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Charlie Parker

JAZZ SAXOPHONIST Aug 29, 1920 - Mar 12, 1955

KNOWN FOR

Invented a more complex and individual music by disregarding the four- and eight-bar standards of jazz

AMERICAN MASTERS FILM

Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (Aug 1989)Directed by Gary Giddins, Kendrick Simmons

Written Features

The Essential Bird: A Charlie Parker playlist

Charlie Parker Biography

Video Features

Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker -- How Charlie "YardBird" Parker got his nickname

Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker -- This TV ad shows how bebop wasn't taken seriously

Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker -- The time Charlie Parker rode a horse down 52nd Street