Virtuoso guitarist Pasquale Grasso kicks off Birdland's Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration, performing solo and trio with legendary drummer Kenny Washington and bassist Ari Roland. Grasso -- “The best guitar player I’ve heard in maybe my entire life," according to Pat Metheny -- is from Italy, living in NYC, where he has recorded an acclaimed series of solo guitar EP's for Sony Masterworks. His latest features songs composed by or made famous by Charlie Parker.

Acclaimed singer/pianist Billy Stritch returns to his home on the Birdland Theater stage with a new solo show called “Hooray For Love”. The Grammy-nominated performer will celebrate with a selection […]

Pianist and Vocalist  and Oklahoma native Champian Fulton continues Birdland's Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration. Her new release "Birdsong," features eleven carefully chosen compositions written by and/or made famous by Charlie Parker. “I wanted to focus not only on his originals, but on his recordings that I consider to be some of the most beautiful songs ever recorded,” said Champian, “these songs are classic Bird, with rangy and dramatic melodies, romantic lyrics and adventurous chord changes.”

Star of Broadway’s Godspell, Allegiance and Disney's Aladdin, Telly Leung returns to the Birdland stage with musical director Gary Adler (Altar Boyz) and J.J. Johnson on viola. This eclectic concert […]

Exclusively for Radio Free Birdland's Charlie Parker Centennial celebration, Cleveland native saxophonist Joe Lovano, “one of the most creative saxophonists going,” (Boston Globe) revisits his recording, "Bird Songs," a thrillingly […]

Jim Brickman’s engaging stage presence seamlessly blends emotion and humor with music that touches the heart. In this very intimate concert, Brickman leads the virtual audience on a personal escape […]

Available to watch through October 15, 2020. Tenor saxophonist Houston Person is a living legend of jazz. The South Carolina native is a keeper of the soul jazz tradition, having […]