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Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker Paperback - 2015
by Chuck Haddix
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- Title Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker
- Author Chuck Haddix
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Illinois Press
- Date 2015
- ISBN 9780252080890 / 0252080890
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Univ of Illinois Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 188 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches.
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Paperback / softback. New. 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 Ellington, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane, he was a transitional composer and improviser who ushered in a new era of jazz by pioneering bebop and influenced subsequent generations of musicians. Meticulously researched and written, Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker tells the story of his life, music, and career. This new biography artfully weaves together firsthand accounts from those who knew him with new information about his life and career to create a compelling narrative portrait of a tragic genius. While other books about Parker have focused primarily on his music and recordings,…
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