ISBN:
9780306806797
Language:
English
Pages:
404 Seiten
Edition:
[unabridged republication]
Edition:
1996
Keywords:
Parker, Charlie
;
Jazz musicians Biography
Description / Table of Contents:
Part I -- Part II -- Part III -- Part IV -- 'Transcription of a Bird solo' -- 'Bird at 14 months' -- 'Bird on a pony, before the move from the suburbs' -- 'Charlie strung out on a 'burn', 1945' -- 'Charlie in sunglasses performing with the Earl Fatha' Hines Orchestra, 1943' -- 'Dizzy Gillespie' -- 'Photo of Charlie used for publicity' -- 'Doris and Charlie, Birdland, 1950' -- 'Charlie and Chan Richardson, Birdland, 1950' -- 'Charlie after his stay at Camarillo State Hospital, Hollywood, 1947' -- 'Charlie with his quintet, 1947' -- 'Charlie performing with strings, Birdland, 1950' -- 'Picture of Charlie's talented hands' -- 'Charlie in Sweden, 1950' -- 'Charlie jamming with Swedish musicians, 1950' -- 'Jam session with Mingus, Monk, and Haynes, Greenwich Village, ca. 1953' -- 'Bird' -- 'Lester Young' -- 'Charlie and Red Rodney, Kansas City, 1951' -- 'Billy Eckstine and Bird' -- 'Jay McShann in Kansas City' -- 'Erroll Garner, The Haig Club, Hollywood, 1947' -- 'Howard McGhee and his trumpet' -- 'Max Roach, Chicago, ca. 1948' -- 'Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Berg's, December 1945' -- 'Candid shot of Charlie, ca. 1947' -- 'Charlie eating at a Hollywood garden party, 1951' -- 'A 'very played out Bird', Hollywood, 1952' -- 'Charlie in his coffin, Harlem, 1955' -- 'Hand-written contract between Charlie and Dial Records, February 26, 1946' -- 'Another hand-written contract with Dial Records, April 3, 1946' -- 'Another transcription of a Bird solo'.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 382-383), discography (p. 284-388), and index
,
Originally published: New York : Charterhouse, 1973
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