In the collection
7 records
Jimmy Smith At The Organ (Volume 1)
Jimmy Smith, 1958
The Fabulous Paul Bley Quintet
The Fabulous Paul Bley Quintet, 1971
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius, 1976
Havana Jam 2
Various, 1979
Stuttgart Aria
Lagrene Bireli & Jaco Pastorius, 1986
The Bird Flies Deep
Charlie Parker, 1987
1949 Concert
Charlie Parker
Played with
Jaco Pastorius
3 records together
Percy Heath
2 records together
Hubert Laws
2 records together
Wayne Shorter
2 records together
Dizzy Gillespie
2 records together
Tommy Potter
2 records together
Roy Haynes
2 records together
Al Haig
2 records together
Art Blakey
2 records together
Biréli Lagrène
1 record together
Irakere
1 record together
CBS Jazz All-Stars
1 record together
About
American alto saxophonist, composer and bebop pioneer (b. August 29, 1920, Kansas City - d. March 12, 1955, New York City, aged 34). Widely considered to be one of the most influential of jazz saxophonists, jazz musicians, and indeed musicians in general. Also known as 'Bird' (a shortening of 'Yardbird', Parker acquired the nickname early in his career with many contradictory stories regarding the name's origin). Parker was an extremely fast virtuoso and introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions.
Parker died on March 12, 1955 in the age of only 34 in the suite of his friend and patron Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter at the Stanhope Hotel in New York City. The official causes of death were lobar pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer, but Parker also had an advanced case of cirrhosis and had suffered a heart attack. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age.
Common-law husband of Chan Parker.
From Discogs.