Jazz is Peace: Celebrating Charlie Parker

Creative Sanctuary is excited to celebrate Charlie Parker in our annual tribute, this time “Bird at the Playhouse”. Trombonist-vocalist James Zeller will be joined by an all-star local band with Tree on Saxophones, Matt McClimon on vibraphone, Danny Gaon on Bass, Ramsey Isaacs on drums, and Matthew Seno on piano.

"Charlie Parker was the greatest individual musician that ever lived. Every instrument in the band tried to copy Charlie Parker, and in the history of jazz there had never been one man who influenced all the instruments." -Cootie Williams (of Duke Ellington fame)

“There was one thing he wanted to do. He didn’t worry about anything else — as long as he could play that horn.” – Jay McShann (Kansas City Bandleader and erstwhile boss of Chas. Parker)

“Charlie Parker is our father, Billie Holiday is our Mother.” -Nina Simone