dizzy gillespie

Charlie Parker would have been a chin-stroking one hundred years of age this month. Kloop. Mop. Rebop. Apocalypse. Happy birthday, with a whirlwinding flurry of breathless demisemiquavers on top. He was Bird. His nickname. And we were bird…

Sophie Dunér is a singer, songwriter and visual artist. Jazz music inspired her now worldwide career and she continues to write and perform jazz, while taking influences from many other musical styles. This is her introduction to jazz in 11…