It’s Charlie Parker, a jazz legend who went by the nickname “Bird.” Parker’s music has lived on for generations after he passed. People all over the globe still like to say, “Bird lives!” ...

A woman owns a beautiful old alto saxophone that belonged to her father and according to family legend was once owned by the legendary jazz musician Charlie "Bird" Parker. Her late father ...

CD1: 1941-1945: Swingmatism; Hootie Blues; Dexter Blues; Lonely Boy Blues; The Jumpin' Blues; Sepian Bounce; Tiny's Tempo; I'll Always Love You Just The Same; Romance Without Finance; Red Cross; ...

Lester Leaps In; I Can't Believe That You're In Love; Laura; All Of Me; This Time the Dream's On Me; Ko Ko; Cool Blues; April in Paris; Now's the Time; Ornithology; Parker's Mood. Charlie Parker, ...

In short, Parker made jazz dangerous again ... Chuck Haddix's more conventional and workmanlike Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker is biography by the numbers. A studiously researched ...