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Title:

Celebrating Bird [dvd] : the triumph of Charlie Parker / directed by Gary Giddins and Kendrick Simmons ; written by Gary Giddins ; produced by Toby Byron.

Format:

[dvd] :

Edition:

Limited ed.

Publisher:

Medici Arts,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

1 videodisc (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Parker, Charlie,--1920-1955.
Saxophonists--United States--Biography.
Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
African American musicians--Biography.
Biographical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.

Other Authors:

Giddins, Gary.
Simmons, Kendrick.
Byron, Toby.
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993.
Haynes, Roy.
McShann, Jay.
Morgan, Frank, 1933-2007.
Parker, Chan.
Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955.
Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971.
Basie, Count, 1904-1984.
Young, Lester, 1909-1959.
Monk, Thelonious.
Webster, Ben, 1909-1973.
Tatum, Art, 1909-1956.
Medici Arts (Firm)

Other Titles:

Masters of American music (Television program)

Notes:

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)535271364

UPC:

880242570789

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)