Bird Calls At Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Italian-born American Jazz musician Rudresh Mahanthappa plays alto saxophone as he leads his band, Bird Calls, while they improvise on the music of Charlie Parker to close the third and final day of the 23rd Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in Tompkins Square Park, New York, New York, August 23, 2015. With him are Adam O'Farrill, on trumpet, Matt Mitchell, on piano, and Thomson Kneeland, on upright acoustic bass. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)