Bird : The Life and Music of Charlie Parker /

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Saxophone virtuoso Charlie Bird Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, and then died when only 34 years old. This biography weaves together firsthand accounts from those who knew him with new information about his life and c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haddix, Chuck
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Parker, Charlie, > 1920-1955.
Jazz musicians.
MUSIC > Individual Composer & Musician.
MUSIC > Musical Instruments > Woodwinds.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
Musiciens de jazz > États-Unis > Biographies.
Jazz musicians > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Saxophone virtuoso Charlie Bird Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a heroin addict at 16, changed the course of music, and then died when only 34 years old. This biography weaves together firsthand accounts from those who knew him with new information about his life and career to create a narrative portrait of a tragic genius.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9780252095177

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