About this episode
The "Bird-Prez Birthday Broadcast", a 72 hour (and some years longer) marathon celebrating Lester Young and Charlie Parker around their birthday anniversaries, August 27 and August 29, is a long standing tradition at WKCR, and it is among our listeners' favorites. For the 2024 edition, I programmed a set reviewing Lester Young's studio recordings for Norman Granz, on "Verve".