Charlie Parker (1920-1955) (with Miles Davis) in 1947, at the Three Deuces Club in New York – Photograph by William P Gottlieb – William P Gottlieb Collection, Library of Congress
Bird’s birthday today. The Allen Ginsberg Project salutes Charlie Parker, bebop maestro, with this fine BBC documentary. [2022 – sadly, no longer available]
Check out also this excellent four-part radio documentary – here, here, here and here