The Sad Death of Bird
I have continued to poke arond on YouTube to see if I could find any more footage of Charlie “Bird” Parker. It turns out that the stuff I posted yesterday is not exactly the ONLY existing footage of him performing live, at least from what I can see. However, the one clip that struck me was the one you can see HERE.
The clip is from the Ken Burns’ documentary “Jazz” which you can buy in full at whatever PBS store is near you or on the PBS website. It was a powerful and fascinating documentary, if a bit flawed.
It’s just …read more
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