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Throughout his brief but influential life, Charlie “Bird” Parker made an enormous impact on popular music as one of the architects of modern jazz. The jazz titan, inarguably one of the greatest saxophonists of all time, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri and spent much of his adult life in New York, but Los Angeles nonetheless looms large in his musical life as he spent more time in L.A. than anywhere outside of K.C. and N.Y.

Since 1985, KUVO has provided a rare blend of music & news. We broadcast the best in Jazz, Latin Jazz & Blues in addition to 17 locally produced, culturally diverse programs.

Cartoonist Dave Chisholm’s latest jazz-inspired book Enter the Blue was made in collaboration with Blue Note Records.

they got to the parking lot and that's when we're told the fight poured out into the parking lot, into the streets. and the biker gangs started firing at each other and at police officers. in the end, at least nine people have been confirmed dead. that number could continue to rise. that's what we just were told. at least 16 people were injured, shoot or stabbed. police say they recovered at least 100 weapons from the scene. witnesses say this played out like a son of "sons of anarchy." they say this was a terrifying couple of minutes. thankfully no officers or bystanders were hurt. ...