Actor
Charlie Parker
106 years · Kansas City, Kansas, USA · 10 films
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. He was a virtuoso and introduced revolutionary rhythmic and harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. Parker primarily played the alto saxophone. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual rather than just an entertainer.
Best known for
Take Your Pills
2018 · Self (archive footage)
On Netflix
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · Self - Musician (archive footage)
Improvisation
1950 · Self
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022 · Self - Subject (archive footage)
Eastwood Symphonic
2023 · Music
Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere
2020 · Self - Archival Footage
On WETA+
Filmography 10
Eastwood Symphonic
2023 · Music
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022 · Self - Subject (archive footage)
Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere
2020 · Self - Archival Footage
On WETA+
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · Self - Musician (archive footage)
Take Your Pills
2018 · Self (archive footage)
On Netflix
The Harlem Renaissance
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Improvisation
2004 · Self
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993 · Self
Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
1989 · Charlie Parker
Improvisation
1950 · Self