Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Search - Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker (Music in American Life)

Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker (Music in American Life)
Bird The Life and Music of Charlie Parker - Music in American Life
Author: Chuck Haddix
Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, and then died when only 34 years old. His friend Robert Reisner observed, "Parker, in the brief span of his life, crowded more living into it than any other human being." Like Louis Armstrong, Duke ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780252037917
ISBN-10: 025203791X
Publication Date: 8/30/2013
Pages: 190
Edition: 1st Edition
Rating:
  ?

0 stars, based on 0 rating
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review


Genres: