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010 a| 95043925;

020 a| 0306806797 (alk. paper);

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035 a| (OCoLC)33333550;

049 a| EREM;

050 00 a| ML419.P4b| R9 1996;

082 00 a| 788.7/3165/092a| B2| 20;

100 1 a| Russell, Ross.=| ^A29985;

245 10 a| Bird lives :b| the high life and hard times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker /c| Ross Russell.;

250 a| First Da Capo Press edition.;

260 a| New York :b| Da Capo Press,c| 1996.;

300 a| 404 pages, 16 pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Originally published: New York : Charterhouse, 1973.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-383), discography (pages 284-388), and index.;

505 0 a| At Billy Berg's: an obbligato -- Part I. Heavenly city -- Getting straight -- Kansas City mystique -- Trials of manhood -- Modes -- The making of a jazzman -- Part II. Woodshedding in the Ozarks -- The apple -- Hootie -- The band that played the blues -- The bebop laboratory -- The last of the big bands -- The street -- A Dizzy atmosphere -- Part III. The independent record Derby -- Yardbird in lotus land --- Sparrow's last jump -- Relaxin' at Camarillo -- Klactoveesedstene -- Bird at work -- Birdland -- Part IV. Travels with a genius -- A queer night in Brussels -- The jazz baroness -- King pleasure -- Down and out in New York -- At the Hotel Stanhope -- Coda: Six pretty horses pullin' me.;

520 a| This work on Charlie Bird Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also of zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. It shows his complex personality; his great appetites; the extent of his influence; and his work.;

600 10 a| Parker, Charlie,d| 1920-1955.=| ^A93449;

650 0 a| Jazz musiciansz| United Statesv| Biography.=| ^A413048;

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Bird lives : the high life and hard times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker / Ross Russell.

Author/creator	Russell, Ross
Format	Book
Edition	First Da Capo Press edition.
Publication Info	New York : Da Capo Press, 1996.
Description	404 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955. Jazz musicians--United States. --Biography.

Contents	At Billy Berg's: an obbligato -- Part I. Heavenly city -- Getting straight -- Kansas City mystique -- Trials of manhood -- Modes -- The making of a jazzman -- Part II. Woodshedding in the Ozarks -- The apple -- Hootie -- The band that played the blues -- The bebop laboratory -- The last of the big bands -- The street -- A Dizzy atmosphere -- Part III. The independent record Derby -- Yardbird in lotus land --- Sparrow's last jump -- Relaxin' at Camarillo -- Klactoveesedstene -- Bird at work -- Birdland -- Part IV. Travels with a genius -- A queer night in Brussels -- The jazz baroness -- King pleasure -- Down and out in New York -- At the Hotel Stanhope -- Coda: Six pretty horses pullin' me.
Abstract	This work on Charlie Bird Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also of zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. It shows his complex personality; his great appetites; the extent of his influence; and his work.
General note	Originally published: New York : Charterhouse, 1973.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 382-383), discography (pages 284-388), and index.
LCCN	95043925
ISBN	0306806797 (alk. paper)

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