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Parker, Charlie “Bird”
(Encyclopedia) Parker, Charlie “Bird” (Charles Christopher Parker, Jr.), 1920–55, American musician and composer, b. Kansas City, Kans. He began playing alto saxophone in 1933 and, shifting from one…Charlie Bird Parker Biography
Charlie “Bird” Parkerjazz saxophonistBorn: 8/29/1920Birthplace: Kansas City, Kansas Grammy Award-winning jazz alto saxophonist credited with releasing the first bebop records with fellow…Charlie Parker
Name at birth: Charles Christopher Parker, Jr.Charlie Parker, nicknamed "Yardbird" ("Bird" for short), had an undistinguished early career, but ended up being one of the creators of bebop jazz in the…Gillespie, Dizzy
(Encyclopedia) Gillespie, Dizzy (John Birks Gillespie)Gillespie, Dizzygəlĕsˈpē [key], 1917–93, American jazz musician and composer, b. Cheraw, S.C. He began to play the trumpet at 15 and later…Bonnie Parker Biography
Bonnie Parkerrobber, murdererBorn: 10/1/1910Birthplace: Rowena, Texas One half of the infamous Bonnie and Clyde duo, Bonnie Parker assisted her partner, Clyde Barrow , in a nationwide crime…Davis, Miles
(Encyclopedia) Davis, Miles, 1926–91, American jazz musician, b. Alton, Ill. Rising to prominence with the birth of modern jazz in the mid-1940s, when he was a sideman in Charlie Parker's bop quintet…Mary-Louise Parker Biography
Mary-Louise ParkeractressBorn: 8/2/1964Birthplace: Ft. Jackson, S.C. Often confused with that other Parker, Sarah Jessica, Mary Louise, the part-Swedish daughter of a military officer and…Vaughan, Sarah
(Encyclopedia) Vaughan, Sarah (Sarah Lois Vaughan), 1924–90, American jazz singer, b. Newark, N.J. Nicknamed “Sassie” and “the divine one,” she studied piano and organ, began singing in her church…Rollins, Sonny
(Encyclopedia) Rollins, Sonny (Theodore Walter Rollins), 1930–, African-American tenor saxophonist and composer, b. New York City. A master of jazz…Roach, Max
(Encyclopedia) Roach, Max (Maxwell Lemuel Roach), 1924–2007, African-American jazz drummer, b. Newland, N.C. Raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., he was playing jazz in Harlem clubs by 1943. Roach had an…Trending
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