Charlie Parker "Bird Lives @ 100"
Charlie Parker’s Centennial Concert
Bird Lives @ 100
John Beasley + Magnus Lindgren Big Band + Strings
DESCRIPTION
John Beasley + Magnus Lindgren present a concert experience “Bird Lives@100” to mark Charlie “Bird” Parker’s centennial, one of 20th century’s most original and imitated saxophonist and one of the inventors of Be-Bop. Parker’s birthday is August 29, 1920.
Beasley and Lindgren reimagine Parker’s music into 21stcentury orchestral arrangements for big band and strings. The repertoire will include Parker’s compositions and classics from the groundbreaking recordings Bird With Strings and Charlie Parker with Strings.
Most people alive today have never seen “Bird” in concert nor on film because he died at the young age of 34 on March 12, 1955. Bird Lives @ 100hopes to extend Bird’s legacy by introducing new and loyal listeners to his musical ingenuity through this evening-length concert, which will tour internationally in 2020/2021.
BIRD LIVES @ 100 BAND
John Beasley Conductor/Arranger/Piano and Magnus Lindgren Conductor/Arranger/Woodwinds with Big Band + Strings with Guest Soloists
YouTube: https://bit.ly/BirdLives100_EPK
TOUR DATES (as of February 21, 2020)
May 24 CANCELLED – Covid-19: Stuttgart, Phoenixhalle/Heimspiel – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
July 26 CANCELLED – Covid-19: Weil am Rhein, Brass Festival – Germany (SWR Big Band)
Aug 26 CANCELLED – Covid-19: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles – USA (MONK’estra Big Band + Strings + Tia Fuller, Chris Potter, Charles McPherson, Donald Harrison)
Sept 22 Bijou Theatre, Tennessee, USA – Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
Nov 11 CANCELLED: Hamburg – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
Nov 12 CANCELLED: Dortmund – Konzerthaus – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
Nov 13 Stockholm – Blue House Concert Hall – Sweden (SWR Big Band + Strings)
Nov 14 Bielefeld – Oethker Halle – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
Nov 15 CANCELLED: Osnabrück –OsnabrückHalle – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
Nov 16 CANCELLED: Essen – Philharmonie – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
Nov 24 CANCELLED: Efurt – Zughafen Kulturbahnbof – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
Nov 25 CANCELLED: Munchen – Circus Krone – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
Nov 26 CANCELLED: Berlin – Admralspalast – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
Nov 30 CANCELLED: Stuttgart – Liederhalle, Hegelsaal – Germany (SWR Big Band + Strings)
TV and Audio Recording
July/Aug 2020 – Baden-Baden with SWR Big Band and Strings – Release Date: 2020
BIOGRAPHIES:
John Beasley is an accomplished composer and a distinctive arranger who also works in film and television projects, including “1917” and an upcoming Steven Soderbergh film “Let Them All Talk” featuring his orchestration and conducting skills with his big band MONK’estra. He has earned five GRAMMY nominations for his recordings and an Emmy nomination for “Jazz at the White House”. Beasley’s arranging skills find no better showcase than his albums MONK’estra Vol 1 + MONK’estra Vol 2, which earned four GRAMMY nominations. Beasley will be releasing a new album MONK’estra Plays John Beasley on August 21, 2020.
Multi-dimensional tenor sax, clarinet, flute player Magnus Lindgren is a gifted composer and arranger for a large range of musical genres whether for small jazz combos, big bands, choirs, integration between classical orchestra and jazz group, folk and world music. He is a recording artist and also artist-in-residence for Stuttgart’s SWR Big Band. First-call arranger and conductor, Lindgren has worked with many European big bands, including, Stockholm’s Blue House Orchestra, Germany’s WDR and HR big bands.
BOOKING AGENTS:
North America
Myles Weinstein Unlimited Myles: myles [at] unlimitedmyles.com
Global
Katherine McVicker Music Works Intl: katherine [at] musicworksinternational.com
Manfred Speit AEPlive: manfred.seipt [at] aeplive.co.uk
MANAGER: Lorna Chiu: lorna [at] johnbeasleymusic.com