Join us as we celebrate the life,
the music, and the iconic legacy
of Kansas City’s own:

Charlie “Yardbird” Parker!

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18th and Vine Aggie Stackhaus Ahmed Alaadeen Alonzo Demetrius alto saxophone American Jazz Museum Anne Garney Ari Staggs Artists In Residence Atiba Jefferson B.J. Jansen bass Bird Boot Camp Bird Boot Camp + Musical Salute for Students BIRD GOES TO SCHOOL Blue Monday Jam Session Bobby Watson Burnett Music Foundation Buttonwood Financial Group Charlie “Bird” Parker Plaza Charlie Parker Charlie Parker's Kansas City Christian Napoleon Christopher and Terri Burnett Christopher Burnett Chuck Haddix Clarence Smith Conn-Selmer Dan Jaffe Dan Sturdevant Dan Thomas David Basse David Cunningham Downbeat Magazine Dr. Adrianna Marshall drumset Ed Ford Eddie Baker conceived a “21 Sax Salute” at Charlie Parker’s gravesite in Lincoln Cemetery Evert Asjes III Finale Frontier Community Credit Union George and Liz Beshenich George D. Blackwood Gerald Dunn Given by the Jules and Doris Stein Foundation - the Oppenheimer Brothers Foundation - and Tony and Marti Oppenheimer. Greg Carroll Horace Washington Houston Smith In loving memory of Blanche Jones and Doris Jones-Stein. In The Yard Isaac Coyle Isaac Pieters It Takes a Village – CD Release Performance Jackiem Joyner James Ward Jamey and Sara Aebersold Jaylen Ward Jerry Lockett Jim Glover John Stafford II Jon McGraw Judy Swope Kansas City Kansas City Jazz ALIVE Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors Kansas City Public Schools Kayla Farrell KC Parks Kelvin Simmons Ken Bacchus Kevin Gregg Lisa Alpert Lisa Henry Loren Pickford Mary Williams-Neal Maurice Butler Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II Melinda Reindl Midnight Blue Jazz Mike and Deb Griswold Mike Corrigan Miles Lennox Millie Edwards Morgan Faw Ode 2 Bird Ollie W. Gates Opening Panel Discussion Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts Paul Danaher piano Rashida Phillips Rev. Willie Meyers Thornton Robert Graham Rod Fleeman Roger Wilder Ronald E. Finley Ronald McFadden Shedrick Mitchell Trio ft. Christie Dashiell Sheila Kemper Dietrich Significant Med!a & Must!c Collaboratives Spotlight Charlie Parker Stanton Kessler Steve Hargrave Teresa Loar Terri Anderson Burnett Terry R. Dopson The Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum THE ESTATE OF CHARLIE PARKER (JAMPOL ARTIST MANAGEMENT INC.) The Phoenix Jazz Club Truman Auditorium Kansas City Public Library Plaza Branch trumpet Vocals William Mullin WM Thornton

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12:00 am Saxophone Supreme: The Life & Music of Charlie Parker Exhibition @ American Jazz Museum (& Virtual)

Saxophone Supreme: The Life & Music of Charlie Parker Exhibition @ American Jazz Museum (& Virtual)

Aug 17 @ 12:00 am – Aug 18 @ 12:00 am

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View full Virtual exhibit here –> https://library.umkc.edu/exhibits/saxophone A partnership between the American Jazz Museum and UMKC Libraries, the exhibit Saxophone Supreme celebrates the Centennial of Charlie “Bird” Parker, one of the most influential musicians and composers of all[...]

5:30 pm Bird 101: The Art of Charlie Parker in Kansas City (Film Screening & Panel Discussion) @ The Nelson-Atkins Tivoli

Bird 101: The Art of Charlie Parker in Kansas City (Film Screening & Panel Discussion) @ The Nelson-Atkins Tivoli

Aug 17 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

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Celebrate Charlie Parker’s enduring musical legacy with a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary Bird: Not Out of Nowhere and a panel discussion in the Tivoli Theater at the Nelson Atkins-Museum of Art. Produced by[...]

August 17, 2021

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Join us as we celebrate the life,the music, and the iconic legacyof Kansas City’s own:

Charlie “Yardbird” Parker!

Join us as we celebrate the life,
the music, and the iconic legacy
of Kansas City’s own: