Bird lives! : the high life and hard times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker /
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New York :
Charterhouse,
©1973.
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Table of Contents:
- At Billy Berg's: an obbligato
- pt. I. Heavenly city ; Getting straight ; Kansas City mystique ; Trials of manhood ; Modes ; The making of a jazzman
- pt. 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
- pt. III. The independent record derby ; Yarbird in lotus land ; Sparrow's last jump ; Relaxin' at Camarillo ; Klactoveesedstene ; Bird at work ; Birdland
- pt. 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.