| ✎ | Charles Parker Jr. (aka Bird aka Yardbird) |
| ☆ | 08/29/1920 |
| † | 03/12/1955 |
| ∞ | American jazz saxophone player, bandleader and composer. He was one of the most influential musicians in the development of bebop. He was a virtuoso musician who was particualary revolutionary with his rhythmic and harmonic ideas. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later also the Beat Generation |
| ♫ | The Immortal Charlie Parker Bird: Master Takes Encores Dizzy Gillespie – Groovin’ High The Genius Of Charlie Parker The Charlie Parker Story Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 1 Charlie Parker Memorial, Vol. 2 Bird At The Roost, Vol. 1 Newly Discovered Sides By Charlie Parker The ‘Bird’ Returns Bird At The Roost, Vol. 2 Bird At The Roost An Evening At Home With Charlie Parker Sextet Dial Red Norvo’s Fabulous Jam Session Alternate Masters, Vol. 2 The Bird Blows The Blues Cool Blues c/w Bird’s Nest Alternate Masters, Vol. 1 Crazeology c/w Crazeology, II: 3 Ways Of Playing A Chorus Charlie Parker, Vol. 4 Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 2 Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 4 Various Artists – Potpourri Of Jazz The Charlie Parker Story, #1 The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #7 – Jazz Perennial Jazz At The Philharmonic, Vol. 7 Jazz At The Philharmonic – The Ella Fitzgerald Set The Complete Charlie Parker On Verve – Bird The Genius of Charlie Parker, #4 – Bird And Diz The Charlie Parker Story, #3 The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #8 – Swedish Schnapps The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #6 – Fiesta South Of The Border The Genius Of Charlie Parker, #3 – Now’s the Time The Quartet Of Charlie Parker |
