Charlie Parker

A sinistra: Tommy Potter,Charlie Parker,Max Roach (paene latens), Miles Davis, Duke Jordan (inThree Deucesdeversorio jazz mense Augusto 1947).

Charlie Parker,nomine officialiCarolus(Charles)Parker,inter collegas primumYardbird,deinde simpliciterBirdcognominatus, fuitsaxophonistaetcompositorjazzAmericanus,qui a die29 Augusti1920ad diem12 Martii1955vixit. Inter notissimos inventores et auctoresbebopvulgo numeratur.

Bibliographia

• Giddins, Gary (1987)Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker.New York: Beech Tree Books.
• Koch, Lawrence (1999)Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker.Boston, Northeastern University Press.
• Reisner, George (1962)Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker.New York: Bonanza Books.
• Woideck, Carl (1998)Charlie Parker: His Music and Life.Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.