Celebrate the music of legendary Charlie “Yardbird” Parker with The Yard Bird Big Band, directed by David DeJesus, on August 28th!The Yardbird Big Band, conducted by Alto Saxophonist David DeJesus, brings together some of the best musicians in New York City to play the music of Charlie “Yardbird” Parker. David, an expert on the life […]
Join the David DeJesus Quintet as the celebrate the man who started it all, Charlie Parker, at the Birdland Theater on August 26th - 29th!Born August 29th, 1920, Charlie "Bird" Parker was one of the most influential and iconic artists in jazz history. As the central figure in the development of bebop in the 1940s […]
Join us every Sunday at Birdland for Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble!The tradition continues. Pianist, composer, and leader of, "the first family of Afro-Latin Jazz," (New York Times) Arturo O'Farrill, continues a weekly Sunday night Birdland residency that started over 20 years ago. The Afro-Latin Octet features pared down, appropriately socially-distanced, version […]
Join the David DeJesus Quintet as the celebrate the man who started it all, Charlie Parker, at the Birdland Theater on August 26th - 29th!Born August 29th, 1920, Charlie "Bird" Parker was one of the most influential and iconic artists in jazz history. As the central figure in the development of bebop in the 1940s […]
Join us every Sunday at Birdland for Arturo O'Farrill and The Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble!The tradition continues. Pianist, composer, and leader of, "the first family of Afro-Latin Jazz," (New York Times) Arturo O'Farrill, continues a weekly Sunday night Birdland residency that started over 20 years ago. The Afro-Latin Octet features pared down, appropriately socially-distanced, version […]
