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Linking jazz and opera: Charlie Parker's Yardbird in Seattle
Composer Daniel Schnyder and librettist Bridgette A. Wimberly, both in their Seattle Opera debuts, have done a creditable job of conveying the jazz artist’s lifework.
A moving tribute in Charlie Parker’s Yardbird
Lawrence Brownlee gives a compelling performance that truly does the groundbreaking saxophonist justice.
He knew why the caged bird sings
Great performances by Lawrence Brownlee and Angela Brown in a fantasia on Charlie Parker's life and death.