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This review is from: Bird: The Legend Of Charlie Parker (Da Capo Paperback) (Paperback)
This book is less acclaimed than Ross Russell's book, but is far better than the latter. Reisner knew Bird well and he interviewed most of his associates. It's Bird in the words of those who knew him. A great piece of work!
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Bird; The Ledgend Of Charlie Parker is a must read.,
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This review is from: Bird: The Legend Of Charlie Parker (Da Capo Paperback) (Paperback)
This book shows the life of Parker through the eyes of many of his collegues, friends, and family. Robert Riesner should be commmended for his work on this material because it's informitive and gives views of Parker through people that were in his life. This book is a must read for all "true" Bird fans.
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"'Bird' by others",
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This review is from: Bird: The Legend Of Charlie Parker (Da Capo Paperback) (Paperback)
This is the only book that I have read about Parker. So I can't compare it to other works. BUT it is a very enjoyable read. As the cover states there are extensive interviews with people who knew him best, including various ex-wives. Various incidents that are in the movie are described here, so I assume Eastwood, or whoever wrote the script, probably consulted this book. But, what is interesting is that the Book states that Chan and 'Bird' were never legally married. Don't think that fact was in the Movie.
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I first met Charlie Parker on a rainy night in 1953. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Charlie Parker, New York, Kansas City, Earl Hines, Max Roach, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Tommy Potter, Open Door, Bud Powell, Los Angeles, Art Blakey, Norman Granz, Greenwich Village, Lester Young, Erroll Garner, Kenny Dorham, New Orleans, Ross Russell, Bob Reisner, Count Basie, Down Beat, Duke Jordan, Duke Ellington New!
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I first met Charlie Parker on a rainy night in 1953. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
alto player, tenor man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Charlie Parker, New York, Kansas City, Earl Hines, Max Roach, Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Tommy Potter, Open Door, Bud Powell, Los Angeles, Art Blakey, Norman Granz, Greenwich Village, Lester Young, Erroll Garner, Kenny Dorham, New Orleans, Ross Russell, Bob Reisner, Count Basie, Down Beat, Duke Jordan, Duke Ellington New!
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- The Red Cross (Charities) by Stephen Parker on page 180, and Back Matter
- Out of Nowhere (Silhouette Intimate Moments No. 1090) (Intimate Moments, 1090) by Beverly Bird on page 81, and Back Matter
- Out of Nowhere (43 Light Street, Book 27) (Harlequin Intrigue Series #765) by Rebecca York in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Duke Ellington (The Roots of jazz) by Barry Ulanov on page 227
- They All Played Ragtime by Rudi Blesh on page 52
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- The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker: A Discography (Discographies: Association for Recorded Sound Collections Discographic Reference) by Edward Komara on 9 pages
- Going for Jazz: Musical Practices and American Ideology by Nicholas Gebhardt on 4 pages
- Giant Steps: Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz, 1945-65 by Kenny Mathieson on page 44, page 61, and Back Matter
- Julio Cortázar: New Readings (Cambridge Studies in Latin American and Iberian Literature) by Carlos J. Alonso on page 233, and page 234
- The American Musical Landscape: The Business of Musicianship from Billings to Gershwin, Updated With a New Preface (Ernest Bloch Lectures) by Richard Crawford in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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