Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker Biography, American Masters
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quot;There was one thing he wanted to do. He didn’t worry about anything else -- as long as he could play that horn." - Jay McShann At age eleven, he had just
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The Night Charlie Parker Soared in South Central L.A.
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Charlie Parker” by Uploader Unknown - Jazz Photo
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Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker (Music in American Life): : Haddix, Chuck: 9780252080890: Books
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Charlie Parker's telegrams to Chan Parker, on hearing of the death
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JazzProfiles: Charlie Parker - The 1949 Downbeat Interview
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Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker Biography, American Masters
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Charlie Parker Kansas City Black History
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The Long Journey of Charlie Parker's Saxophone, At the Smithsonian
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Jazz Commentary: Charlie Parker -- The Eternal Radical at 100 - The Arts Fuse
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Bird of Paradise:Best of Dial Masters - Colored LP - Jazz Messengers
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The Night Charlie Parker Soared in South Central L.A.
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Charlie Parker – Bird Lives: The Complete Dial Masters (1988, Vinyl) - Discogs
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Stanley Crouch's 'Kansas City Lightning,' on Charlie Parker - The New York Times
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Charlie Parker At 100: What To Read, Watch And Dig The New York