Charlie Parker Jazz Festival - Harlem Speaks: Louis Hayes And Christian Mcbride

The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, New York City’s annual salute to the eponymous late saxophonist, will return in its 31st year for a three-day celebration of live jazz in the neighborhoods near where Parker worked and lived, including Harlem’s historic Marcus Garvey Park and Tompkins Square Park in the East Village. Each year, some of the finest jazz musicians in the world are assembled who reflect “the Bird’s” musical individuality and genius, to promote appreciation for this highly influential and world-renowned artist.

Schedule:

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Ancillary: Harlem Speaks: Louis Hayes And Christian Mcbride

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem

Louis Hayes has over 70 years on the drum throne, working regularly with Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderly, Oscar Peterson, Dexter Gordon, and many others. National Jazz Museum in Harlem Artistic Director Christian McBride will host a Harlem Speaks Oral History interview with Hayes to discuss his storied career and his take on the impact of Charlie Parker.

Louis Hayes

Louis Sedell Hayes was born May 31, 1937 in Detroit Michigan. He was always surrounded by music, actually first starting with the piano, before his father gave him a set of drums at age 10. A cousin noticed his talent, took him under his wing and made sure that his approach to the instrument would serve him well. And well it did, for after developing his skills in the fertile musical ground of Detroit in the 1950’s with the likes of Yusef Lateef, Kenny Burrell, Doug Watkins and others, Louis found himself at the tender age of 18 in New York as a member of the great Horace Silver Quintet. His first recording with Horace, the classic Six Pieces Of Silver would introduce him to the jazz world as a new force to be acknowledged.

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