Parker, Charlie 1920-1955

Overview

Works:	4,353 works in 7,935 publications in 11 languages and 58,350 library holdings
Genres:	Biography Criticism, interpretation, etc Drama Live sound recordings History Interviews Music Documentary television programs Biographical films Musical films
Subject Headings:	Jazz musicians
Roles:	Performer, Author, Instrumentalist, Composer, Interviewee, Originator, Conductor, Singer, Musician, Honoree, Proofreader, Dedicatee, Other, Contributor, Scenarist, Producer, Bibliographic antecedent, per, Narrator, Conceptor, Attributed name, Actor, Compiler
Classifications:	ML419.P4, B

Publication Timeline

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Key

Publications about Charlie Parker

Publications by Charlie Parker

Publications by Charlie Parker, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker played be bop by Christopher Raschka ( Recording )
Bird lives! : the high life and hard times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker by Ross Russell ( Book )
Chasin' the Bird : the life and legacy of Charlie Parker by Brian Priestley ( Book )
Bird by Clint Eastwood ( Visual )
Celebrating Bird : the triumph of Charlie Parker by Gary Giddins ( Book )

Bird : the legend of Charlie Parker by Robert George Reisner ( Book )
The Dial recordings of Charlie Parker a discography by Edward M Komara ( )
Kansas City lightning : the rise and times of Charlie Parker by Stanley Crouch ( Book )
Bird : the life and music of Charlie Parker by Chuck Haddix ( )
Yardbird suite : a compendium of the music and life of Charlie Parker by Lawrence O Koch ( Book )
Charlie Parker : his music and life by Carl Woideck ( Book )
Jazz by John Fordham ( Book )
Jazz by Ken Burns ( Visual )
Jazz by Ken Burns ( Visual )
Charlie Parker by Ron Frankl ( Book )
Charlie Parker by Brian Priestley ( Book )
Charlie Parker and thematic improvisation by Henry Martin ( Book )
Charlie Parker played be bop by Christopher Raschka ( Recording )
The Charlie Parker companion : six decades of commentary ( Book )
The bebop revolution in words and music ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
166 editions published between 1946 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 1,539 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Jazz music performed by various group, all containing Charlie Parker

Testimony, a tribute to Charlie Parker : with new & selected jazz poems by Yusef Komunyakaa ( )
6 editions published in 2013 in English and held by 1,214 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collaborative tribute of words and music reflecting the tension and beauty of jazz

Charlie Parker omnibook : for C instruments (treble clef) by Charlie Parker ( )
71 editions published between 1978 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 817 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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The Quintet jazz at Massey Hall by Quintet (Jazz group) ( Recording )
32 editions published between 1959 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 703 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bird and Diz by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
54 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 643 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This set contains the complete original LP Bird and Diz (Verve MGV-8006), consisting of a quintet session which marked Parker and Gillespie's last studio date ever (although they would later be recorded together live on numerous occasions, including the celebrated 1953 Massey Hall concert). This session was also Parker's only studio encounter with the great Thelonious Monk. As a bonus, all existing complete alternate takes not present on the 12" LP, as well as the only two breakdown takes with full Parker solos, and three further complete quintet and quartet sessions recorded by Bird for Verve during the same period, one of them featuring Miles Davis on trumpet"--Container

Bird the original recordings of Charlie Parker by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
28 editions published between 1987 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 588 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Yardbird suite by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
20 editions published between 1981 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 566 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Celebrating Bird the triumph of Charlie Parker by Gary Giddins ( Visual )
12 editions published between 1987 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 549 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In film clips, photos, interviews and his only surviving TV appearance (with Dizzy Gillespie, playing Hot house), Parker's life is traced from Kansas City to the New York jazz scene of the 1950s

Mas mambo mania! more kings & queens of mambo ( Recording )
1 edition published in 2001 in Spanish and held by 518 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The best of Ken Burns' Jazz ( Recording )
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 513 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Music from the PBS special Jazz, by filmmaker Ken Burns

Bebop ( Recording )
5 editions published between 1976 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 467 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Now's the time by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
67 editions published between 1949 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 444 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Le souffle au coeur Murmur of the heart ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1990 and 2006 in French and held by 439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Loosely based on the director's childhood, this film portrays a precocious fifteen-year-old boy as he journeys from childhood to adulthood, his story of sexual maturation, and the unorthodox relationship he has with his free-spirited mother

Charlie Parker with strings the master takes by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
17 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 415 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bird original motion picture soundtrack by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
46 editions published between 1976 and 2004 in 5 languages and held by 405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945 by Dizzy Gillespie ( Recording )
4 editions published in 2005 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The essential Charlie Parker by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
14 editions published between 1961 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 355 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

What happened to Kerouac? ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1986 and 2003 in English and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Investigates the personal history and creative process of Jack Kerouac, father of the Beat Generation, author of "On the road", and a pivotal figure of the fifties countercultural revolution. Shows what happened when fame and notoriety were thrust upon an essentially reticent man

The Charlie Parker story by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
28 editions published between 1900 and 2003 in 4 languages and held by 324 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Confirmation best of the Verve years by Charlie Parker ( Recording )
14 editions published in 1995 in 3 languages and held by 311 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Audience Level

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Audience level: 0.30 (from 0.06 for Charlie Pa ... to 0.63 for Charlie Pa ...)

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