An academic setback at the University of Alabama changed the trajectory of one Birmingham CEO's entire career.

Internationally acclaimed San Diego jazz saxophonist Charles McPherson and his dancer daughter, Camille, will both be in the spotlight when the San Diego Ballet presents “A Night of Jazz & Dance” ...

When bebop pioneer Charlie Parker died in 1955, Jazz Showcase owner Joe Segal hosted a commemorative improv session that would eventually become the country's longest-running Charlie Parker tribute.

When Clint Eastwood needed an alto saxophonist who could approximate Charlie Parker’s blazing bebop idiom for the soundtrack to his 1988 biopic "Bird," Charles McPherson got the call. Not long after ...

The annual “August is Charlie Parker Month” festivities at the Jazz Showcase wouldn’t be complete without a visit by Charles McPherson, a septuagenarian alto saxophonist who was in strong form on ...

Now in his 80s, the San Diego jazz saxophonist is still performing and recently released new work. Get to know the works that shaped him and continue to drive his music. Influential is a KPBS music ...

Internationally acclaimed saxophonist Charles McPherson is not the first jazz great to launch his own record label, perform a livestreamed concert or teach music classes online. But he is surely the ...

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The jazz public’s reevaluation of alto saxist Charles McPherson–for years written off as just another Charlie Parker clone, albeit the most skillful–makes for one of the more gratifying stories in the ...

The bebop era of Charlie Parker has been enshrined in the history books, but it returned vividly to life Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase. And not in a warmly nostalgic way, either. Instead, alto ...

Charles McPherson is an alto saxophonist who spent much of his early career under the spell of jazz great Charlie Parker–but who fired the Parker sound with his own intense energy and expressive ...

In Loving Memory of Dr. Charles F. McPherson III of Scotts Valley passed away on June 22nd, 2006 after a long battle with Prostate Cancer. Charles or ‘Chuck’ or “Doc”, as he was often fondly called by ...