Kansas City lightning : the rise and times of Charlie Parker /

The first installment in the long-awaited portrait of one of the most talented and influential musicians of the twentieth century. Charlie Parker personified the tortured American artist, a revolutionary performer who used his alto saxophone to create a new music known as bebop even as he wrestled w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crouch, Stanley (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Born in bleeding Kansas
  • Infinite plasticity
  • An apprenticeship in blues and swing
  • Sorry, but I can't take you.