On Dec. 10, The Jazz Foundation of America will put on a fundraising livestream dubbed "Bird Calls," which will celebrate the music of Charlie Parker. Steve Jordan will serve as the musical director for the event. It will air at 8 p.m. ET on FANS, with a rebroadcast at 8 p.m. PT.
According to the description on FANS: "Musical Director Steve Jordan brought in a group the world’s leading altoists: Antonio Hart, Vincent Herring, Miguel Zenón, Tom Scott, Jaleel Shaw, and Japan’s Erena Terakubo along with Kenny Barron, George Cables, Craig Haynes (son of Roy Haynes, who himself played behind Parker); trumpeters Jimmy Owens and Keyon Harrold; and guitarist Russell Malone. Nioka Workman’s Firey String Sistas guest on a performance saluting Parker’s “Bird With Strings” recordings for Verve. New Orleans’ legends, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, also make an appearance to touch on Charlie Parker’s lasting influence on the Crescent City."
“Raising money for the JFA COVID-19 Musicians’ Emergency Fund is still our driving force," said Jordan (quote via event description). "With this event we have an opportunity to celebrate a person who is very much at the foundation of this music that we love and who has inspired us for so long. To celebrate Bird is a wonderful thing, and hopefully it will be indicative of a light at the end of the tunnel in the immediate future.”
