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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 29, 1920
Died
March 12, 1955
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Also Known As
- Charlie "Bird" Parker
- Bird Parker
Charlie Parker
0.1 Popularity
Biography
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 altered chords, and chord substitutions. Parker primarily played the alto saxophone. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual rather than just an entertainer.
Known For
6.8
Self - Subject (archive footage)
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
6.0
Self - Archival Footage
Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere
2020
7.2
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
6.5
Self (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
2018
0.0
Self
Improvisation
2004
6.0
Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
6.0
Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
10.0
Charlie Parker
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
1989
5.0
Self
Improvisation
1950
🎬
0.0
Bird 100
N/A
Credits
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
2022
6.8
Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere
as Self - Archival Footage
2020
6.0
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019
7.2
Take Your Pills
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.5
Improvisation
as Self
2004
0.0
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
2004
6.0
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self
1993
6.0
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
as Charlie Parker
1989
10.0
Improvisation
as Self
1950
5.0
🎬
Bird 100
N/A
0.0
🎬
Cool
as Self
N/A
0.0