Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker, nomine officiali Carolus (Charles) Parker, inter collegas primum Yardbird, deinde simpliciter Bird cognominatus, fuit saxophonista et compositor jazz Americanus, qui a die 29 Augusti 1920 ad diem 12 Martii 1955 vixit. Inter notissimos inventores et auctores bebop vulgo numeratur.

A sinistra: Tommy Potter, Charlie Parker, Max Roach (paene latens), Miles Davis, Duke Jordan (in Three Deuces deversorio jazz mense Augusto 1947).

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.