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Charlie Parker
Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential…
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Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. He was a virtuoso and introduced revolutionary rhythmic and harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. Parker primarily played the alto saxophone. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual rather than just an entertainer.
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2023
Eastwood Symphonic
Movie Music
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2022
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
Movie Self - Subject (archive footage)
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2020
Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere
Movie Self - Archival Footage
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2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie Self - Musician (archive footage)
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2018
Take Your Pills
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2004
Improvisation
Movie Self
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2004
The Harlem Renaissance
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1993
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Movie Self
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1989
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
Movie Charlie Parker
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1950
Improvisation
Movie Self
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Cool
Movie Self
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Bird 100
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