Join us as we celebrate the life,the music, and the iconic legacyof Kansas City’s own: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker! Here are the 2023 Events!!! Categories Spotlight Charlie Parker Event Tags 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 Week Agenda Day Month Week Week of August 21 21 Sun 22 Mon 23 Tue 24 Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat All-day 12:00 am 1:00 am 2:00 am 3:00 am 4:00 am 5:00 am 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm 7:00 pm CD Release Morgan Faw and The Flame + Jam Session with Houston Smith & Bobby Watson @ The Blue Room CD Release Morgan Faw and The Flame + Jam Session with Houston Smith & Bobby Watson @ The Blue Room Aug 22 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets SPOTLIGHT: CHARLIE PARKER EVENT It Takes a Village – CD Release Performance featuring Morgan Faw and The Flame With a special edition of the famous “Blue Monday Jam Session” co-hosted by Houston Smith and Morgan Faw. (*Special[...] 9:00 am “BIRD GOES TO SCHOOL” (Bird Boot Camp + Musical Salute it’s for All Ages who want to learn about the music)) @ Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts “BIRD GOES TO SCHOOL” (Bird Boot Camp + Musical Salute it’s for All Ages who want to learn about the music)) @ Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts Aug 27 @ 9:00 am – 3:30 pm Tickets It’s FREE | MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION AT BIRDBOOTCAMP.ORG Week of August 21 Subscribe to filtered calendar Add to Timely Calendar Add to Google Add to Outlook Add to Apple Calendar Add to other calendar Export to XML