Chasin' the Bird : The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker Paperback / softback
by Brian Priestley
Part of the Popular Music History series
Paperback / softback
Description
In his short life, Parker was one of the most influential musicians in jazz, and together with Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, he was the main architect of the modern jazz revolution of the 1940s known as bebop.
Addicted to drugs and alcohol, and with a tangled private life, Parker died young, and a legend grew up about his tragic genius. "Chasin' the Bird" is a completely revised and expanded edition of the short biography of Charlie Parker by Brian Priestley, first published in 1984, which quickly established itself as the most succinct, accurate and readable book on Parker.
This edition, which is twice the length of the original, incorporates material which has come to light since the first edition was published.
It also provides an expanded discussion of performances and recordings, with a complete discography, notes and bibliography.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, 8pp plates
- Publisher:Equinox Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:01/10/2005
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- ISBN:9781845533298
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:256 pages, 8pp plates
- Publisher:Equinox Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:01/10/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9781845533298
