Charlie Parker

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composer human jazz musician saxophonist

Charlie Parker was a pioneering American jazz saxophonist and composer, a leading figure in the development of bebop and one of the most influential musicians in jazz history.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Charlie Parker canonical	92
Charles Parker Jr.	3
Charlie Parker, Jr.	2
Charlie Parker Dial recordings	1
Charlie Parker Jr.	1
Charlie Parker’s nickname "Bird"	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composer ⓘ human ⓘ jazz musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1955 ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1930s ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
burialPlace	Lincoln Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	pneumonia ⓘ
collaboratedWith	Bud Powell ⓘ Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ Max Roach ⓘ Miles Davis ⓘ Thelonious Monk ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1920-08-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1955-03-12 ⓘ
familyName	Parker ⓘ
fullName	Charlie Parker self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Charles Parker Jr.
genre	bebop ⓘ jazz ⓘ
givenName	Charles ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction	DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame ⓘ
influenced	Cannonball Adderley ⓘ Charles Mingus ⓘ John Coltrane ⓘ Sonny Rollins ⓘ modern jazz ⓘ
instrument	alto saxophone ⓘ
memberOf	Jay McShann Orchestra ⓘ
movement	bebop ⓘ
nickname	Bird ⓘ Yardbird ⓘ
notableWork	Confirmation ⓘ Ko-Ko ⓘ Now's the Time ⓘ Ornithology ⓘ Parker's Mood ⓘ Yardbird ⓘ surface form: Yardbird Suite
occupation	composer ⓘ musician ⓘ saxophonist ⓘ
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 ⓘ
residence	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse	Doris Sydnor ⓘ Rebecca Ruffin ⓘ

Referenced by (100)

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American Jazz Museum → hasNotableFocus → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Kansas City jazz → notableMusician → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Earl Hines → collaboratedWith → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Charlie Parker → fullName → Charlie Parker self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charles Parker Jr.

Verve Records → notableArtist → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Miles Davis → influencedBy → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Lionel Hampton → associatedWith → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Max Roach → associatedAct → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Parker → hasNotableBearer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charlie Parker Jr.

Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Norman Granz → employed → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Norman Granz → associatedAct → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Ray Brown → collaboratedWith → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Chet Baker → associatedAct → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Dizzy Gillespie → collaboratedWith → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Bird → birthName → Charlie Parker ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Charles Parker Jr.

Yardbird → refersTo → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Yardbird → fullName → Charlie Parker ⓘ

subject surface form: Charlie Parker

this entity surface form: Charles Parker Jr.

Ko-Ko → composer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Ko-Ko → primaryArtist → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Ko-Ko → performer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Ornithology → composer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Ornithology → firstRecordedBy → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Ornithology → firstRecordingArtist → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Ornithology → notablePerformer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Ornithology → titleAlludesTo → Charlie Parker ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charlie Parker’s nickname "Bird"

Ornithology → notableRecording → Charlie Parker ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charlie Parker Dial recordings

Confirmation → composer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Confirmation → firstPerformer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Confirmation → recordedBy → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Parker's Mood → composer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Parker's Mood → performer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Parker's Mood → mainArtist → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Parker's Mood → hasImprovisedSoloBy → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Lincoln Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, United States → notableBurial → Charlie Parker ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charlie Parker, Jr.

Lincoln Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri, United States → hasGraveOf → Charlie Parker ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charlie Parker, Jr.

Mary Lou Williams → collaboratedWith → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Mary Lou Williams → influenced → Charlie Parker ⓘ

I Got Rhythm → hasNotableRecordingBy → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Embraceable You → hasNotablePerformer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Lester Young → influenced → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Just One of Those Things → hasNotableRecordingBy → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Sophisticated Lady → notablePerformer → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Ken Burns documentary series "Jazz" → features → Charlie Parker ⓘ

subject surface form: Jazz (TV series)

DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame → notableHonoree → Charlie Parker ⓘ

Sonny Rollins → influencedBy → Charlie Parker ⓘ