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Book SynopsisThis work on Charlie Bird Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also of zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. It shows his complex personality; his great appetites; the extent of his influence; and his work.
Table of Contents* At Billy Bergs: An Obbligato Part I * Heavenly City * Getting Straight * Kansas City Mystique * Trials of Manhood * Modes * The Making of a Jazzman Part II * Woodshedding in the Ozarks * The Apple * Hootie * The Band That Played the Blues * The Bebop Laboratory * The Last of the Big Bands * The Street * A Dizzy Atmosphere Part III * The Independent Record Derby * Yardbird in Lotus Land * Sparrows Last Jump * Relaxin at Camarillo * Klactoveesedstene * Bird at Work * Birdland Part IV * Travels with a Genius * A Queer Night in Brussels * The Jazz Baroness * King Pleasure * Down and Out in New York * At the Hotel Stanhope * Coda: Six Pretty Horses Pullin Me
