Neil McCauley
16-08-2017, 07:32
Bridgette Wimberly’s uncle so idolised his jazz-legend friend that he took up the saxophone – and copied his heroin use. Now she’s written the libretto for an opera about the musician her grandmother said was the devil incarnate
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/06/charlie-parker-yardbird-hackney-empire-london-bridgette-wimberly
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jun/06/charlie-parker-yardbird-hackney-empire-london-bridgette-wimberly