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Charlie Parker

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2009 - Bird's Nest
2004 - Jazz Ballads 16
2003 - A Studio Chronicle, 1940 - 1948
2001 - Bird & Miles
2000 - Jazz Plus
2000 - Midnite Jazz & Blues: The Birds
2000 - Blue Bird: Legendary Savoy Sessions
1998 - Charlie Parker
1996 - Jazz Greats, Volume 11: Charlie Parker: Out of Nowhere
1996 - Charlie Parker with Strings
1995 - Montreal 1953
1995 - Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes
1994 - An Evening at Home With the Bird
1994 - Bird of Paradise
1994 - Verve Jazz Masters 28: Charlie Parker Plays Standards
1993 - Chasin' The Bird
1993 - Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions
1992 - Bird Lives!
1991 - The Immortal Charlie Parker
1988 - The Genius of Charlie Parker, Volume 3: Now's the Time
1988 - The Original Bird - The Best of Charlie Parker 1944-1949
1970 - Charlie Parker Story on Dial, Vol.1, Westcoast Days
1957 - The Genius of Charlie Parker, Volume 7: Jazz Perennial
1950 - Bird and Diz
1945 - The Charlie Parker Story
0 - The Jazz Biography
0 - Summit Meeting at Birdland
0 - Dancing in the Dark
0 - The Complete JATP Performances
0 - Parker's Mood
0 - The Essence Of Charlie Parker

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Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Genre
Jazz

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Jazz

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1920

Active
--- 1955

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Bird, Yardbird

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Charles "Charlie" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), also known as "Yardbird" and "Bird", was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Miles Davis once said, "You can tell the history of jazz in four words: Louis Armstrong. Charlie Parker."
Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career and the shortened form, "Bird", which continued to be used for the rest of his life, inspired the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite", "Ornithology", "Bird Gets the Worm", and "Bird of Paradise."
Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and improvisation. Parker introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. His tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber. Many Parker recordings demonstrate his virtuoso playing style and complex melodic lines, sometimes combining jazz with other musical genres, including blues, Latin, and classical.
As a teenager, Parker developed a morphine addiction while in the hospital, after an automobile accident, and subsequently became addicted to heroin. He continued using heroin throughout his life, which ultimately contributed to his death at the age of 34.
Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual, rather than an entertainer.


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