Bird Lives: The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie Yardbird Parker

Bird Lives: The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie Yardbird Parker

by RossRussell (Author)

Synopsis

This work on Charlie Bird Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also of zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. It shows his complex personality; his great appetites; the extent of his influence; and his work.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 405
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Quartet
Published: 01 Aug 1976

ISBN 10: 0704330946
ISBN 13: 9780704330948

Author Bio
Ross Russell is the author of The Sound, a novel of the jazz world, and Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest. In 1946 he formed Dial Records, heading the company for a decade, during which he released records by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis.