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Biography
Parker, Charlie,
1920-1955
Kansas City (Kan.)
New York (N.Y.)
United States
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Jazz
Bop (Music)
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Jay McShann Orchestra
Earl Hines and His Orchestra
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Saxophonists
Jazz musicians
Composers
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Charles Christopher
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Parker, Charles Christopher,
1920-1955
Parker, Charles,
1920-1955
Bird,
1920-1955
Chan, Charlie,
1920-1955
Yardbird,
1920-1955
Schmidt, S. Charlie Parker, 1959.
Parker, C. "To Bird with love," c1981:
p. 1 (Charles Parker, Jr.)
New Grove jazz
(Parker, Charlie (Charles, Jr.; Bird; Chan, Charlie; Yardbird); b. Aug. 29, 1920, Kansas City, KS, d. Mar. 12, 1955, New York; alto saxophonist)
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed February 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:
(Parker, Charlie; Charles Christopher Parker; Yardbird; saxophonist, composer / arranger, jazz musician; born 29 August 1920 in Kansas City, United States; joined Jay McShann's big band in Kansas (1940-1942); began collaborating with Gillespie in Earl Hines's big band (1943-1944); first recording sessions for Savoy and, under Gillespie's leadership, for Musicraft, the latter producing recordings, including Salt Peanuts and Shaw 'Nuff (1944-1945); first classic Dial recordings, including Moose the Mooche, Yardbird Suite, and Ornithology; formed quintet with trumpet player Miles Davis and drummer Max Roach, recording sessions, which included the ballads My Old Flame, Embraceable You, and Don't Blame Me; appeared at Carnegie Hall and reunited with Gillespie at Toronto's Massey Hall (1949, 1953); honors include, the Downbeat magazine readers' poll for best alto player; died 12 March 1955 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States)