Yardbird

E121971

Yardbird is the famous nickname of jazz saxophonist and bebop pioneer Charlie Parker.

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Yardbird canonical 3
Yardbird Suite 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
human
jazz musician
nickname
saxophonist
activeYearsEnd 1955
activeYearsStart 1930s
alsoKnownAs Bird
appliesTo saxophonists
associatedAct Dizzy Gillespie
Miles Davis
Thelonious Monk
burialPlace Lincoln Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
causeOfDeath health complications related to substance abuse
culturalSignificance iconic jazz nickname
dateOfBirth 1920-08-29
dateOfDeath 1955-03-12
fieldOfUse jazz
fullName Charlie Parker
surface form: Charles Parker Jr.
genre bebop
jazz
hallOfFame DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame
influenced modern jazz
influencedBy Lester Young
instrument alto saxophone
language English
movement bebop
nationality American
nickname Bird
Yardbird self-linksurface differs
notableFor association with Charlie Parker
notableWork Ko-Ko
Now's the Time
Ornithology
Parker's Mood
occupation bandleader
recording artist
placeOfBirth Kansas City, Kansas
surface form: Kansas City, Kansas, United States
placeOfDeath New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
recordLabel Dial Records
Savoy Records
Verve Records
refersTo Charlie Parker
style complex harmony
fast tempos
virtuosic improvisation
usedBy jazz musicians
usedInContextOf bebop

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlie Parker nickname Yardbird
Charlie Parker notableWork Yardbird
this entity surface form: Yardbird Suite
Bird nickname Yardbird
subject surface form: Charlie Parker
Bird notableWork Yardbird
subject surface form: Charlie Parker
this entity surface form: Yardbird Suite
Yardbird nickname Yardbird self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Charlie Parker