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Charlie Parker

Born: 
08/29/1920
City: 
Kansas City
Region: 
Kansas
Country: 
USA
Died: 
03/12/1955
Years Active: 
1935-1955
Style: 
Big Band
Bop
Instruments: 
Sax
Former Members: 
Chet Baker
Don Byas
Red Callender
Tadd Dameron
Miles Davis
Kenny Dorham
Erroll Garner
Dexter Gordon
Wardell Gray
Kenny Hagood
Al Haig
Hampton Hawes
J. C. Heard
Duke Jordan
Stan Levey
Dodo Marmarosa
Charles Mingus
Brew Moore
Gene Ramey
Max Roach
Red Rodney
Curley Russell
Lucky Thompson
Associated Artists: 
Milt Buckner
Billy Eckstine
Sadik Hakim
Earl 'Fatha' Hines
Barney Kessel
Don Lamond
Carmen McRae
Thelonious Monk
Fats Navarro
Played With: 
Howard McGhee
Jay McShann
Ben Webster
Cootie Williams
Recorded With: 
Tiny Grimes

Charles Parker, Jr., also known as Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of his time. He acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career and the shortened form, "Bird", which continued to be used for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite", "Ornithology", "Bird Gets the Worm" and "Bird of Paradise."

Discography

Bird on 52nd St.
Released: 1948

Concerts

Event Date Venue City Region Country
Jay McShann & His Orchestra 04/17/1942 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Jay McShann & His Orchestra 04/18/1942 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Jay McShann & His Orchestra 04/19/1942 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Jay McShann & His Orchestra 04/20/1942 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Jay McShann & His Orchestra 04/21/1942 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Jay McShann & His Orchestra 04/22/1942 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Jay McShann & His Orchestra 04/23/1942 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 01/15/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 01/16/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 01/17/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 01/18/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 01/19/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 01/20/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 01/21/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 04/23/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 04/24/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 04/25/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 04/26/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 04/27/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 04/28/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Earl Hines Orchestra 04/29/1943 Apollo Theater Harlem New York USA
Tiny Grimes Recording Session 09/15/1944 WOR Studios NYC New York USA
New Jazz Foundation Concert 05/16/1945 NYC Town Hall NYC New York USA
Dizzy Gillespie / Charlie Parker 06/05/1945 Academy of Music Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Dizzy Gillespie-Charlie Parker Combo / Erroll Garner 07/05/1945 Three Deuces NYC New York USA

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