Literature and Arts B-82: Sayin' Something: Jazz as Sound, Sensibility, and Social Dialogue

16. Charlie Parker

Bregman, Robert et al. The Charlie Parker Discography. Redwood, NY: Cadence Jazz Books, 1993.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4417.15.10  

Giddins, Gary. Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker. New York: Da Capo Press, 1998.
Location: Lamont Library; Call Number: ML 419.P4 G5 1998  

Jackson, Jean-Pierre. Charlie Parker. Arles: Classica- repertoire, 2005.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: ML 419.P4 J33 2005  

Jepsen, Jorgen Grunnet. A Discography of Charlie Parker. Copenhagen NV: Karl Emil Knudsen, Dortheavej 39, 1968.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4417.15.42 

Koch, Lawrence. Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker. Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1999.
Location: Lamont Library; Call Number: ML 156.7.P35 K6 1999  
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4417.15.46.1

Komara, Edward M, comp. The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker: A Discography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4417.15.46.10  

Martin, Henry. Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation. Newark, NJ: Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers, 1996.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4417.15.53  

Miller, Mark. Cool Blues: Charlie Parker in Canada. London, Ontario: Nightwood Editions, 1989.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: ML 419.P4 M5 1989  

Patrick, James. "Parker, Charlie." In The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, 2nd ed., edited by Barry Kernfeld. Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/J345700 (accessed September 9, 2008).

Priestley, Brian. Charlie Parker. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1984. [selected discography]
Location: Lamont Library; Call Number: ML 419.P4 P7 1984  

---. Chasin' the Bird: The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: ML 419.P4 P72 2006  

Reisner, Robert George. Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker. New York: Da Capo Press, 1977.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4417.15.75.5
Location: Widener Library; Call Number: ML 419.P4 R4 1977  

Russell, Ross. Bird Lives: The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker. New York: Da Capo Press, 1995.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4417.15.78  

Woideck, Carl, ed. Charlie Parker: His Music and Life. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1996.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4417.15.95  
Location: Widener Library; Call Number: ML 419.P4 W65 1996  

---. The Charlie Parker Companion: Six Decades of Commentary. New York: Schirmer Books, 1998.
Location: Loeb Music Library; Call Number: Mus 4417.15.13  

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