Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker by Chuck Haddix

Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker

Music in American Life

Chuck Haddix

224 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography music dark informative medium-paced
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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 sp...

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