Charlie Parker
KNOWN FOR
Invented a more complex and individual music by disregarding the four- and eight-bar standards of jazzÂ
AMERICAN MASTERS FILM
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (Aug 1989)Directed by Gary Giddins, Kendrick Simmons
Written Features
Video Features
How Charlie "YardBird" Parker got his nickname
The story of how Charlie Parker's nickname "Yardbird" came to be.
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
This TV ad shows how bebop wasn't taken seriously
Bebop changed American music but wasn't taken seriously for much of Charlie Parker's life.
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
The time Charlie Parker rode a horse down 52nd Street
Charlie Parker's former partner Chan recalls the time he rode a horse down her street.