Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (1987)
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Jazz great Charlie "Bird" Parker receives his due as other incredible jazz musicians relive his career highlights in this moving documentary. Through interviews and film clips, Parker contemporaries Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk celebrate the life and times of the… More Jazz great Charlie "Bird" Parker receives his due as other incredible jazz musicians relive his career highlights in this moving documentary. Through interviews and film clips, Parker contemporaries Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk celebrate the life and times of the brilliant saxophonist, whose life was cut short at age 34 as a result of heroin use. This collection contains footage featuring many of Bird's finest recordings.
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- Musical & Performing Arts
Unrated,
- On DVD
- Jan 19, 1999
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