TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Lafayette High 135, 2. Barbe 119, 3. Alexandria 114.5, 4. Lake Charles College Prep 40, 5. Ponchatoula 39, (tie) Highland Baptist 39, 7. Acadiana ...

This week, we’re saluting alto saxophonist and bebop pioneer Charlie Parker. Now, why am I saluting a saxophonist on a show about jazz vocalists? Well, I would argue that no instrumentalist had ...

Charlie “Bird” Parker was one of the wonders of 20th-century music. During his troubled 34 years on earth, he changed the course of jazz history. Yet nothing is simple about the life of this ...

The only child of Charles and Addie Parker, Charlie Parker was one of the most important and influential saxophonists and jazz players of the 1940’s. When Parker was still a child, his family moved to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thursday marks what would be the 104th birthday of jazz legend and Kansas City icon Charlie Parker. Now, there is a new way to celebrate his legacy, support the American Jazz ...

You get a fabulous day in Marcus Garvey Park. It was the 32nd annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, a three-day tradition for jazz lovers to pay tribute to one of the greatest saxophonists of all time.

Young Democrats of Georgia President Parker Short clashed with Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday. Kirk posted a video capturing ...

Coaches or team representatives are asked to send Section V baseball scores as soon as possible by emailing sports@democratandchronicle.com. Please include a name and contact number. The ...

H. Charles (Charlie) Parker passed away on May 12, 2024 at the age of 80 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. It is perhaps fitting that he passed away on Mother’s Day; his mother ...

Seventy years ago, jazz great Charlie Parker played a plastic saxophone at what many call the greatest jazz concert ever. A new deluxe reissue of that recording is out now. More than 70 years ago ...

Perdido; Salt Peanuts; All the Things You Are/52nd Street Theme; Wee (Allen’s Alley); Hot House; A Night in Tunisia; Drum Conversation; I’ve Got You Under My Skin; Embraceable You; Sure Thing; ...