Celebrating Bird [dvd] : the triumph of Charlie Parker / directed by Gary Giddins and Kendrick Simmons ; written by Gary Giddins ; produced by Toby Byron.
Title from container. With Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Haynes, Jay McShann, Frank Morgan, Chan Parker and others; performances by Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, Thelonious Monk, Ben Webster, Art Tatum, and many others. "Newly digitally remastered"--Container. Originally released in 1987.
Summary:
A revealing look at an enigmatic yet endlessly appealing man, who soared to the heights of creative freedom but couldn't beat a lifelong addiction to heroin. Includes Parker's only surviving TV appearance playing Hot house.
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