As a teen, altoist Charles McPherson learned to value the arts and sciences.
For McPherson, curiosity and creativity go hand in hand
As a teen, altoist Charles McPherson learned to value the arts and sciences.
Charles McPherson's fluency in the musical vocabulary created by Charlie Parker is so pronounced that he played the alto saxophone parts on the soundtrack for Clint Eastwood's 1988 biopic of the late jazz legend, "Bird." (Full article: 737 words)
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