Bird lives : the high life and hard times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker

Bird lives The high life and hard times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker

Ross Russell

Book - 1996

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Subjects
Parker, Charlie, > 1920-1955.
Jazz musicians > Biography.
African American musicians > Biography.
Saxophonists > Biography.
Published
New York : Da Capo Press 1996.
Language
English
Main Author
Ross Russell (-)
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition
Item Description
Originally published: New York : Charterhouse, 1973.
Physical Description
404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-383), discography (pages 284-388), and index.
ISBN
9780306806797
  • At Billy Berg's: An Obbligato
  • Part I.
  • 1. Heavenly City
  • 2. Getting Straight
  • 3. Kansas City Mystique
  • 4. Trials of Manhood
  • 5. Modes
  • 6. The Making of a Jazzman
  • Part II.
  • 7. Woodshedding in the Ozarks
  • 8. The Apple
  • 9. Hootie
  • 10. The Band That Played the Blues
  • 11. The Bebop Laboratory
  • 12. The Last of the Big Bands
  • 13. The Street
  • 14. A Dizzy Atmosphere
  • Part III.
  • 15. The Independent Record Derby
  • 16. Yardbird in Lotus Land
  • 17. Sparrow's Last Jump
  • 18. Relaxin' at Camarillo
  • 19. Klactoveesedstene
  • 20. Bird at Work
  • 21. Birdland
  • Part IV.
  • 22. Travels with a Genius
  • 23. A Queer Night in Brussels
  • 24. The Jazz Baroness
  • 25. King Pleasure
  • 26. Down and Out in New York
  • 27. At the Hotel Stanhope
  • 28. Coda: Six Pretty Horses Pullin' Me
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
  • Discography
  • Index

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