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Charlie Parker

Born 1920-08-29 Kansas City, Kansas, USA 11 films

Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. He was a virtuoso and introduced revolutionary rhythmic and harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of a…

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11 films

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In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker…

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Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

★ 6.8 2022

Kansas City PBS is proud to present a documentary that looks back at the years Charlie “Bird” Parke…

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Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere

★ 6.0 2020

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz tru…

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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

★ 7.1 2019

In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way…

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Take Your Pills

★ 6.5 2018

Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the so…

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The Harlem Renaissance

★ 6.0 2004

Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in Jul…

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Improvisation

★ 0.0 2004

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music poster

Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creatio…

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Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

★ 7.5 1993

Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker poster

A documentary about the legendary Jazz player Charlie (Bird) Parker.

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Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

★ 9.5 1989

An improvised jazz session with some of the greats from the 1950s era including Ella Fitzgerald.

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Improvisation

★ 5.0 1950

Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in th…

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Cool

★ 0.0 Soon

“ Bird 100 ” , a tribute to Charlie Parker on the centenary of his birth ( Aug. 29, 1920). The sto…

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Bird 100

★ 0.0 Soon