*The young musicians Morgan Faw and Houston Smith shared their admiration of Charlie Parker with Steve Kraske on KCUR’s Up To Date.
*Steve Hargrave promoted the Spotlight: Charlie Parker initiative on a television program and in an interview with Joe Dimino.
*Arnold Young chatted with Joe Dimino.
*Tweet of the Week: James Neal- "Kansas City Public Library helps to memorialize Parker’s genius through the official Charlie Parker website, http://CharlieParkersKC.org, on which its Digital Branch collaborated with KC Jazz ALIVE and Marr Sound Archives Director Chuck Haddix." @KCLibrary
*From a press release: Saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa makes a highly anticipated Smoke Jazz Club debut performing music inspired by and celebrating the great Charlie Parker… His recent, highly acclaimed release Hero Trio features more explorations of Parker’s compositions in the context of a piano-less trio... His exciting trio for this celebration features bassist Harish Raghavan and drummer Rudy Royston.