on the scene performed with his quartet. Other featured artist included

Terri Lyne Carrington

drums
b.1965

" data-original-title="" title="">Terri Lyne Carrington and her Social Science Band and a wonderful new vocalist

Charenee Wade

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Charenee Wade. On Sunday August 27th the festival moved downtown to the place where it all began, Tompkins Square Park located just blocks away from Charlie Parker's home in the East Village in New York City. Sunday's event featured NEA master

Lou Donaldson

saxophone
1926 - 2024

" data-original-title="" title="">Lou Donaldson, one of the most cutting edge horn players today

Joshua Redman

saxophone
b.1969

" data-original-title="" title="">Joshua Redman and the wonderful

Alicia Olatuja

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Alicia Olatuja.

Here are just a few photos I feel capture the spirit of this musical celebration. View Slideshow

2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Tia Fuller at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Louis Hayes at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Abraham Burton at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Louis Hayes and Jonathan Blake at the 2017 Charlie Parker...

Steve Nelson at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Ben Williams at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Tia Fuller at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Lou Donaldson at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Alicia Olatuja at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Jonathan Blake and Charenee at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz...

Lee Konitz at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Lou Donaldson at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Dan Tepfer at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Ben Williams at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Louis Hayes Quintet at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Lakecia Benjamin and Oscar Perez at the 2017 Charlie Parker...

Lou Donaldson at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Jonathan Blake at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Abraham Burton at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Charenee Wade at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Terri Lyne Carrington at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz...

Joshua Redman at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Lakecia Benjamin at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Joe Farnsworth at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Jonathan Blake at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Charenee Wade at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Joshua Redman at the 2017 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

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