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MPAA Rating - n/a

Length:
    59 Minutes

Genre:
    Music [nf]

Original Release Date:
    Jan 19, 1999

Director
    Gary Giddins

 
Movie Summary
One year before the Clint Eastwood-directed Bird, Gary Giddins likewise covered the life and work of jazz great Charlie Bird Parker in this absorbing documentary. Rare filmclips of Parker in action on the alto and tenor sax are intertwined with the live reminiscences of his contemporaries. Among those interviewed are Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus. As a bonus, we see them in performance as well (and there are many, many bonuses in this film). As the title indicates, this is a celebration of Birds life, though one cannot help but come away from the film grieving over Parkers premature death at age 34 in 1955. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


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