Charlie Parker 2

The "Bird-Prez Birthday Broadcast", a 72 hour (and some years longer) marathon celebrating Lester Young and Charlie Parker around their birthday anniversaries, August 27 and August 29, is a long standing tradition at WKCR, and it is among our listeners' favorites.

From the 2023 edition, I programmed a set which included primarily a look at Bird's studio recordings of 1947, a magical period for bebop.