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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Charles Parker Jr. 1
Charlie Parker Jr. 1

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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 ⓘ

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Chet Baker → associatedAct → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Max Roach → associatedAct → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Norman Granz → associatedAct → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Lionel Hampton → associatedWith → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie → collaboratedWith → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Earl Hines → collaboratedWith → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Ray Brown → collaboratedWith → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Norman Granz → employed → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Charlie Parker → fullName → Charlie Parker self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Parker Jr.
Parker → hasNotableBearer → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Parker → hasNotableBearer → Charlie Parker ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charlie Parker Jr.
American Jazz Museum → hasNotableFocus → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Nice Jazz Festival → hasParticipant → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Miles Davis → influencedBy → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Verve Records → notableArtist → Charlie Parker ⓘ
Kansas City jazz → notableMusician → Charlie Parker ⓘ