City Parks Foundation an organization that supports the activity of over 60,000 volunteers in parks each year. City Parks Foundation The City Parks Foundation is the only independent, nonprofit organization to offer programs in parks throughout the five boroughs of New York City. The organization works in over 750 parks citywide, presenting a broad range of free arts, sports, and education programs. Founded in 1989, it is one of the oldest and largest citywide parks organizations in the country. Programs offered by City Parks Foundation include free performing arts festivals such as Central Park SummerStage and the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, which take
Charlie Parker with Strings a string setting. Plans were made to release the results of the sessions as a ten-inch LP. Sessions from November 30, 1949, yielded the first "Charlie Parker With Strings" album ("Mercury MG-35010"), consisting of six songs total, all of which were standards. The success of the first album led to additional sessions on July 5, 1950, resulting in another long-playing album also entitled "Charlie Parker With Strings" ("Mercury MGC-109"), consisting of eight tracks, also all standards. In 1995, Verve Records reissued these fourteen recordings for compact disc, including an additional ten tracks with Parker also accompanied by strings. Five date