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Event feature: CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL WEEK AUGUST 17 – 26

A full week of FREE concerts, workshops and discussions 

The Charlie Parker Jazz Festival annually assembles some of the finest musicians in the world who reflect Parker’s musical individuality and genius, to promote appreciation for this highly influential and world-renowned artist. In celebration of the 20th anniversary, City Parks Foundation will be presenting a variety of events, panels, and workshops leading up to the weekend festival that will help celebrate the legacy of Charlie Parker and further illuminate jazz in a diverse way. See below for the complete schedule of events!

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Recommended workshop & concert: KARL BERGER’S IMPROVISERS ORCHESTRA

Karl Berger’s Improvisers Orchestra will come to Manhattan’s upper west side to perform at the beautiful El Taller space at 2710 Broadway ( corner of 104th St ) on Thursday, July 26, 2012.

Following a critically-acclaimed run at The Jazz Gallery, and before that at The Stone, Karl Berger’s Orchestra of 20 or more professional string, horn, and percussion soloists continues to turn improvisational ideas developed in the 7:30 pm workshop/rehearsal into a fully formed 9:00 pm orchestral performance. Using his “Music Mind” concept, Karl introduces a new approach and experience of harmonizing improvised sound.

Conducted in Karl’s inimitable style, developed at the legendary Creative Music Studio, this orchestra of extraordinary improvisers explores original themes, melodies from the world’s folk traditions and compositions written by legendary improvisers such as Don Cherry or Ornette Coleman, as well as musical ideas that arise spontaneously. One of the orchestra’s trademarks is Ingrid Sertso’s uncanny vocalization and poetry.

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Recommended Event: 2012 ISTANBULIVE IV at Lincoln Center (NY)

Date: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Time: 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Venue:Damrosch Park Bandshell’s Lincoln Center (W. 62nd Street, b/w Amsterdam & Columbus Aves, NY)
Ticket: free
Genre: from Turkish pops to traditional music to Jazz

Presented by Serdar Ilhan and Mehmet Dede Supported by the Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism

Istanbulive is back for a fourth year this summer.  Istanbulive IV will debut at Lincoln Center Out of Doors on Saturday July 28, 2012. In order to make this year’s Istanbulive the best to date, the producers invite you to participate in their $10,000 donation campaign at Kickstarter.com. The additional funding will help cover the extensive production and marketing expenses

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