Kate Borger and her annual celebration of the music and the birthday of the great Charlie Parker, born August 29th, 1920.
Parker renditions of tunes like Bloomdido with Dizzy Gillespie, Out of Nowhere, and “Bird Lore” (Ornithology) with Miles Davis and Pittsburgh native Dodo Marmarosa are in the mix. Plus sound from other ardent “Bird” admirers like Gerry Gibbs, Marion Cowings, Sheila Jordan, Pasquale Grasso, Mel Torme and Pittsburgh’s Tania Grubbs.
Celebrate the music of Charlie Parker with Kate Borger - Friday morning at 10, Saturday morning at 11, on WZUM.
Charlie Parker at Carnegie Hall, 1947, the Gottleib Collection, Library of Congress
Tania Grubbs
Dizzy Gillespie, Gottlieb Collection, LIbrary of Congress
Kate Borger