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Chasin' The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker
Brian Priestley
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Chasin' The Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker
Brian Priestley
Priestley offers new insight into Parker's career, beginning as a teenager single-mindedly devoted to mastering the saxophone through his death at 34 in such wretched condition that the doctor listed his age as 53.
242 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 18, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195327090 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 234 × 18 mm · 386 g |
| Language | English |
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