Charlie Parker was one of the influential musicians in jazz, and was the main architect of the jazz revolution of the 1940s.
Addicted to drugs and alcohol, and with a tangled private life, he died young.
This biography of Charlie Parker provides a discussion of performances and recordings, with discography, notes and bibliography.
Equinox Publishing Ltd Chasin' the bird. the life and legacy of charlie parker, paperback/brian priestley
