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Celebrating Bird [Videorecording] : the triumph of Charlie Parker / Toby Byron/Multiprises ; Sony Video Software Company ; Pioneer Artists.

Contributor(s): Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 | Giddins, Gary | Simmons, Kendrick | Toby Byron/Multiprises | Sony Video Software Company | Pioneer Artists (Firm)Material type: FilmFilmReference number:24392486Series: Masters of American music seriesPublication details: W. Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c1987. Description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (58 min., 30 sec.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 inISBN: 1561272930Subject(s): Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 | Jazz -- United States | Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography | Documentary films | Biographical filmsProduction credits: Written by Gary Giddins ; produced by Toby Byron ; directed by Gary Giddins and Kendrick Simmons ; editor, Kendrick Simmons.Ted Ross.Summary: In film clips, photos, and interviews, Parker's life is traced from Kansas City to the New York jazz scene of the 1950s, showing how the Swing Era gave way to bebop, and how Parker used the traditions of jazz to fashion a startling and innovative music. Includes many of Parker's finest recordings.
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VHS format.

Based on the book of the same title by Gary Giddins.

Ted Ross.

Written by Gary Giddins ; produced by Toby Byron ; directed by Gary Giddins and Kendrick Simmons ; editor, Kendrick Simmons.

In film clips, photos, and interviews, Parker's life is traced from Kansas City to the New York jazz scene of the 1950s, showing how the Swing Era gave way to bebop, and how Parker used the traditions of jazz to fashion a startling and innovative music. Includes many of Parker's finest recordings.

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