Jazz Index: Charlie Parker

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Jazz Index – created on 25. August 2020

The following bibliographical information is drawn from periodicals and books present in the archive of the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt. Our extensive periodical collection comprises more than 55,000 issues of some 1,200 jazz periodicals. Close to two-thirds of the collection has been indexed.

Following the more recent entries are abbreviations denoting the nature of the material in the respective articles. These symbols are:

[A] = analytical remarks

[B] = extensive book review

[BT] = blindfold test

[C] = concert review

[D] = discography

[F] = feature article

[I] = interview

[“I”] = article written by the respective musician himself

[N] = (very short) news item

[O] = obituary

[R] = extensive record review

[T] = transcription

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Parker, Charlie (as * real name: Charles Christopher Parker; b: 29.Aug.1920, Kansas City/KS; d: 12.Mar.1955, New York; Lexikon: Feather [1960]; Companion [1987]; New Grove [1988]; rororo [1988]; Reclam [1989]; Dictionnaire [1988,1995]; MusicHound [1999]; Rough Guide [1999]; vertical file: Charlie PARKER [1988,1998,2000,2003-2005])

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LITERATURE:

[Charlie Parker]: “Body and Soul”. From “The Birth of Bebop” (Duo w/ Guitar 1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Cherokee”. From “The Birth of Bebop” (Duo w/ Guitar 1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Honeysuckle Rose”. With The Jay McShann Octet (11/30/1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “I Found a New Baby”. From “The Birth of Bebop” (Duo w/ Guitar 1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Moten Swing”. With The Jay McShann Octet (11/30/1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Oh, Lady Be Good”. With The Jay McShann Octet (11/30/1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Sweet Georgia Brown”. From “The Birth of Bebop”, 1940. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”. Recorded Live w/ the Jay McShann Orchestra [1942]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

NN: Musician of the Month, in: The Music Dial, Nov.1943 (F: Ben Webster pointing out as his favorite saxophonists: Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Little Willie Leaps”. “Miles Davis All Stars”, NYC (4/24/1945). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

NN: Flash!, in: Metronome, 62/6 (Jun.1945), p. 6 (N: Philadelphia concert with Don Byas, Buddy DeFranco, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

NN: Flash!, in: Metronome, 62/6 (Jun.1945), p. 6 (N: New Jazz Foundation concert in New York with Billie Holiday or Coleman Hawkins, Erroll Garner Trio, Remo Palmieri, Don Byas, Charlie Parker, Buck Clayton, Slam Stewart, Joe Guy) [digi.copy]

The Two Deuces (= Barry Ulanov & Leonard Feather): Dizzy Gillespie – “Blue ‘n’ Boogie” / “Groovin’ High” (Guild 1001), in: Metronome, 62/6 (Jun.1945), p. 14 (R: calling Parker “The Diz of the alto”) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov & Leonard Feather: Tiny Grimes/Charlie Parker, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 239-240 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Oct.1945)

Barry Ulanov: Dizzy Dazzles for an Hour. Rest of Concert Drags, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 181-183 (C; reprint, from: Metronome, Oct.1945)

Horst Lippmann: Letzte Neuheiten. Charlie Parker hat eigene Band, in: Die Jazz-Club News, #3/4 (Oct/Nov.1945), p. 22 (N) [digi.copy]

NN: 652nd Street Invades Toronto Studio, in: Down Beat, 12/24 (15.Dec.1945), p. 2 (N/photo) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “I Can’t Get Started (With You)”. From “Jazz at the Philharmonic”, 1946. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

NN: Parker Exciting L.A. With Be-Bop, in: The Capitol News from Hollywood, 4/4 (Apr.1946), p. 10 (short F: at Finale Club with Miles Davis, Joe Albany) [digi.copy]

NN: Sunset and Vine, in: The Capitol News from Hollywood, 4/4 (Apr.1946), p. 2 (news column: wants to stay in Hollywood permanently; just signed recording contract) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov & George T. Simon & Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker’s Re Boppers – “Now’s The Time”/”Billie’s Bounce”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 240-241 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Mar.1946)

Barry Ulanov & George T. Simon & Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker’s Ri Bop Boys – “Ko Ko”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 241-242 (R: excerpt referring to Parker; reprint, from: Metronome, May 1946)

NN: Noteworthy People. New Maetsro – Charlie (Bird) Parker, in: Hollywood Note, 1/4 (Jun.1946), p. 24 (short F)

Michael Levin: Charlie Parker – “Ornithology” / “A Night in Tunesia” (Dial 1002), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 183 (R: 2 stars / 3 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 15.Jul.1946)

NN: Charlie Parker Shows Recovery, in: Down Beat, 23.Sep.1946 (N) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 51}

George T. Simon & Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker – “Be-Bop”/”Lover Man”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 242 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Nov.1946)

NN: Benefit presented here for Charlie Parker, in: [unknown manuscript], 16.Dec.1946 (C) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 18}

[Charlie Parker]: “Bird of Paradise (Take B)”. Recorded in 1947, New York City. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Embraceable You”. Charlie Parker Quintet, NYC (10/28/1947). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Home Cooking I: Opus”. Recorded February 1st, 1947, Hollywood. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Home Cooking III: I Got Rhythm”. Recorded February 1st, 1947, Hollywood. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Lullaby in Rhythm, Part 1”. Recorded February 1st, 1947. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Lullaby in Rhythm, Part 2”. Recorded February 1st, 1947. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

NN: Parker Fund to Hospital, in: [unknown source], 1947 (F: benefit money turned over to West View Hospital) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 162}

NN: Benefit, in: [unknown source], Feb.1947 (short F: benefit for Charlie Parker at Club Royale in Los Angeles earning 500 dollar) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 17}

Ross Russell & Chan Richardson: [correspondence], in: NN: Pop, Including Bird – The Chan Parker Collection, London, 8.Sep.1954 [auction catalogue], p. 9 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 7}

Elliott Grennard: Sparrow’s Last Jump, in: Ralph J. Gleason: Jam Session. An Anthology of Jazz, London 1961 [book], p. 235-248 (short story; reprint, from: Harper’s Magazine, May 1947) [digi.copy]

NN: Yardbird Parker Is Blue Monday’s Jam ‘Sesh’ Star, in: New York Amsterdam News, 3.May 1947, p. 23 (short F) [digi.copy]

NN: The Bird, in: Metronome, 63/6 (Jun.1947), p. 27 (short F/photo) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Yardbird Flies Home. Back in New York, Charlie Parker reviews his life and his musical thinking, in: Metronome, 63/8 (Aug.1947), p. 14, 43-44 (F/I) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Yardbird Flies Home. Back in New York, Charlie Parker reviews his life and his musical thinking, in: Jerry’s Rhythm Rag, #2 (spring 1993), p. 28-30 (F/I; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1947) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Yardbird Flies Home. Back in New York, Charlie Parker reviews his life and his musical thinking, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 61-65 (F/I; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1947)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Buzzy” / “Donna Lee” (Savoy 512), in: Metronome, 63/8 (Aug.1947), p. 32 (R) [digi.copy]

Joe Segal: Jazz Moods. Be-Bop Arrives As ‘Bird’ Comes to Chi, in: [unknown source, ca.Oct.1947 (F: upcoming engagement at Argyle Show Lounge) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 167}

Michael Levin: Dizzy, Bird, Ella Pack Carnegie. Despite Bad Acoustics, Gillespie Concert Offers Some Excellent Music, in: Down Beat, 14/22 (22.Oct.1947), p. 1, 3 (C)

Michael Levin: Dizzy, Bird, Ella Pack Carnegie. Despite Bad Acoustics, Gillespie Concert Offers Some Excellent Music, Ken Vail: Dizzy Gillespie. The Bebop Years 1937-1952, Cambridge 2000 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 51 (C; reprint, from: Down Beat, 22.Oct.1947) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Big Foot”. From the Dean Benedetti Recordings [1948]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Allan Morisson & Nicole Barclay: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: Jazz News [France], #1 (Noel 1948), p. 6-7 (F)

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #special (Jan.1948), p. 8-10l, 13 (F/A); erratum, in: Jazz Hot, #19 (Jan.1948), p. 11

Charles Delaunay: Discographie de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #special (Jan.1948), p. 8 (D)

Hubert Rostaing: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #special (Jan.1948), p. 9 (F)

NN: Influence of the Year. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome, 64/1 (Jan.1948), p. 22 (F) [digi.copy]

Raymond Fol: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #special (Jan.1948), p. 8 (F)

NN: Harris, Parker Get Beat Plaques, in: Down Beat, 15/8 (21.Apr.1948), p. 18 (N)

NN: Harris, Parker Get Beat Plaques, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 36 (N; reprint, from: Down Beat, 21.Apr.1948) [digi.copy]

Tom Herrick: Charlie Parker – “The Parkers” (Savoy 509), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 183-184 (R: 3 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 21.Apr.1948)

NN: Bop vs. Boogie Show, in: Down Beat, 15/10 (19.May 1948), p. 3 (N)

Tom Herrick: Charlie Parker Quartet – “This Is Always” / “Dewey Square” (Dial 1019), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 184 (R: 2 stars / 3 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 11.Aug.1948)

Herman Leonard: bebop, being turned out regularly at the Royal Roost on Broadway in New York, is caught in action in these four studies by photographer Leonard, in: Metronome, 64/8 (Aug.1948), p. 27 (photos of Charlie Parker, Allen Eager, Kai Winding, Tadd Dameron) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s-ear View of Music. Nobody gets the bird from bird as broadminded parker takes the blindfold test, in: Metronome, 64/8 (Aug.1948), p. 14, 21-22 (BT: Stan Kenton: “Monotony”/”Elegy for Alto”; Benny Goodman: “Nagasaki”; Sonny Stitt: “Seven-Up”; Jay McShann: “Sepian Stomp”; George Wettling: “Heebie Jeebies”; Stravinsky: “The Song of the Nightingale”; Hot Lips Page: “Lafayette”; Count Basie: “House Rent Boogie”; Charlie Barnet: “The Gal from Joe’s”; Dizzy Gillespie: “Stay On It”; Johnny Hodges: “Passion Flower”)

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s-ear View of Music. Nobody gets the bird from bird as broadminded parker takes the blindfold test, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (11.Mar.1965), p. 32 (BT; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1948) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s-ear View of Music. Nobody gets the bird from bird as broadminded parker takes the blindfold test, in: Jazz Times, 25/5 (Jun.1995), p. 122, 120 (BT; reprint, from Metronome, Aug.1948)

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s-ear View of Music. Nobody gets the bird from bird as broadminded parker takes the blindfold test, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 65-69 (BT; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1948) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker – “This Is Always” / “Dewey Square” (Dial 1019), in: Metronome, 64/8 (Aug.1948), p. 30 (R) [digi.copy]

Martha Mee: Letters to the Editors. Ornithology, in: Metronome, 64/10 (Oct.1948), p. 26 (letter)

Eddie Ronan: Bird a Floperoo; Hawk Still Tops, in: Down Beat, 15/25 (15.Dec.1948), p. 7 (C) [digi.copy]

Tom Herrick: Charlie Parker – “Barbados” / “Parker’s Mood” (Savoy 936), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 184 (R: 2 stars / 3 stars ; reprint, from: Down Beat, 15.Dec.1948)

Marke Paise: Fans Score; Bird Fails to Show Up, in: Down Beat, 15/26 (29.Dec.1948), p. 11 (N)

Marke Paise: Fans Score; Bird Fails to Show Up, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 43 (N; reprint, from: Down Beat, 29.Dec.1948) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Klaunstance”. “Charlie Parker All-Stars”, Savoy, 1949. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Passport”. Charlie Parker Quintet on Verve, 1949. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “The Bird”. Charlie Parker Quintet on Verve, 1949. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Charles Delaunay: [letter to Charlie Parker], in: NN: ‘Bird’. The Chan Parker Collection Auction, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 31/4 (Aug/Sep.1994), p. 10 (F: excerpts from letter inviting Charlie Parker to Paris) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 8}

George Hoefer: Parker and Phillips Beep New Type Bop With Bongo Beat, in: [unknown source], 1949 (R: Charlier Parker & Machito) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 166}

Gil Fuller: Be-Bop Instrumental Choruses for Alto Sax by Charlie Parker. 6 Original Choruses on Outstanding Be-Bop Themes, New York & London 1949 [sheet music: J.J. Robbins / Bosworth & Co.] (T: “Oop Bop Sh’Bam”, “Things to Come”; “That’s Earl, Brother”; Ray’s Idea”; “One Bass Hit”; “Good Dues Blues”)

Harold Davison: [letter to Charlie Parker], in: NN: ‘Bird’. The Chan Parker Collection Auction, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 31/4 (Aug/Sep.1994), p. 10 (F: excerpts from letter inviting Charlie Parker to Paris) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 8}

Horst Lippmann: Über die beste Combo der Welt (Charlie Parker Quintett), in: Jazz Home, 1/2 (1949), p. 14-18 (F) [digi.copy]

J. Blume et al: Discographie de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, 15/39 (1949), p. 30-32 (D)

Van Alexander: The Be-Bop Style, New York 1949 [sheet music: Criterion Music Corporation] (F/A/T: “Yardbird Suite”, “Moose the Mooche”, “Confirmation”)

Tom Herrick: Charlie Parker – “Embraceable You” / “Bongo Bop” (Dial 1024), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 185 (R: 3 stars / 2 stars ; reprint, from: Down Beat, 28.Jan.1949)

George Simon: Metronome Poll. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome, 65/1 (Jan.1949), p. 18 (short F) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker All Stars – “Barbados” / “Parker’s Mood” (Savoy 936), in: Metronome, 65/1 (Jan.1949), p. 47 (R) [digi.copy]

“N.K.”: Charlie Parker Quartet” – “Bird’s Nest” / “Coal Blues” (Esquire 10-017), in: Jazz Journal, 2/2 (Feb.1949), p. 5 (R) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov & Barbara Hodgkins & Peter Dean: Charlie Parker – “Bongo Bop”/Embraceable You”, in: Metronome, Feb.1949 (R); in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 243 (R)

André Hodeir: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #33 (May 1949), p. 8-9 (F)

Boris Vian: Charlie Parker, de superman van de jazz, in: Boris Vian: Over jazz. Teksten 1946-1958, Amsterdam 1984 [book: Van Gennep], p. 43-45 (F; translation / reprint, from: Jazz Hot, May 1949)

Boris Vian: Charlie Parker. Le Superman du Jazz, in: Jazz Hot, #33 (May 1949), p. 21 (F)

Boris Vian: Charlie Parker. Le Superman du Jazz, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 75-77 (F; reprint, from Jazz Hot, May 1949)

Boris Vian: Charlie Parker. Supermann des Jazz, in: Boris Vian: Rundherum um Mitternacht. Schriften, Glossen und Kritiken über Jazz, Wien 1989 [book], p. 77-79 (F; translation / reprint, from: Jazz Hot, May 1949)

NN: Do You Get It?, in: Time, 23.May 1949 (C: Paris concert) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 16}

S.F.: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: Jazz News [France], #5 (May 1949), p. 6-7 (F)

NN: Charlie Parker’s New Stars – “Stupendous”; Howard McGhee Sextet – “High wind in Hollywood” (Parlophone R. 3142), in: Orkester Journalen, 17/6 (Jun.1949), p. 30-31 (R)

Rolf Dahlgren: Charlie Parker’s New Stars – “Stupendous”; The Howard McGhee Sextet – “High Wind in Hollywood (Parlophone R 3142), in: Estrad, 11/6 (Jun.1949), p. 15 (R)

Boris Vian: Parker et les Cubains, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 353-354 (F; reprint, from: Combat, 11.Jul.1949)

Michael Levin: Charlie Parker – “Crazelogy Part I / Part II” (Dial 1034), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 187 (R: 1 stars; 3 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 17.Jun.1949)

Frank Ténot (aka “Le Raisin Moisi”): Fausses Notes. Charlie Parker et Max Roach m’ont dit…, in: Jazz Hot, #36 (Sep.1949), p. 11 (F: satire)

Frank Ténot (aka “Le Raisin Moisi”): Fausses Notes. Charlie Parker et Max Roach m’ont dit…, in: Frank Ténot: Frankly Speaking. Chroniques de Jazz de 1944 à 2004, Paris 2004 [book: Editions du Layeur], p. 28-29 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Hot, Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949, S. 1 (F/I)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. The Chili Parlor Interview, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 13-15 (F/I; reprint of “Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker”, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Ekkehard Jost & Annette Hauber & Klaus Wolbert (eds.): That’s Jazz. Der Sound des 20. Jahrhunderts, Darmstadt 1988 [book], p. 187-189 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Down Beat, 57/12 (Dec.1990), p. 20 (F/I); Reprint, in: Down Beat, 61/2 (Feb.1994), p. 24, 26 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Down Beat: 60 Years of Jazz, Milwaukee 1995 (Hal Leonard Corp.) [book], p. 67-68 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 69-79 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Down Beat, 76/5 (May 2009), p. 44-46 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949) [digi.copy]

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright (eds.): Down Beat. The Great Jazz Interviews. A 75th Anniversary Anthology, New York 2009 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 32-36 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz at Massey Hall, in: Down Beat, 56/9 (Sep.1989), p. 52 (R; reprint, from: Down Beat, 1950s) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Ballade”. Recorded 1950 with Coleman Hawkins, NYC. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Celebrity”. From “Charlie Parker on Verve” [1950]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Just Friends”. From “Live at Birdland and Cafe Society” [1950]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Claes Dahlgren: Hermans stora band upplöst. Nytt från New York. Billy Eckstine – Charlie Parker – Herbie Fields – Birdland öppnar med Jazz Festival, in: Orkester Journalen, 18/1 (Jan.1950), p. 12-13, 17 (C)

NN: Charlie Parker All Stars – “Birds gets the worm” / James Moody and his Cool Cats – “Dexterious” (Metronome B 511), in: Orkester Journalen, 18/1 (Jan.1950), p. 23 (R)

NN: The All Stars. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome, 66/1 (Jan.1950), p. 16 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Un chorus entre mille. Chorus de Charlie Parker sur “Ornithology”, in: Jazz Hot, #40 (Jan.1950), p. 33 (T)

NN: Charlie Parker Solo on ‘Groovin’ High’, in: Down Beat, 17/5 (10.Mar.1950), p. 12 (T)

NN: Charlie Parker Solo on ‘Groovin’ High’, in: Down Beat, 36/14 (10.Jul.1969), p. 40 (T; reprint, from: Down Beat, 10.Mar.1950)

Tom Cundall: Charlie Parker – “Donna Lee” / “Buzzy” (Savoy 928), in: Jazz Journal, 3/3 (Mar.1950), p. 7 (R) [digi.copy]

Bill Russo & Lloyd Lifton: Jazz Off the Record. Charlie Parker Solo on ‘Relaxin’ at Camarillo’, in: Down Beat, 17/7 (7.Apr.1950), p. 12 (A/T) [digi.copy]

J.-L. Scali: Discographie de Charlie Parker. corrections/additions, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 30 (D)

NN: At Mosque. Tickets Ready For Bird, Slam, Shearing Date, in: Pittsburgh Courier, 8.Apr.1950, p. 20 (short F: concert preview) [digi.copy]

Ruth McClendon: Chords and Discords. Parker’s ‘Mood’, in: Down Beat, 17/8 (21.Apr.1950), p. 10 (letter: disappointing concert)

Barry Ulanov & Barbara Hodgkins & George T. Simon: Charlie Parker – “Klactoveedsedstene”/”Charlie’s Wig”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 244 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, May 1950)

Marshall Stearns & James Maher: Charlie Parker Interview [transcription], in: [website], radio interview, around May 1950 (I) [digi.copy]

Marshall Stearns: Charlie Parker Interview, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 74-77 (I from May 1950)

Victor Mitz: Advenimiento de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Crisis (Spain), 1/9 (Jun/Jul.1950), p. 70, 74 (F)

Barry Ulanov & Barbara Hodgkins & George T. Simon: Charlie Parker and Strings, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 245-246 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1950)

Barry Ulanov: In Person. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome, 66/8 (Aug.1950), p. 19 (C)

Barry Ulanov: In Person. Charlie Parker, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 183-184 (C; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1950)

Charles Delaunay: [letter to Charlie Parker], in: NN: ‘Bird’. The Chan Parker Collection Auction, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 31/4 (Aug/Sep.1994), p. 10 (F: excerpts from letter inviting Charlie Parker to Paris) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 8}

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker et son orchestre à cordes, in: Jazz Hot, #47 (Sep.1950), p. 17 (F)

NN: New Philly Spot Features Parker, in: Down Beat, 17/21 (20.Oct.1950), p. 16 (N: at Club Harlem, with strings) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Blue n’ Boogie”. From “Summit Meeting at Birdland” [1951]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker Interview, in: [website], radio interview, Voice of America, Mar/Apr.1951 (I) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker – “Drifting on a Reed” / “The Gypsy” (Dial 1043), in: Metronome, 67/4 (Apr.1951), p. 29 (R)

Marshall Stearns & John [sic! actually James T.] Maher: Interview – Charlie Parker, ca. May 1, 1951, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 91-109 (I)

NN: Charlie Parker – School, in: Metronome, 67/9 (Sep.1951), p. 11-12

NN: Charlie Parker’s Discography, in: Metronome, 67/9 (Sep.1951), p. 12

[Charlie Parker]: “52nd Street Theme”. From “Summit Meeting at Birdland” [1952]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Lucien Malson: Charlie Parker, in: Lucien Malson: Que sais-je? Les maitres du jazz, Paris 1952 [book], p. 107-120 (F)

Mike Butcher: Matters for Moderns. … then I heard Bird – so ugly, so angular and so sharp, in: Melody Maker, 1952 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 161}

Lars Resberg: Charlie Parker Quintet – “This Is Always” / “Carving The Bird” (Metronome B 582), in: Estrad, 14/1 (Jan.1952), p. 14 (R)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Star Eyes” / “Au Privave” (Mercury 11087), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 189-190 (R: 2 stars / 3 stars; Down Beat, 7.May 1952)

Alun Morgan: Retrospection, in: Jazz Journal, 5/8 (Aug.1952), p. 6 (F/R: “Quasimodo”, “Dewey Square”) [digi.copy]

Mike Nevard: Musik in the Making. The man who stopped recording as Bird began to blow, in: Melody Maker, 2.Nov.1952 (F/I with Jerry Newman) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “A Night in Tunisia”. Recorded live at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (5/15/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Cool Blues”. Live at the Howard Theater, Washington, D.C. (3/8/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Light Green”. Live at the Club Kavakos in Washington, D.C. (2/22/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Moose the Mooche”. From “Charlie Parker Live at Storyville” [1953]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Perdido”. Live at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada (5/15/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Scrapple from the Apple” [1953]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Serpent’s Tooth (Take 1)”. Recorded on w/ Miles Davis on “Collector’s Items” [1953]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Wee (Allen’s Alley)”. Live at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada (5/15/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Joachim Ernst Berendt: Das Jazzbuch. Entwicklung und Bedeutung der Jazzmusik, Frankfurt/Main 1953 [book: Fischer Bücherei], p. 67-71 (F)

M. Nevard: Is Parker Washed Up?, in: Melody Maker, 29/1058 (1953), p. 3

NN: I’m as happy as a bird with my King Super-20, in: Down Beat, 20/1 (14.Jan.1953), p. 18 (advertisement) [digi.copy]

Nat Hentoff: Counterpoint [Bird with Strings a.o.], in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 79-81 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 28.Jan.1953)

Nat Hentoff: Counterpoint [Bird with Strings a.o.], in: Down Beat, 76/7 (Jul.2009), p. 102 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 28.Jan.1953) [digi.copy]

Nat Hentoff: Counterpoint [Bird with Strings a.o.], in: Down Beat, 61/7 (Jul.1994), p. 38 (F/I; Reprint aus DB, 28.Jan.1953)

Nat Hentoff: Counterpoint, in: Down Beat, 20/2 (28.Jan.1953), p. 15 (F/I: on strings, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Bartok, Lennie Tristano, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond) [digi.copy]

André Hodeir: Un chorus par disque. Le solo de Charlie Parker sur “Ornithology”, in: Jazz Hot, #73 (Jan.1953), p. 14 (A/T)

NN: “Charlie Parker” (Mercury MGC 513), in: Down Beat, 20/4 (25.Feb.1953), p. 13 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Bird Turns Teacher, in: Down Beat, 20/4 (25.Feb.1953), p. 6 (N) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 50}

NN: Bird, Diz To Pace Toronto Jazz Fete, in: Down Beat, 20/5 (11.Mar.1953), p. 5 (N: Massey Hall Concert) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker – “I Can’t Get Started” / “Night and Day” (Mercury), in: Down Beat, 20/8 (22.Apr.1953), p. 21 (R) [digi.copy]

William Hoffman: Chords and Discords. Where’s Bird?, in: Down Beat, 20/12 (17.Jun.1953), p. 8 (letter) [digi.copy]

Gordon Wells: Charlie Parker – The “Bird”, in: Jazz Journal, 6/6 (Jun.1953), p. 1 (F) [digi.copy]

John McLellan: Charlie Parker Interview, in: [website], radio interview, WHDH Boston, 13.Jun.1953 (I) [digi.copy]

John McLellan: Charlie Parker Interview, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 130-132 (I from Jun.1953)

John McLellan: Interview – Charlie Parker, Boston, probably June 13, 1953, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 109-121 (I)

George T. Simon: Winding-Parker at Birdland, in: Metronome, 69/7 (Jul.1953), p. 18-19 (C)

George T. Simon: Winding-Parker at Birdland, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 133 (C; reprint, from: Metronome, Jul.1953)

George T. Simon: Winding-Parker at Birdland, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 184 (C: excerpted reprint, from: Metronome, Jul.1953)

NN: Want To Buy A Combo?, in: Down Beat, 20/14 (15.Jul.1953), p. 28 (very short F) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov: Charlie Parker – “In the Still of the Night”/”Old Folks”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 246 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Sep.1953)

NN: “Jazz at Massey Hall” (Debut DLP-2, Debut DLP-3), in: Down Beat, 20/26 (30.Dec.1953), p. 14 (R) [digi.copy]

Billy Eckstine: Bird Blew In His Socks!, in: Melody Maker, 30/1091 (1954), p. 3-4

Leonard Feather & Robert Reisner: Bird, in: Eddie Condon & Richard Gehman (Hgg.): Eddie Condon’s Treasury of Jazz, New York 1956 [book], p. 228-241 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat 1954; 1956)

NN: “Bird” Attempts Suicide on Eve of Tour, in: Melody Maker, 30/1096 (1954), p. 1, 16

Ted Hallock: Parker Talks to the MM, in: Melody Maker, 30/1059 (1954), p.3

John McLellan & Paul Desmond: Charlie Parker Interview, in: [website], radio interview, WHDH Boston, Jan.1954 (I) [digi.copy]

John McLellan: Charlie Parker Interview, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 144-146 (I from Jan.1954)

John McLellan: Interview – Charlie Parker, Paul Desmond, Boston, January 1954, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 121-131 (I)

Jack Tracy: Charlie Parker – “She Rote” / “K.C. Blues” (Clef 11101), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 193 (R: 5 stars / 2 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 10.Feb.1954)

Joachim Ernst Berendt: Charlie Parker Quintett – “Au privave” / “Star Eyes” (Austroton), in: Jazz Podium, 3/2 (Feb.1954), p. 18 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Grafton Alto Sax, in: Melody Maker, 20.Mar.1954, p. 5 (advertisement for Grafton plastic saxophone) [digi.copy]

Edgar Jackson: “Jazz at Massey Hall” (Vogue), in: Melody Maker, #1073 (10.Apr.1954), p. 11 (R) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov: Bird on the Run, in: Metronome, 70/3 (Mar.1954), p. 34

Nat Hentoff: “Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 3” (Debut DLP-4), in: Down Beat, 72/1 (Jan.2005), p. 86 (R: 5 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 5.May 1954) [digi.copy]

Nat Hentoff: Charlie Parker – “Almost Like Being in Love” / “What Is This Thign Called Love?” (Clef), in: Down Beat, 21/10 (19.May 1954), p. 10, 12 (R) [digi.copy]

K. Klaphek: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Podium, 3/8 (Aug.1954), p. 5

NN: Charlie Parker Quintett – “Star Eyes” / “Au Privave” (Austroton 5192 V), in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1954, p. 51 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Den Großen Deutschen Jazz-Plattenpreis 1954 – Combos (modern) – erhielt Charlie Parker, in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1954, p. 37 (N/photo) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News, in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1954, p. 48 (N: European tour planned with Sarah Vaughan, Illinois Jacquet) [digi.copy]

Billy Eckstine: Dizzy, Bird, and the Birth of Bop. Billy Eckstine writes about Crazy People Like Me, in: Melody Maker, 30/1094 (4.Sep.1954), p. 5 (F) [digi.copy]

Dorothy Kilgannon: Fired ‘Bop King’ Tries to Kill Self, in: [New York Journal?], 4.Sep.1954 (short F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 1}

NN: Charlie Parker Booked to Play in Britain, in: Melody Maker, 30/1094 (4.Sep.1954), p. 1, 8 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Entertainment. Charlie Parker Tries Suicide After Being Fired, in: Jet, 6/19 (16.Sep.1954), p. 56 (short F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 61}

NN: Vaughan, Jacquet, Parker Will Entertain GIs in Europe, in: Pittsburgh Courier, 18.Sep.1954, p. 18 (F: play England, Germany) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker ne viendra pas en Europe, in: Jazz Hot, #92 (Oct.1954), p. 22 (N) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News, in: Jazz-Echo, Oct.1954, p. 48 (N: Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, German tour dates) [digi.copy]

NN: Parker “vilar” efter skandal och självmordsförsök med jod, in: Estrad, 16/10 (Oct.1954), p. 1 (F)

NN: Selbstmordversuch Charlie Parkers, in: Jazz Podium, 3/10 (Oct.1954), p. 5

NN: Jazz-News, in: Jazz-Echo, Nov.1954, p. 46 (N: Parker’s European tour cancelled after suicide attempt) [digi.copy]

George Hoefer: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: [manuscript], ca.1955 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 191-200}

George Hoefer: The Bird Blows the Blues, in: [manuscript], ca. 1955 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 159-160; also p. 172-173}

Gion Mili: Six, in: NN: Newport Jazz Festival 1955, Newport 1955 [program booklet: Jacques Willaumez Associates], p. 72-77 (short F/photo) [digi.copy]

Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff (eds.): Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya. The Story of Jazz by the Men Who Made It, New York 1955 [book: Rinehart & Company]; London 1955 [book: Peter Davies]; London 1958 [book: Peter Davies]; Harmondsworth 1962 [book: Penguin]; New York 1966 [book: Dover]; German translation as “Jazz erzählt. hear me talkin’ to ya”, München 1959 [book: Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung]; German translation as “Jazz erzählt. Von New Orleans bis West Coast”, München 1962 [book: dtv]; German translation as “Jazz erzählt. 50 Jahre Jazzgeschichte aus erster Hand”, Frankfurt/Main 1984 [book: JAS Publikationen], passim (short I)

NN: To Parker, in: NN: Newport Jazz Festival 1955, Newport 1955 [program booklet: Jacques Willaumez Associates], p. 28-29 (short F) [digi.copy]

Harvey Kahn: Death of Parker Rumours Began as Joke in Paris Club, in: Melody Maker, 29.Jan.1955, p. 20

Charles Gruenberg: Jazz World Mourns Loss of ‘Cool’ Charlie Parker, in: New York Post, 15.Mar.1955, p. 4, 38 (F/O) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 43-45}

Bob Sylvester: The Yardbird Dies, in: New York Daily News, 16.Mar.1955 (F/O) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 41}

Julie Macdonald: Dear Mr. Stearns…, in: [manuscript], 17.Mar.1955 (F: letter to Marshall Stearns about Charlie Parker’s death, possible benefit) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 163}

Leonard Feather: Sudden Death of Charlie Parker. Jazz world mourns great alto star, in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1955, p. 1, 20 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Mike Nevard: Fallen Bird. The greatest influence since Armstrong. An Appreciation, in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1955, p. 3 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Sudden Death of Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1955, p. 1, 20

M. Nevard: Fallen Bird, in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1955, p. 3

NN: Charlie Parker, Jazz Master Dies. A Be-Bop Founder and Top Saxophonist Is Stricken in Suite of Baroness, in: New York Times, 15.Mar.1955 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Carroll Peery: Charlie Parker Memorial Concert Jams Carnegie Hall, in: Daily Worker (New York), 5.Apr.1955, p. 7 (C: memorial concert) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 42}

NN: Neger. Charlie ist tot, in: Der Spiegel, 13.Apr.1955, p. 46 (F/O) [digi.copy]

André Hodeir: Le Bird n’est plus, in: Jazz Hot, #98 (Apr.1955), p. 7-8 (F/O)

Bill Coss: Charlie Parker – “Cosmic Rays”/”Kim”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 247 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Apr.1955)

Billie Wallington: Charlie Parker… un être humain, in: Jazz Magazine, #5 (Apr.1955), p. 20 (F)

Billie Wallington: Charlie Parker… un être humain, in: Les Années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000, Turin 2000 [book: Filipacchi], p. 24 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Apr.1955)

Hubert Damisch: Charlie Parker. Fragile, mystérieux, insaisissable, in: Jazz Magazine, #5 (Apr.1955), p. 16 (F)

Hubert Damisch: Charlie Parker. Fragile, mystérieux, insaisissable, in: Les Années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000, Turin 2000 [book: Filipacchi], p. 22 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Apr.1955)

Jean Berdin: Bird of Paradise, in: Jazz Magazine, #5 (Apr.1955), p. 17, 20 (F)

Jean Berdin: Bird of Paradise, in: Les Années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000, Turin 2000 [book: Filipacchi], p. 23-24 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Apr.1955)

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker tel que je l’ai connu, in: Jazz Hot, #98 (Apr.1955), p. 8-10 (F/O)

Leonard Feather: Parker Finally Finds Peace, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 81-83 (F/O; reprint, from: Down Beat, 20.Apr.1955)

Leonard Feather: Parker Finally Finds Peace, in: Down Beat, 66/7 (Jul.1999), p. 34-35 (F/O; reprint, from: Down Beat, 20.Apr.1955)

NN: Charlie Parker (gestorben), in: Jazz Podium, 4/4 (Apr.1955), p. 4

NN: Farewell to Bird, in: Melody Maker, 2.Apr.1955, p. 9 (funeral)

NN: Jazz. Neger. Charlie ist tot, in: Der Spiegel, 9/16 (13.Apr.1955), p. 46 (F/O) [digi.copy]

NN: The Amen Corner. Farewell to the Bird, in: [unknown source], Apr.1955 (short F) [digi.copy]

Ted Raymond: The Strange Case of “Yardbird” Parker and Baroness Rothschild. The King of Bop Died Before his Time – in The Fifth Avenue Apartment of a Titled Heiress. This Complex of Wealth & Be-Bop Fascinates Because Be-Bop Makes for Curious Friendships, in: [unknown source], p. 22-23, 52 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 169-171}

Gene Ramey: My Memories of Bird Parker, in: Melody Maker, 28.May 1955, p. 5, 10 (F)

Gene Ramey: My Memories of Bird Parker, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 135-139 (F; reprint, from: Melody Maker, 28.May 1955)

Billie Wallington: Concert-souvenir. Charlie Parker au Carnegie Hall, in: Jazz Magazine, #6 (May 1955), p. 6 (C)

Billie Washington: Jazz Magazine a assisté aux funérailles de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Magazine, #6 (May 1955), p. 22-23 (F)

Billie Washington: Jazz Magazine a assisté aux funérailles de Charlie Parker, in: Les Années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000, Turin 2000 [book: Filipacchi], p. 26-27 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, May 1955)

George T. Simon: Simon Says…, in: Metronome, 71/5 (May 1955), p. 54

Joe Brown [Joachim Ernst Berendt]: Charlie Parker. Ein Leben zum Tode…, in: Jazz-Echo, May 1955, p. 39-41 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Lee Saner: Le concert de Carnegie Hall à la mémoire de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #99 (May 1955), p. 29 (C)

Leonard Feather: Les obsèques de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #99 (May 1955), p. 13 (F)

Leonard Feather: The Parker Memorial Concert (at Carnegie Hall), in: Melody Maker, 7.May 1955, p. 5 (C)

Marcel Zannini: Le dernier chorus du Bird, in: Jazz Hot, #99 (May 1955), p. 10 (F)

NN: Charlie Parker 1920-1955, in: Metronome, 71/5 (May 1955), p. 6

NN: Charlie Parker Records, in: Jazz Magazine, #6 (May 1955), p. 8 (N)

NN: Im Gedenken an Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Podium, 4/5 (May 1955), p. 4 (Spendenaufruf)

NN: Jazz-News. Deutschland, in: Jazz-Echo, May 1955, p. 42 (N: Deutsche Jazz Föderation collects money for Parker family) [digi.copy]

E. Wiedemann: Charlie Parker – Bird Discography, in: Melody Maker, 25.Jun.1955, p. 5

Gene Ramey: Memories of “Bird”… Hur Parker började, in: Estrad, 17/6 (Jun.1955), p. 5 (F)

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Jun.1955, p. 44 (N: Carnegie Hall memorial concert) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Deutschland, in: Jazz-Echo, Jun.1955, p. 43-44 (N: benefit collection for Parker family by Deutsche Jazz Föderation) [digi.copy]

Rolf Dötsch: Nachrichten aus Westdeutschland. Konzert des HC im Wintergarten – “In memoriam Charlie Parker”, in: Jazz Podium, 4/6 (Jun.1955), p. 22 (N) [digi.copy]

E. Jackson: Charlie Parker Memorial Album, in: Melody Maker, 9.Jul.1955, p. 7 (R)

Gene Ramey: Souvenirs de Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, #8 (Jul/Aug.1955), p. 20-21 (F)

Gene Ramey: Souvenirs de Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, #633 (Jan.2012), p. 40-41 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Jul/Aug.1955) [digi.copy]

NN: “Charlie Parker All Stars/Sextet” (Jazztone J-702), in: Jazz-Echo, Jul.1955, p. 52 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Jul.1955, p. 44 (N: “Charlie Parker Memorial”-Platten in USA) [digi.copy]

NN: Sad Case of Charlie Parker. Dead at 34, the ‘Bird’s tragic life, his early death symbolize the plight of many Negro musicians / At April benefit artists, musicians turned out to acknowledge ‘Bird’s genius / ‘Bird’s tragic life and untimely death are American Tragedy, in: Our World, Jul.1955, p. 9-10, 12 (F/O) [digi.copy] {Rutgers Papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 56-59}

Jörgen Grunnet Jepsen: Charlie Parker Diskografi, in: Orkester Journalen, 23/8 (Aug.1955), p. 34-35 (D)

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1955, p. 43 (N: Chan Parker organizes memorial sessions in Lumberville, Pennsylvania) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Deutschland, in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1955, p. 42 (N: benefit collection by DJF results in 1.000 DM) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Oct.1955, p. 43 (N: Deutsche Jazz Föderation collects 10.698,26 Dollar for Parker’s family) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Dec.1955, p. 45 (N: biography by Bob Reisner) [digi.copy]

NN: Readers Name Charlie Parker Fourth Hall of Fame Member, in: Down Beat, 39/13 (20.Jul.1972), p. 25 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat, 28.Dec.1955)

Alun Morgan & Raymond Horricks: Parker and Gillespie – The Dominating Figures of the Post-Minton Development, in: Alun Morgan & Raymond Horricks: Modern Jazz. A Survey of Developments since 1939, Westport/CT 1977 [book; Reprint, O: London 1956], p. 43-59 (F)

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker and the Bop Movement, in: André Hodeir: Jazz. Its Evolution and Essence, New York 1956 [book: Grove Press; also: London 1956: Secker & Warburg; New York 1961: Grove Press/Black Cat], p. 99-115 (A/T) [digi.copy]

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker and the Bop Movement, in: André Hodeir & Jean-Louis Pautrot: The André Hodeir Jazz Reader, Ann Arbor/MI 2006 [book: University of Michigan Press], p. 53-67 (A/T; reprint, from: “Jazz. Its Evolution and Essence”, by André Hodeir, 1961)

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker et le mouvement “Bop”, in: André Hodeir: Hommes et Problèmes du Jazz, Paris 1954 [book: Au Portulan, chez Flammarion], p. 124-143 (A/T)

André Hodeir: Le problème de l’improvisation. La mélodie dans le jazz, in: André Hodeir: Hommes et Problèmes du Jazz, Paris 1954 [book: Au Portulan, chez Flammarion], p. 171-192 (A/T: “Cool Blues”)

André Hodeir: The Problem of Improvisation. Melody in Jazz, in: André Hodeir: Jazz. Its Evolution and Essence, New York 1956 [book: Grove Press; also: London 1956: Secker & Warburg; New York 1961: Grove Press/Black Cat], p. 139-157 (A/T: “Cool Blues”) [digi.copy]

B. Harvey: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Monthly, 2/7 (1956), p. 28, 31

Bill Coss: Charlie Parker 1920-1955, in: Metronome Yearbook 1956 (1956), p. 38-41, 76-79, 96 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Joachim Ernst Berendt: Charlie Parkers Leben zum Tode, in: Joachim Ernst Berendt: Variationen über Jazz, München 1956 [book], p. 60-72 (F)

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s – Ear View of Music, in: Metronome Yearbook 1956 (1956), p. 42-43

NN. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome Yearbook 1956 (1956), p. 80-84 (I with Teddy Charles, Kenny Clarke, J.J. Johnson, John LaPorta, Joe Maini, Charlie Mariano, Charles Mingus, Jack Montrose, Jimmy Raney, David Schildkraut, George Wallington) [digi.copy]

Orrin Keepnews: Charlie Parker, in: Orrin Keepnews: The View from Within. Jazz Writing 1948-1987, New York 1988 [book], p. 85-99 (F; reprint, from: Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff (Hgg.): The Jazz Makers, New York 1956)

Tony Scott: Tony Scott on Charlie Parker, in: Metronome Yearbook 1956 (1956), p. 44-45

Whitney Balliett: The Measure of “Bird”. The unique Charlie Parker, a year after his death, in: [unknown source], ca. 1956, p. 33-34 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 104-105}

William S. Brown: The Last Time I Saw Yardbird, in: Don Friedman & Ken Joffe (eds.): Jazz New York. The First Annual New York Jazz Festival, New York 1956 [program booklet], p. 24-25 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Jan.1956, p. 46 (N: story about saxophone used for record cover) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Mar.1956, p. 45 (N: Charlie Parker Memorial Fund) [digi.copy]

M. Nevard: Giants of Jazz. Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 7.Apr.1956, p. 17

Mark Gardner: Bargain Bird, in: Jazz Journal, 20/6 (Jun.1956), p. 8-11 (F/D)

Horst Lippmann: “Das Quintett des Jahres 1953” (Brunswick), in: Jazz Podium, 5/7 (Jul.1956), p. 20 (R: Massey Hall Concert) [digi.copy]

Joe Brown: Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie – “Das Quintett des Jahres” (Brunswick 10 050 EPB), in: Jazz-Echo, Jul.1956, p. 46-47 (R) [digi.copy]

M. Knueppel: Lover Man, in: Jazz Podium, 5/8 (Aug.1956), p. 10

Bill Coss: Charlie Parker – “All Star Sextet” (Roost), in: Jazz Today, 1/1 (Oct.1956), p. 40 (R)

Nat Hentoff: Armstrong aime Parker!, in: Jazz Hot, #115 (Nov.1956), p. 22 (short F/I)

M. Allen: Ornithology, in: Jazz Monthly, 3/6 (1957), p. 12 (poem)

Martin Williams: Collected Bird, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Changes, New York 1992 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 231-233 (R; reprint, from 1957)

Max Harrison: Aspects of an Alto, in: Jazz Monthly, 3/6 (1957), p. 5-6, 27

Max Harrison: Backlog 4. The Originators, in: Jazz Monthly, 3/7 (1957), p. 29, 31

Orrin Keepnews: Charlie Parker, in: Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff: The Jazz Makers. Essays on the Greats of Jazz, New York 1979 [book; Reprint, O: 1957], p. 202-217 (F)

T. Brown: The Truth About Charlie Parker, Told By His Friend, the Baroness de Koenigswarter-Rothschild, in: Melody Maker, 16.Feb.1957, p. 4-5

Barney Wilen: Charlie Parker à travers les disques, in: Jazz Hot, #119 (Mar.1957), p. 12-13 (F) [digi.copy]

Eddie Bernard: L’Albatros, in: Jazz Hot, #119 (Mar.1957), p. 10-11 (F) [digi.copy]

Jack Maher: “Jazz at Massey Hall”(Debut), in: Jazz Today, 2/4 (May 1957), p. 28 (R) [digi.copy]

Jack Maher: “The Charlie Parker Story” (Savoy), in: Jazz Today, 2/4 (May 1957), p. 31 (R) [digi.copy]

Whitney Balliett: The Measure of “Bird”, in: Jazz Journal, 10/5 (May 1957), p. 3-4 (F)

Joe Brown (= Joachim Ernst Berendt): “The Art of Charlie Parker (Vol. II)” (Jazztone J 1017), in: Jazz-Echo, Jun.1957, p. 46 (R) [digi.copy]

Ralph J. Gleason: The Rhythm Section. After Parker, Jazz Was Never the Same, in: San Francisco Chronicle, 9.Jun.1957 (F/R: Verve release of eight Parker LPs) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 60}

Leonard Feather: Leonard Feather berichtet aus USA, in: Jazz-Echo, Jul.1957, p. 46 (N: book planned by Chan Parker) [digi.copy]

Raymond Horricks: Parker Revisited, in: Melody Maker, 20.Jul.1957, p. 15

NN: Yardbird Suite, in: Jazz Podium, 6/8 (Aug.1957), p. 7, 9

Jack Maher: Moments of Genius, in: Jazz Today, 2/9 (Oct.1957), p. 19-20 (R)

Leonard Feather: “J’ai enregistré Charlie Parker Junior”, in: Jazz Magazine, #31 (Oct.1957), p. 14 (N)

Leonard Feather: Leonard Feather berichtet aus USA, in: Jazz-Echo, Oct.1957, p. 45 (N: 5-year-old Charles Baird Parker sings “Salt Peanuts” on tribute LP for Mode Records) [digi.copy]

NN: The Christmas issue…, in: [unknown source], 28.Nov.1957 (N: Adam Claton Powell couldn’t make Parker’s funeral; his assiatant Rev. Licorish garbled names and biographical data) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 55}

Arnold Shaw: Ballad of the Bird. The Legend of Charles Christopher Parker, in: Esquire, Dec.1957 (F) [digi.copy]

François Postif & Guy Kopelowicz: Les héritiers de Parker ont choisi le ténor, in: Jazz Magazine, #33 (Dec.1957), p. 25-30 (F on Parker, short features on Sonny Sitt, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Yusef Lateef, J.R. Monterose, Clifford Jordan, John Gilmore, Bobby Jaspar, Barney Wilen, James Clay, Seldon Powell, Lucky Thompson, Curtis Porter, Frank Foster, Frnk Wess, Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca)

Horst Lippmann: Charlie parker – “Early Bird” (Brunswick 10117 EPB), in: Jazz Podium, 6/12 (Dec.1957), p. 23 (R) [digi.copy]

Horst Lippmann: Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie – “The Immortal Session, Vol. 1” (Sonet SCP-2808), in: Jazz Podium, 6/12 (Dec.1957), p. 22 (R) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Leonard Feather berichtet aus USA, in: Jazz-Echo, Dec.1957, p. 44 (N: new biography by Bob Reisner and Richard Gehman) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker – “Early Bird” (Brunswick 10 117 EPB), in: Jazz-Echo, Dec.1957, p. 48, 84 (R) [digi.copy]

Alun Morgan: The Charlie Parker Story (on Savoy), in: Jazz Monthly, 3/11 (1958), p. 5-6, 32

Bill Coss: Behind the Jazz Masik. Charlie Parker. From Here to Eternity, in: Metronome Yearbook 1958 (1958), p. 43

Ralph J. Gleason: Charlie “Bird” Parker, in: Ralph J. Gleason: Celebrating the Duke…, New York 1975 [book], p. 87-95 (F; reprint, from: Hi-Fi Stereo Review, 1958; 1971)

Bob Cato: Designer’s Choice. A Statement, in: Infinity. American Sicuety of Magazine Photographers, Feb.1958, (short F/photo: Baird Parker blowing Bird’s saxophone) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 149-151}

Horst Lippmann: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker – “The Immortal Session Vol. 2” (Sonet); Charlie Parker All Stars – “Night in Tunesia” (Sonet), in: Jazz Podium, 7/2 (Feb.1958), p. 45 (R) [digi.copy]

George Hoefer: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: [letter to Murray Fisher], 5.Mar.1958 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 62-67; also p. 174-179}

George Hoefer: The Hot Box, in: Down Beat, 25/7 (3.Apr.1958), p. 34 (F/R: “The Charlie Parker Story, Savoy MG-12079) [digi.copy]

François Postif & Guy Kopelewicz: Discographie de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #132 (May 1958), p. 39-41 (D)

“S.J.”: “Charlie Parker Bigband” (Columbia-Clef LP 33CX10004), in: Schlagzeug, 3/10 (Jun.1958), p. 21 (R) [digi.copy]

François Postif & Guy Kopelewicz: Discographie de Charlie Parker. Part 2, in: Jazz Hot, #133 (Jun.1958), p. 40-42 (D) [digi.copy]

Steve Race: Immortal Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 21.Jun.1958, p. 4 (R)

François Postif & Guy Kopelewicz: Discographie de Charlie Parker. Part 3, in: Jazz Hot, #134 (Jul/Aug.1958), p. 36-38 (D)

Steve Race: Parker, in: Melody Maker, 5.Jul.1958, p. 4

François Postif & Guy Kopelewicz: Discographie de Charlie Parker. Part 4, in: Jazz Hot, #135 (Sep.1958), p. 38 (D)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Bird on 52nd Street” (Jazz Workshop Inc JWS-501), in: Jazz-Echo, Nov.1958, p. 44 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker All Star Sextet – “Air Conditioning” / “Bird Feathers” / “Quasimodo” / “Crazeology” (Sonet), in: Westjazz, 4/39 (Nov.1958), p. 7 (R) [digi.copy]

Johs Bergh: Charlie Parker Quintet – “Sewey Square” / “Embraceable You” / “Klacktoveedsedtene” / “Bongo Bop” (Sonet SXP 2826)

NN: Charlie Parker All Stars – “Night in Tunisia” / “Moose the Mooche” / “Yardbird Suite” / “Ornithology” (Sonet SXP 2815) [digi.copy]

Steve Race: Blue Bird, in: Melody Maker, 13.Dec.1958, p. 5 (R: Parker’s Mood)

E. Wiedemann: News and Views. Ornithologically Speaking, in: Jazz Review, 2/5 (1959), p. 42

H.W. Shih: Reconsiderations 3. Charlie Parker Memorial, in: Jazz Review, 2/1 (1959), p. 42-43 (R)

John S. Wilson: The Collector’s Jazz. Modern, New York 1959 [book: J.B. Lippincott], p. 220-225 (short F) [digi.copy]

Lucien Malson: Jazz d’aujourd’hui. Quatre ans après sa mort Charlie Parker demeure le plus vivant des moderns, in: Jazz Magazine, 5/49 (1959), p. 18ff.

Max Harrison: Charlie Parker, in: Nat Hentoff & Albert J. McCarthy (eds.): Jazz. New Perspectives on the History of Jazz by Twelve of the World’s Foremost Jazz Critics and Scholars, New York 1959 [book: Rinehart & Company; reprint: New York 1961: Grove Press; reprint: London 1962: The Jazz Book Club & Cassell; reprint: New York 1975: Da Capo], p. 275-286 (F)

Sadik Hakim: The Charlie Parker KoKo Date, in: Jazz Review, 2/2 (1959), p. 11

Siegfried Schmidt: Charlie Parker. Ein Porträt, Wetzlar 1959 [book: Pegasus Verlag] (F)

Max Harrison: Charlie Parker’s Savoy Recordings, in: Max Harrison: A Jazz Retrospect, London 1991 [book; Reprint, O: 1976], p. 15-22 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Monthly, Jan.1959)

Sadik Hakim: The Charlie Parker KoKo Date, in: The Jazz Review, 2/2 (Feb.1959), p. 11 (F) [digi.copy]

Erik Wiedemann: News and Views. Ornithologically Speaking, in: The Jazz Review, 2/5 (Jun.1959), p. 42 (F/R: Parker reissues) [digi.copy]

Lucien Malson: Jazz d’aujourd’hui. Quatre ans après sa mort Charlie Parker demeure le plus vivant des modernes, in: Jazz Magazine, #49 (Jun.1959), p. 18-21, 42 (F)

NN: breaks, in: Schlagzeug, 4/8 (Aug.1959), p. 25 (N: Polish biography by Jozef Balcerak, Jan Sitkowski) [digi.copy]

NN: breaks, in: Schlagzeug, 4/9 (Sep.1959), p. 14 (N: article in “Confidential” about Parker’s love life) [digi.copy]

NN: Breaks, in: Schlagzeug, #26 (Oct.1959), p. 26 (N: Richard Gehman declines cooperation in Charlie Parker biography) [digi.copy]

H.-J. Dietzel: “Jazz-Bücherei, Charlie Parker”, by Siegfried Schmidt, in: Schlagzeug, #28 (Dec.1959), p. 18 (B) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker, in: Schlagzeug, #28 (Dec.1959), p. 22-24 (F) [digi.copy]

Bill Crow: Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker – Diz ‘n’ Bird in Concert, in: Jazz Review, 3/2 (1960), p. 29-30 (R) [digi.copy]

Carlo Bohländer: Charlie Parker, in: Carlo Bohländer: Jazz. Geschichte und Rhythmus, Mainz 1960 [book: B. Schott’s Söhne], p. 49-50 (short F)

Charles Fox & Peter Gammond & Alun Morgan & Alexis Korner: Jazz on Record. A Critical Guide, London 1960 [book: Grey Arrow], p. 248-254 (F)

Leonard Feather: The Jazzman as Critic. The Blindfold Test. Reactions to Charlie Parker, in: Leonard Feather: The Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York 1960 [book: Bonanza Books], p. 480 (F/I with Charles Mingus, Sy Oliver, Bob Morse, Lennie Tristano)

Max Harrison: Charlie Parker, in: Sinclair Traill & The Hon. Gerald Lascelles (Hgg.): Just Jazz 4, London 1960 [book], p. 22-28 (F)

Max Harrison: Kings of Jazz. Charlie Parker, New York 1960 [book: A.S. Barnes and Company] (F)

Nat Hentoff: Charlie Parker, New York 1960 [booklet: BMI] [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 180-188}

NN: Norman Granz Unloads Record C. For $2 1/2 Million As Parker Heirs Sue, in: New York Amsterdam News, 1960 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 40}

Bob Dawbarn: Four New Tracks from Bird (from a concert at the Amiralen Dance Hall, Malmö, Sweden), in: Melody Maker, 12.Mar.1960, p. 14 (R)

Dizzy Gillespie: Charlie Parker tel que je l’ai connu…, in: Jazz Hot, #152 (Mar.1960), p. 38-39 (F)

R.A. Perlongo: The Real Story Behind the Charlie Parker with Strings, in: Metronome, 77/8 (Aug.1960), p. 20-21 (Satire)

John McLellan: The Jazz Scene. Time To Give Bird The Bird, in: [unknown source, Boston newspaper?], 13.Se.1960 (F/short I with Ornette Coleman) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 71}

Gene Lees: Bird et Diz, in: Jazz Magazine, 7/73 (1961), p. 29-31

Hans-Jürgen Winkler: Charlie Parker, in: Hans-Jürgen Winkler: Jazz für Jedermann, München 1961 [book], p. 271-273 (F)

J.-R. Masson: Des inédits de Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, 7/71 (1961), p. 18

Jean Amery: Im Banne des Jazz. Bildnisse grosser Jazz-Musiker, Zürich 1961 [book: A. Müller], p. 21-26 (F: chapter “Charlie Parker. Psychopathologie des Jazz”) [digi.copy]

NN: The Bird’s Family To Get Record Money After 6 Years, in: [unknown source], 1961 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 158}

Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Charlie Parker – Ich war immer in Panik [p. 44-48 (F)]; Charlie Parkers Erben [p. 263-268 (F)], in: Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Jazz. Gesicht einer Musik, Gütersloh 1961 [book]

NN: You are invited to a press conference to discuss the estates of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday, in: [invitation], 14.Feb.1961 (F: list of panelists, among them Doris Parker, Louis McKay, Marely Dufty, Aubrey Mayhew, Bernard Stillman, Florynce R. Kennedy) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 70, 95}

Philip Benjamin: Royalties Sought By Two Estates. Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker Foundations Would Use Funds From Disks, in: Time, 15.Feb.1961 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 78-79}

Lars Werner: Charlie Parker – “Historical Recordings Vol. 3” (Le Jazz Cool), in: Orkester Journalen, 29/2 (Feb.1961), p. 28 (R)

Philip Benjamin: Royalties Sought By Two Estates. Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker Foundations Would Use Funds From Disks, in: New York Times, 15.Feb.1961, p. 40 (F) [digi.copy]

Bob Dawbarn: These Bird Tracks Are Unrivalled, in: Melody Maker, 8.Apr.1961, p. 17 (R: Diz ‘n’ Bird in Concert)

NN: Two Estates Seek Royalties, in: Down Beat, 28/8 (13.Apr.1961), p. 14-15 (F: estates of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday) [digi.copy]

Edward Kosner: Charlie Parker – The Echoes Linger, in: new York Post, 16.Apr.1961 (F/I with Doris Parker: estate seeks royalties) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 85}

NN: Sidney Bechet en Charlie Parker, in: Rhythme. Nederlands enige Jazz-Periodiek, 12/139 (Apr.1961), p. 33 (photo)

Dizzy Gillespie & Gene Lees: The Years with Yard, in: Down Beat, 28/11 (25.May 1961), p. 21-23 (F)

Dizzy Gillespie & Gene Lees: The Years with Yard, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 161-167 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat, 25.May 1961)

Dizzy Gillespie & Gene Lees: The Years with Yard, in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright (eds.): Down Beat. The Great Jazz Interviews. A 75th Anniversary Anthology, New York 2009 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 82-84 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat, 25.May 1961) [digi.copy]

NN: A Charlie Parker Record Company, in: Down Beat, 28/11 (25.May 1961), p. 11 (short F) [digi.copy]

NN: Some Great Reed Solos. Charlie Parker – “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”; “Groovin’ High”, in: Down Beat, 28/11 (25.May 1961), p. 44 (T)

NN: Some Great Reed Solos. Charlie Parker – “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”; “Groovin’ High”, in: Down Beat, 36/14 (10.Jul.1969), p. 40-41 (T; reprint, from: Down Beat, 25.May 1961) [digi.copy]

Humphrey Lyttelton: Bird Was Anything But Cool, in: Melody Maker, 6.May 1961, p. 5

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker – “Historical Recordings Vol.1” (LeJazz Cool), in: Down Beat, 28/11 (1961), p. 24, 26 (R)

NN: Neue Parker-Platten, in: Jazz Podium, 10/6 (Jun.1961), p. 151 (N) [digi.copy]

NN: Pickles. Mer Parker, in: Orkester Journalen, 29/6 (Jun.1961), p. 5 (N: Charlie Parker Record Company founded)

NN: Aus dem Nachlaß, in: Bravo, 16.Jul.1961, p. 23 (N: release of unissued recordings by Charlie Parker planned by his widow) [digi.copy]

NN: Press Release, in: [press release], 18.Jul.1961 (F: estates of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 80-84}

John Williams: Subject: Charlie Parker. revealing things nobody ever knew about the bird, in: Swank, 8/3 (Jul.1961), p. 8-9, 58-60 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 96-99}

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker – Bird Is Free, in: Down Beat, 28/20 (28.Sep.1961), p. 35-36 (R) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker – “Bird Is Free” (Charlie Parker),l in: Down Beat, 28/20 (28.Sep.1961), p. 35-36 (R) [digi.copy]

Edward Kosner: At Charlie Parker’s Grave. A Rest, in: New York Post, 4.Oct.1961 (F/I with Dizzy Gillespie at Charlie Parker’s grave in Kansas City) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 106}

Jack Cooke: The Blithe Spirit, in: Jazz Monthly, 7/9 (Nov.1961), p. 14-15 (F: Parkers Schüler)

NN: Blues for Bird in Kansas City, in: Down Beat, 28/23 (9.Nov.1961), p. 11 (short F/I with Dizzy Gillespie)

Ira Gitler: “A Handful of Modern Jazz. Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis” (Baronet); “The Early Bird” (Baronet), in: Down Beat, 28/25 (7.Dec.1961), p. 42, 44 (R: 3 1/2 stars; 4 stars) [digi.copy]

NN: Trials and Tribulations, in: Down Beat, 28/26 (21.Dec.1961), p. 13-14 (F: Charlie Parker Estate, Charlie Parker Record Co.) [digi.copy]

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker’s Solo on “Ornithology”, in: André Hodeir: Toward Jazz, New York 1962 [book: Grove Press; London 1965: The Jazz Book Club], p. 181-183 (A/T)

André Hodeir: The Bird Is Gone. A Tribute to Charlie Parker, in: André Hodeir: Toward Jazz, New York 1962 [book: Grove Press; London 1965: The Jazz Book Club], p. 15-18 (F)

André Hodeir: The Bird Is Gone. A Tribute to Charlie Parker, in: André Hodeir & Jean-Louis Pautrot: The André Hodeir Jazz Reader, Ann Arbor/MI 2006 [book: University of Michigan Press], p. 125-129 (F; reprint, from: “Toward Jazz”, by André Hodeir, 1962)

Don DeMichael: Repackaged (Charlie Parker Records), in: Down Beat, 29/24 (1962), p. 35-36

J.-L. Ginibre: Pages et plages pour Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, 8/84 (1962), p. 18

J.-R. Masson: Il y a sept ans, in: Jazz Magazine, 8/80 (1962), p. 20ff.

James Poling (ed.): Esquire’s World of Jazz, London 1962 [book: Arthur Baker], p. 90-105 (F: chapters “Segue to today” / “For Bird, an elegy”)

Leonard Feather: La légende de l’oiseau, in: Jazz Magazine, 8/85 (1962), p. 23-24

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker – The Dial Recordings, Volume 2, in: Martin Williams: Jazz in Its Time, New York 1989 [book], p. 201-206 (F: reprint of liner notes from 1962)

Martin Williams: Concert Treasures, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Changes, New York 1992 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 252-255 (R: Massey Hall Concert; reprint, from 1962)

Martin Williams: Once There Was Bird – Charlie Parker, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Heritage, New York 1985 [book], p. 184-191 (F; reprint of liner notes from 1962)

Max Harrison: Parker, Charlie, in: Stanley Dance (ed.): Jazz Era. The ‘Forties, London 1962 [book: The Jazz Book Club & MacGibbon & Kee], p. 196-198 (F)

Robert Reisner: Bird. The Legend of Charlie Parker, New York 1962 [book: Citadel Press] (F/I mit: Angelo Ascagni, Harold Baker, Ahmed Basheer, Walter Bishop Jr., Art Blakey, Rudi Blesh, August Blume, Teddy Blume, Vince Bottari, Pietro Carbone, Teddy Charles, Tutty Clarkin, Earl Coleman, Junior Collins, Al Cotton, Harvey Cropper, Ernest Daniels, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Ralph Douglas, Tommy Douglas, Billy Eckstine, Art Farmer, Warren Fitzgerald, Lou Flanigin Jr., Jimmy Forrest, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Graye, Elliot Grennard, Gigi Gryce, Sadik Hakim, Benny Harris, Earl Hines, Cliff Jetkins, Ted Joans, Budd Johnson, Buddy Jones, Duke Jordan, Sheila Jordan, Lawrence Keyes, Henry Kier, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Dave Lambert, Jerry Lloyd, Julie MacDonald, Edward Mayfield Jr., Howard McGhee, Jackie McLean, Jay McShann, Charles Mingus, Orville Minor, Alan Morrison, Bob Newman, Anita O’Day, Addie Parker, Doris Parker, Oscar Pettiford, Tommy Potter, Gene Ramey, Jimmy Raney, Teddy Reig, Jerome Richardson, Max Roach, Ross Russell, George Salano, Frank Sanderford, Dave Schildkraut, Tony Scott, Noble Sissle, Buster Smith, Sonny Stitt, Idress Sulieman, Symphony Sid Torin, Lennie Tristano, Ray Turner, Barry Ulanov, Edgar Varese, Ted Wald, Bob Wallace, George Wallington)

John S. Wilson: A History of Jazz. Part V. Boppers & Moldy Figs. While the traditionalists dug New Orleans sounds, Bird and Diz fronted a revolution aimed at the future, in: Show Business Illustrated, Apr.1962, p. 53-55, 79 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parher”, p. 100-103}

Ralph Ellison: On Bird, Bird-Watching, and Jazz, in: Ralph Ellison: Living with Music. Ralph Ellison’s Jazz Writings, New York 2001 [book: Modern Library], p. 65-76 (F; reprint, from: Saturday Review, 28.Jul.1962)

Max Jones: Chasing the Bird – In Print, in: Melody Maker, 7.Jul.1962, p. 11

Alun Morgan: Bird & the Lover Man Session, in: Jazz Monthly, 8/6 (Aug.1962), p. 3-6 (F)

Victor Schonfield: Rare Bird, in: JazzJournal, 15/9 (Sep.1962), p. 19, 22 (F), p. 1

Alun Morgan: Le commencement de la fin, in: Jazz Magazine, 9/93 (1963), p. 32-35

Bill Coss: Charlie Parker, in: Dom Cerulli & Burt Korall & Mort Nasatir (Hg.): The Jazz Word, London 1963 [book], p. 90-94 (F)

Jack Kerouac: Charlie Parker, in: Dom Cerulli & Burt Korall & Mort Nasatir (eds.): The Jazz Word, London 1963 [book], p. 76-78 (poem) [digi.copy]

Pete Welding: Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, in: Down Beat, 30/12 (1963), p. 36 (C)

Eric T. Vogel: The Legend of Charlie Parker – Bird, von Robert Reisner, in: Jazz Podium, 12/2 (Feb.1963), p. 44 (B)

Leonard Katz. New Battle On Over Charley Parker Estate, in: New York Post, 5.Apr.1963 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 107}

NN: Parker Records Sued for Alleged Past-Due Royalties, in: [unknown source], 9.May 1963 (short F) [digi.copy]

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker Made Easy, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Masters in Transition, 1957-1969, New York 1970 [book], p. 106-107 (R: Lou Donaldson, Cannonball Adderley; reprint, from: Saturday Review, 11.May 1963)

Walther Hein: Bird und Dizz, in: Jazz Podium, 12/6 (Jun.1963), p. 128-129

Claes Dahlgren: Minnesfond för Parker. Amerikanska nyheter, in: Orkester Journalen, 31/7-8 (Jul/Aug.1963), p. 8 (short F: Charlie Parker Award)

Philip Larkin: On the Wing. “Bird. The Legend of Charlie Parker”, by Robert H. Reisner, in: Richard Palmer & John White (eds.): Reference Back. Philip Larkin’s Uncollected Jazz Writings 1940-84, Hull 1999 [book: University of Hull Press], p. 59-60 (B; reprint, from: Guardian, 6.Sep.1963)

Benny Green: Charlie Parker, in: Benny Green: The Reluctant Art. The Growth of Jazz, London 1964 [book: The Jazz Book Club & MacGibbon & Kee], p. 159-191 (F)

M. Delorme & P. Koechlin: Les paroles du Bird, in: Jazz Hot, 30/200 (1964), p. 24-30

Ralph Gervin: Charlie Parker (“Bird”), in: John Henrik Clarke (Hg.): Harlem. A Community in Transition, New York 1970 [book; Reprint, O: 1964], p. 76 (poem)

Ross Russell: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, in: Martin Williams (Hg.): Jazz Panorama. From the Pages of Jazz Review, New York 2/1967 [book, O: New York 11964], p. 180-186 (F/R)

Wilfrid Mellers: From art back to jazz. Modern jazz and the composing improviser. Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, in: Wilfrid Mellers: Music in a New Found Land. Themes and Developments in the History of American Music, London 1964 [book], p. 331-350 (F/A) [digi.copy]

NN: 1. lament. For Parker & 2. hope. For Coleman, in: Jazz Monthly, 9/11 (Jan.1964), p. 6 (poems) [digi.copy]

Peter S. Friedman: Chords and Discords. New Bird Is Old Bird, in: Down Beat, 31/3 (30.Jan.1964), p. 4, 6 (letter) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: Old Wine, New Bottles. Charlie Parker – “Bird on 52nd Street” (Fantasy); “Bird at St. Nick’s” (Fantay), in: Down Beat, 31/10 (23.Apr.1964), p. 31-32 (R) [digi.copy]

Don DeMichael & Pete Welding: Jazz Basics. Charlie Parker – “Jazz at Massey Hall” (Fantasy); “Bird Symbols” (Charlie Parker); “The Genius of Charlie Parker, Vol. 2” (Savoy), in: Down Beat, 31/9 (9.Apr.1964), p. 24-5, 40 (R)

M. Gardner: The Bird Speaks, in: Jazz Journal, 17/5 (May 1964), p. 25-27 (I/D) [digi.copy]

NN: A Discography of the “Live” Recordings of Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 17/5 (May 1964), p. 29 (D)

Walther Hein: Re-Boppers-Session vom 26.11.1945/Bird Sessions 1947/1951, in: Jazz Podium, 13/7 (Jul.1964), p. 160-162 (R)

Michel Delorme: Les paroles du Bird. Interview par Mark Gardner, in: Jazz Hot, #200 (Jul/Aug.1964), p. 24-26 (I)

NN: A Discography of the “Live” Recordings of Charlie Parker. Part 3, in: Jazz Journal, 17/7 (Jul.1964), p. 25 (D)

Homer Brown: Chords & Discords. Worry About Bird Film, in: Down Beat, 31/31 (3.Dec.1964), p. 6-7 (letter) [digi.copy]

Max Jones: Bird – Unquestionably the Greatest Ever, in: Melody Maker, 19.Dec.1964, p. 19 (R: Historical Masterpieces, Vol.1-3/Memorial Album Vol.6)

D. Lemery: Les enfants du Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, #116 (1965), p. 16-27

Don Heckman: Bird in Flight. Parker the Improviser, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 22-24

Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), passim (Charlie Parker memorial issue)

Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 32 (BT)

M.T. Cohen: With Care and Love, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 19-20

Martin Williams: The Listener’s Legacy, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 20-21, 35

NN: Parker’s Mood, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 25

Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Bird. The Genius of Charlie Parker, in: Jazz, 4/6 (1965), p. 8-9

Whitney Balliett: Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Such Sweet Thunder. 49 Pieces on Jazz, Indianapolis 1966 [book: Bobbs-Merrill], p. 249-251 (C: Tribute to Parker; reprint, from 1965)

Whitney Balliett: Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin’s Press], p. 238-239 (C; reprint, from 1965)

Bob Dawbarn: Bird Flies High in Sweden, in: Melody Maker, 20.Feb.1965, p. 15 (R: In Sweden)

John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker, Saxophonist, Recalled in ‘Legends’ at Café, in: New York Times, 17.Feb.1965, p. 39 (C: tribute play at Café au Go Go) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker 1920-1955. A Fist at the World, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (11.Mar.1965), p. 15-18 (F) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker 1920-1955. A Fist at the World, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 83-88 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat, 11.Mar.1965)

Joe Segal: Bird in Chicago, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (25.Mar.1965), p. 18-19 (F)

Bob Dawbarn: The Pick of Parker, in: Melody Maker, 3.Apr.1965, p. 10 (R)

Don DeMichael: “The World of Charlie Parker” (Roost 2257), in: Down Beat, 32/11 (20.May 1965), p. 28-29 (R: 5 stars) [digi.copy]

Guy Warren: Chords & Discords, in: Down Beat, 32/13 (17.Jun.1965), p. 10 (letter; response to Joe Segal’s article “Bird in Chicago”, Down Beat, 25.Mar.1965) [digi.copy]

Harvey Pekar: “Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert” (Limelight), in: Down Beat, 32/16 (29.Jul.1965), p. 32 (R)

D.C. Washington: Chords & Discords, in: Down Beat, 32/19 (9.Sep.1965), p. 10 (letter; response to Harvey Pekar’s review of “Charlie Parker’s 10th Memorial Concert”, Down Beat, 29.Jul.1965) [digi.copy]

“J.A.”: Parker. Tenth memorial concert in Chicago, in: Melody Maker, 11.Sep.1965, p. 6 (N: plans for concert) [digi.copy]

J.A.: Parker. Tenth Memorial Concert in Chicago, in: Melody Maker, 11.Sep.1965, p. 6

Alun Morgan: Charlie Parker – “Bird Is Free” (Egmont AJS-5); “Bird Symbols” (Verve VLP 9105 / Egmont AJS-3), in: Jazz Monthly, 11/10 (Dec.1965), p. 11 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Potpourri: Opera dedicated to Charlie Parker scheduled to be premiered, in: Down Beat, 32/27 (30.Dec.1965), p. 16 (N) [digi.copy]

André Francis: Jazz, Bourges 1958 [book: Solfèges / Éditions du Seuil; reprint: Bourges 1966: Solfèges / Éditions du Seuil], p. 106-111 (F)

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker and the Alto and Baritone Saxophonists, in: Ira Gitler: Jazz Masters of the Forties, New York 1966 [book: Macmillan; reprint, New York 1974: Collier Books], p. 15-57 (F)

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker and the Alto and Baritone Saxophonists, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 23-58 (F; reprint, from: “Jazz Masters of the Forties”, by Ira Gitler, 1966)

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker and the Alto and Baritone Saxophonists, in: Ira Gitler: The Masters of Bebop. A Listener’s Guide, New York 2001 [book: Da Capo], p. 15-57 (F; updated reprint, from: “Jazz Masters of the Forties”, by Ira Gitler, 1966)

Martin Williams: Eight Recorded Solos. Embraceable You / Ornithology, by Charlie Parker, in: Martin Williams: Where’s the Melody? A Listener’s Introduction to Jazz, New York 1966 [book], p. 44-47 (F)

Martin Williams: Now’s the Time / Billie’s Bounce, by th Charlie Parker Quintet, in: Martin Williams: Where’s the Melody? A Listener’s Introduction to Jazz, New York 1966 [book], p. 52-54 (F)

NN: Potpourri. Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, in: Down Beat, 33/6 (24.Mar.1966), p. 16 (C) [digi.copy]

Herb Levinson & George P. Godwin & Charles Preston & George Fox & James McCormick III & Baird Parker: Chords & Discords. Bird Issue Huzzahs… And One Disappointment, in: Down Beat, 32/9 (22.Apr.1965), p. 8, 10 (letters) [digi.copy]

J.C. Farquhar, John Periam: Chords & Discords. More on the Bird Issue, in: Down Beat, 32/10 (6.May 1965), p. 8 (letters) [digi.copy]

NN: Seven Steps in Jazz, in: Melody Maker, 7.May 1966, p. 8 (Kurzbiographie)

Richard Chesmore: Caught in the Act. An Opera for the Bird – “Without Memorial Banners”, Atkins Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo., in: Down Beat, 33/9 (5.May 1966), p. 13 (C) [digi.copy]

Bob Dawbarn: New Bird Plus Old Greats, in: Melody Maker, 18.Jun.1966, p. 12 (R: Ornithology)

Bob Dawbarn: Great Jazz Solos. Parker’s Mood, by Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 9.Jul.1966, p. 6

B. Houston: More Parker, But Watch the Duplication, in: Melody Maker, 15.Oct.1966, p. 14 (R: Charlie Parker, Vol.1/2 / The World of Charlie Parker)

Bill Quinn: Caught in the Act. Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, Either/Or Club, Chicago, in: Down Beat, 33/21 (20.Oct.1966), p. 22-23 (C)

Charlie Parker: Sketch-Orks, New York 1967 [sheet music] (T: lead sheets of “Au Privave”; “Back Home Blues”; “Ballade”; “The Bird”; “Bloomdido”; “Blues for Alice”; “Cardboard”; “Celebrity/Celerity”; “Chi Chi”; “Confirmation”; “Cosmic Rays”; “Dewey Square”; “Diverse”; “K.C. Blues”; “Kim”; “Laird Baird”; “Leap Frog”; “Mohawk”; “Moose the Mooche”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Ornithology”; “Passport”; “Relaxin’ with Lee”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Segment”; “She Rote”; “Si Si”; “Visa”; “Yardbird Suite”)

Jens Gerlach: Jazz. Gedichte, Berlin 1967 [book: Aufbau-Verlag], p. 46-47 (poem: “Charlie Parker”) [digi.copy]

B. Houston: A Bird Collection – And All for Fifty Bop, in: Melody Maker, 1.Jul.1967, p. 11 (R: Charlie Parker, Vol.1-4)

André Hodeir: Ceci n’est pas le jazz, in: Jazz Hot, 34/243 (1968), p. 6-7

Barry Witherden: Charlie Parker – Ballads and Birdland, in: Jazz Studies (British Institute of Jazz Studies), 2/2 (1968), p. 30-31 (R)

Denes Agay: The Joy of Jazz. Easy to Medium Grade Piano Solos, London 1968 [sheet music], p. 44-45 (piano solo arrangement of “Anthropology”)

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker. The Burden of Innovation, in: Barney Rossett (ed.): The Evergreen Review. A Ten-Year Anthology, Secaucus/NJ 1968 [book: Castle Books], p. 317-321 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 73-77}

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker. The Burden of Innovation, in: Martin Williams: The Jazz Tradition, New York 2/1983 [book; New York 1/1970], p. 135-153 (F; reprint, from: The Evergreen Review, 1968)

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker. The Burden of Innovation, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 10-23 (F; reprint, from: The Evergreen Review, 1968)

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker. The Burden of Innovation, in: Steven C. Tracy (ed.): Write Me a Few of Your Lines. A Blues Reader, Amherst/MA 1999 [book: University of Massachusetts Press], p. 509-513 (F; reprint, from: The Evergreen Review, 1968)

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker. A discography, [no place] 1968 [book: Discographical Forum] (D)

Ira Gitler: “Tribute to Charlie Parker” (RCA Victor 3783), in: Down Beat, 35/13 (27.Jun.1968), p. 31 (R: 4 stars) [digi.copy]

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker. A Discography, in: Discographical Forum, #8 (Sep.1968), p. Parker/1-Parker/5 (D)

B. Houston: Second Opinion. Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 26.Oct.1968, p. 10

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker. A Discography. Part 2, in: Discographical Forum, #9 (Nov.1968), p. Parker/6-Parker/11 (D)

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, 35/255 (1969), p. 22-25

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker. A Discography. Part 3, in: Discographical Forum, #10 (Jan.1969), p.Parker/12-Parker/17 (D)

Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Grenzen zwischen den Zeiten. Improvisationen über den Tod Charlie Parkers nach einem Thema von Archibald McLeish, in: Jazz Podium, 18/3 (Mar.1969), p. 82-83 (F) [digi.copy]

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker Discography. Part 4, in: Discographical Forum, #11 (Mar.1969), p. 18-23 (D)

Barry McRae: Jazz Basics. Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 22/4 (Apr.1969), p. 17 (F)

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker Discography. Part 5, in: Discographical Forum, #12 (May 1969), p. 24-29 (D)

Jim Burns: Bird in California, in: Jazz Journal, 22/7 (Jul.1969), p. 10-12 (F) [digi.copy]

Barry Tepperman: Budget Bird, in: Coda, 9/8 (1970), p. 10-11

Barry Witherden: Charlie Parker – “10th Memorial Concert” (Mercury SMWL 21040), in: Pieces of Jazz, 1970, p. 82-83 (R)

C. Paris: Charlie Parker in Time, in: Jazz Hot, 36/261 (1970), p. 16-19

Derrick Stewart-Baxter: Comment, in: Pieces of Jazz, 1970, p. 38a (letter; response to Pete Moon’s review of “Bird on 52nd Street”, Pieces of Jazz, 1970)

NN: Charlie Parker Memorial Concerts (in Chicago), in: Jazz & Pop, 9/9 (1970), p. 12

Pete Moon: Bird Still Lives, in: Pieces of Jazz, 1970, p. 87-88 (F)

Pete Moon: Charlie Parker All Stars – “Bird on 52nd Street” (America 30 AM 6061), in: Pieces of Jazz, 1970, p. 15 (R)

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 2: At Billy Berg, in: Jazz Hot, 36/257 (1970), p. 15-17

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 3: Moose the Mooche, in: Jazz Hot, #258 (1970), p. 18-20

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 4: Rumeurs dans la nuit, in: Jazz Hot, 36/259 (1970), p. 26-28

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 5: Ornithology, in: Jazz Hot, #260 (1970), p. 26-28

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 6: Hollywood, in: Jazz Hot, 36/262 (1970), p. 16ff.

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 7: Lover Man, in: Jazz Hot, 36/264 (1970), p. 24-25

Owen Peterson: The Massey Hall Concert, in: Jazz Journal, 23/3 (Mar.1970), p. 8-10 (F) [digi.copy]

Martin Williams: Music Workshop. A Charlie Parker Masterpiece, in: Down Beat, 37/7 (2.Apr.1970), p. 34-35 (A/T: “Embraceable You”) [digi.copy]

Barry Tepperman: Budget Bird, in: Coda, 9/8 (Jul/Aug.1970), p. 10-11 (F)

Mark Gardner: Chords & Discords. Bird Lore, in: Down Beat, 37/13 (9.Jul.1970), p. 8 (letter: “Klact-oveesedstene”) [digi.copy]

Martin Williams: Legendarne nagranie. Charlie Parkera, in: Jazz. Rythm i piosenka, #167/168 (Jul/Aug.1970), p. 22 (F/T)

David Amram: Bird in Washington, in: Jazz Journal, 23/8 (Aug.1970), p. 4-5 (F)

Mark Gardner: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 23/8 (Aug.1970), p. 2-3 (F)

NN: Bird Month in Chicago Honors Jazz Immortal, in: Down Beat, 37/17 (3.Sep.1970), p. 7 (short F) [digi.copy]

Peter Keepnews: Chords & Discords. On Bird, in: Down Beat, 37/17 (3.Sep.1970), p. 6 (letter) [digi.copy]

Burt Korall: The Pop and Jazz Scene. Salute to Bird, in: International Musician, 69/4 (Oct.1970), p. 6 (C)

NN: Charlie Parker Memorial (à Kansas City), in: Jazz Magazine, #186 (1971), p. 15

Ross Russell: The Last Apprentice [p. 179-186 (F)]; Charlie Parker [p. 196-205 (F)], in: Ross Russell: Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest, Berkeley 1971 [book: University of California Press] [digi.copy]

NN: Bird Lives. K.C. Plans Art Center, Memorial, in: Down Beat, 38/2 (21.Jan.1971), p. 11 (F) [digi.copy]

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen, in: Jazz Podium, 20/2 (Feb.1971), p. 72-73 (A/T; “Donna Lee”)

NN: Charlie Parker Jahr in Kansas City, in: Jazz Podium, 20/2 (Feb.1971), p. 48 (N)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 2, in: Jazz Podium, 20/3 (Mar.1971), p. 104-105 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Burt Korall: “Bird”, in: International Musician, 69/9 (Mar.1971), p. 9 (N: plans for monument in Kansas City)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 3, in: Jazz Podium, 20/4 (Apr.1971), p. 144-146 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 4, in: Jazz Podium, 20/5 (May 1971), p. 178-180 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 5, in: Jazz Podium, 20/7 (Jul.1971), p. 251-253 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

R. Williams: Essential Parker, in: Melody Maker, 17.Jul.1971, p. 28 (R: Charlie Parker, Vol.2, on Xtra)

Owen Peterson: Early Bird, in: Jazz Journal, 24/4 (Apr.1971), p. 34-36 (F/R)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 6, in: Jazz Podium, 20/9 (Sep.1971), p. 322-323 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 7, in: Jazz Podium, 20/10 (Oct.1971), p. 358-359 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 8, in: Jazz Podium, 20/11 (Nov.1971), p. 398-399 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 9, in: Jazz Podium, 20/12 (Dec.1971), p. 440-441 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Lucien Malson: Charlie Parker, in: Lucien Malson: Que sais-je? Les maitres du jazz, Paris 1972 [book], p. 74-87 (F)

Jim Burns: The Charlie Parker Ko Ko Date, in: Jazz & Blues, 1/9 (Jan.1972), p. 10 (F) [digi.copy]

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 10, in: Jazz Podium, 21/2 (Feb.1972), p. 51-52 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 11, in: Jazz Podium, 21/3 (Mar.1972), p. 80-81 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker – “Charlie Parker on Dial, Vol. 1-6” (Spotlite 101-106; “Lullaby in Rhythm” (Spotlite 107), in: Jazz & Blues, 2/1 (Apr.1972), p. 28-29 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker auf Dial, in: Jazz Podium, 21/5 (May 1972), p. 150-151 (F/R)

Paul Warren: Charlie Parker. Holding up all sorrow for heaven to see, in: The Village Voice, 6.Jul.1972 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 109-110}

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 12, in: Jazz Podium, 21/6 (Jun.1972), p. 200-201 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 13, in: Jazz Podium, 21/7 (Jul.1972), p. 240-242 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 14: Harmonik, in: Jazz Podium, 21/8 (Aug.1972), p. 37, 36 (A)

Benny Green: Virtuosi. Bird 1966 / Bird 1968, in: Benny Green: Drums in My Ears, London 1973 [book], p. 128-131 (R)

Hildred Roach: Charlie (Bird) Parker, in: Hildred Roach: Black American Music. Past and Present, Boston 1973 [book], p. 89-90 (F)

Max Harrison: Ross Russel’s “Bird Lives”, in: Jazz & Blues, 3/4 (1973), p. 4-5

Ross Russell: Bird Lives! The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker, New York 1973 [book: Charterhouse; London 1973: Quartet; London 1980] (F)

Ted Joans: Bird Lives!, in: Jazz Magazine, #216 (1973), p. 44-45 (B)

NN: Potpourri. Charlie Parker tribute at Boston’s Jordan Hall, produced by Jaki Byard, in: Down Beat, 40/4 (1.Mar.1973), p. 12 (N)

Ed Steane: “Bird Lives! The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker”, by Ross Russell, in: Jazz Digest, 2/4 (Apr.1973), p. 2 (B) [digi.copy]

Gary Giddins: “The Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie Years” (Roulette); “The Best of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane” (Roulette), in: Down Beat, 40/9 (10.May 1973), p. 25-26, 29-30 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Potpourri, in: Down Beat, 40/12 (21.Jun.1973), p. 12 (N: tribute to Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

Philip Larkin: Birdlife. “Bird Lives!”, by Ross Russell, in: Richard Palmer & John White (eds.): Reference Back. Philip Larkin’s Uncollected Jazz Writings 1940-84, Hull 1999 [book: University of Hull Press], p. 95-96 (B; reprint, from: Guardian, 28.Jun.1973)

Ross Russell: Parker, The Man Who Changed Music, in: Melody Maker, 16.Jun.1973, p. 30-31 (Vorabdruck)

Steve Voce: It Don’t Mean a Thing. Bird and Bits, in: Jazz Journal, 26/8 (Aug.1973), p. 18-19 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Potpourri, in: Down Beat, 40/15 (13.Sep.1973), p. 45 (N: Parker marathon, WKCR-FM, New York) [digi.copy]

B. Palmer: Charlie Parker. Post-Flight, in: Rolling Stone, #164 (1974), p. 22

Dan Morgenstern: Charlie Parker, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 352-358 (F; originally published as liner notes for “First Recordings!”, Onyx, 1974)

J. Isaacs: The Comprehensive Charlie Parker – Live Performances Vol.1/2, in: Rolling Stone, #156 (1974), p. 64-65 (R)

Leonard Feather: Bop and Bird, in: Leonard Feather: From Satchmo to Miles, London 1974 [book: Quartet; originally published in New York, 1972: Stein and Day], p. 129-145 (F)

Piet Koster & Dick M. Bakker: Charlie Parker Vol. One: 1940-1947; Volume Two: 1948-1950; Volume Three: 1951-1954; Volume Four: 1940-1955, Alphen aan de Rijn/NL 1974-1976 [book: Micrography] (D) [digi.copy]

Thomas Owens: Charlie Parker. Techniques of Improvisation, Los Angeles 1974 [PhD thesis: University of California] (F/A/T: “Anthropology”; “Au Privave”; “Barbados”; “Bebop”; “Bernie’s Tune”; “Big Foot”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “The Bird”; “Bird Gets the Worm”; “Bluebird”; “The Bluest Blues”; “Blues for Norman”; “Body and Soul”; “Carvin’ the Bird”; “Chasin’ the Bird”; “Cherokee”; “Cheryl”; “Chi Chi”; “The Closer”; “Constellation”; “Cool Blues”; “Dark Shadows”; “Dewey Square”; “Dexterity”; “Diverse”; “Dizzy Atmosphere”; “Dizzy Boogie”; “Donna Lee”; “Don’t Blame Me”; “Embraceable You”; “Fifty-Second Street Theme”; “4-F Blues”; “Funky Blues”; “G.I. Blues”; “Groovin’ High”; “Home Cooking”; “Honeysuckle Rose”; “Hootie Blues”; “Hot House”; “The Hymn”; “I Can’t Get Started”; “I Got Rhythm”; “I Love Paris”; “Indiana”; “I’ve Found a New Baby”, “Jump the Blues”; “Kim”; “Koko”; “Lady Be Good”; “Laird Baird”; “Little Willie Leaps”; “Lover Come Back to Me”; “Mango Mangue”; “Meandering”; “Mohawk”; “Moose the Mooche”; “Moten Swing”; “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “Night in Tunesia”; “Now’s the Time”; “Okiedoke”; “The Opener”; “Ornithology”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Out of Nowhere”; “Parker’s Mood”; “Perhaps”; “Quasimodo”; “”Red Cross”; “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”; “Relaxin’ with Lee”; “Round About Midnight”; “Salt Peanuts”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Segment”; “Sepian Bounce”; “Sippin’ at Bells”; “Slim Slam Blues”; “The Squirrel”; “Street Beat”; “Swingmatism”; “That’s the Blues”; “Thriving From a Riff”; “Tico Tico”; “Tiny’s Tempo”; “Twentieth-Century Blues”; “Warming Up a Riff”; “Wee (Allen’s Alley)”; “What Is This Thing Called Love”) [digi.copy]

Bill Esposito: Homage to Bird. Buddy Tate, Budd Johnson and Seldon Powell talk about the genius of Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 27/3 (Mar.1974), p. 4-5 (F)

Neil Tesser: Charlie Parker – “First Recordings” (Onyx 221), in: Down Beat, 41/13 (18.Jul.1974), p. 32 (R: 35 stars) [digi.copy]

C. Welch: Parker Genius, in: Melody Maker, 6.Jul.1974, p. 59 (R: Charlie Parker on Dial)

André Fonteyne: Jazzologie. 92 – Charlie Parker en Okidoke, in: Le Point du Jazz, #10 (Oct.1974), p. 104-105 (short F/D)

Henri Robberechts: Jazzologie. 100 – Charlie Parker ou John Jackson?, in: Le Point du Jazz, #10 (Oct.1974), p. 109-110 (short F)

Max Jones: Flight of the Bird, in: Melody Maker, 19.Oct.1974, p. 52 (B: Robert Reisner)

Burt Korall: Jazz View. Charlie Parker Still Has a Lot of Sax Appeal, in: New York Times, 24.Nov.1974 (F: on Charlie Parker, and recent Supersax albums) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 111}

Burnett James: “Bird. The Legend of Charlie Parker”, by Robert Reisner, in: Jazz Journal, 27/11 (Nov.1974), p. 25 (B) [digi.copy]

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music. Part 1, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/1 (Dec.1974), p. 61-87 (A)

Patrick Sullivan: Charlie Parker on Dial. Spotlite Set, in: Jazz Forum, #32 (Dec.1974), p. 61, 63-64 (F/R)

Graham Collier: Charlie Parker, in: Graham Collier: Jazz. A Student’s and Teacher’s Guide, London 1975 [book: Cambridge University Press], p. 40-48 (F)

Henryk Cholinski: Charlie Parker on LP, in: Jazz Forum, #35 (1975), p. 49-54 (F/D)

Henryk Cholinski: Charlie Parker on LP. Part 2: Studio Recordings, in: Jazz Forum, #36 (1975), p. 49-53 (F/D)

Henryk Cholinski: Charlie Parker on LP. Part 3: Live Recordings, in: Jazz Forum, #37 (1975), p. 56-61 (F/D)

Hugues Panassié: Une déclaration de Charlie Parker, in: Hugues Panassié: Monsieur Jazz, Paris 1975 [book: Stock], p. 353-362 (F)

J. Patrick: Charlie Parker and harmonic sources of Bebop composition. Thoughts on the repertory of new jazz in the 1940s, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (1975), p. 3-23 (A)

Studs Terkel: Charlie Parker. Yardbird!, in: Studs Terkel: Giants of Jazz, New York 1975 [Thomas Y. Crowell], p. 163-172 (F); German translation as “Giganten des Jazz”, Frankfurt am Main 2005 [book: Zweitausendeins], p. 179-188 (F)

W.L. Fowler: Music Workshop. Bird Motives, in: Down Beat, 42/16 (1975), p. 43 (Ornithology)

Harry Miedema: Music Workshop. “Now’s the Time”, in: Down Beat, 42/4 (27.Feb.1975), p. 35 (T)

Chris Sheridan: Chasin’ the Bird, in: Jazz Journal, 28/3 (Mar.1975), p. 6, 8-10 (F) [digi.copy]

Mark Gardner: Bird. Twenty years after, in: Jazz Journal, 28/3 (Mar.1975), p. 4-5 (F) [digi.copy]

Mark Gardner: Bird. Twenty Years After, in: Jazz Journal, 28/3 (Mar.1975), p. 4-6, -10 (F)

James Patrick: Charlie Parker and Harmonic Sources of Bebop Composition. Thoughts on the Repertory of New Jazz in the 1940s, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (Jun.1975), p. 3-23 (F)

Lawrence O. Koch: A Numerical Listing of Charlie Parker’s Recordings, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (Jun.1975), p. 86-95 (D)

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music. Part 2, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (Jun.1975), p. 61-85 (A/T: “Embraceable You”)

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music. Part 1, errata, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (Jun.1975), p. 115-119 (T: corrections)

J.H. Alexander: McLean to Play in Parker Tribute, in: new York Post, 22.Aug.1975 (F/I with Jackie McLean) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 116}

John S. Wilson: Sound of Charlie Parker Still Echoes in Jazz World. Musical Identity Was Sudden Discovery to Bird, in: New York Times, 22.Aug.1975, p. 33, 44 (F/I with Jackie McLean, Red Rodney, Roy Haynes, Tommy Potter, Al Haig) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 113-114}

Patricia O’Haire: A mute salute, in: new York Daily News, 28.Aug.1975 (F: tribute to Charlie Parker at Avery Fisher Hall cancelled) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 115}

NN: Parker Tribute. Fiasco at Fisher, in: [unknown source], Aug.1975 (F: tribute to Charlie Parker at Avery Fisher Hall cancelled) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 168}

John Litweiler: Old Wine, New Bottles. “Charlie Parker on Dial, Vol.1-6” (Spotlite), in: Down Beat, 42/17 (23.Oct.1975), p. 30, 32-34 (R: “Charlie Parker on Dial”) [digi.copy]

William L. Fowler: Bird Motives, in: Down Beat, 42/16 (9.Oct.1975), p. 43 (T: “Ornithology”) [digi.copy]

Loren Schoenberg: Chords & Discords, in: Down Beat, 42/20 (4.Dec.1975), p. 8 (letter; response to John Litweiler’s review “Charlie Parker on Dial”, Down Beat, 23.Oct.1975) [digi.copy]

Carl Strommen: Insight. Bird’s Oboe Player Remembers the Man, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/1 (Summer 1976), p. 30-31 (F/I with Martin Sperber) [digi.copy]

Gary Giddins: The Charlie Parker Reissue Parade, in: Gary Giddins: Riding On a Blue Note. Jazz & American Pop, New York 1981 [book; reprint, New York 2000: Da Capo Press], p. 111-119 (F/R; reprint, from: Village Voice, 1976-1978)

Nat Hentoff: The Great Speckled Bird, in: Nat Hentoff: Jazz Is, New York 1976 [book: Ridge Press/Random House; reprint: 1984], p. 169-195 (F)

Tom Stites: Memorial for Bird, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/1 (Summer 1976), p. 15 (F) [digi.copy]

Mark Gardner: “Charlie Parker Discograph. Volume 2, 1948-1950”, by Piet Koster & Dick M. Bakker, in: Coda, #144 (Jan/Feb.1976), p. 37 (B) [digi.copy]

Tom Owens: Parker at the Trade Winds – Bootleg Jazz, in: Jazz Journal, 29/1 (Jan.1976), p. 7 (F/R) [digi.copy]

David Behrens: Where ‘The Bird’ Still Soars. “Charlie Parker was a musical genius who helped to bring about the music you listen to today … [It was revolutionary…”, in: Newsday, 9.Dec.1976 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 117-118}

Dan Morgenstern: One Night at Birdland, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 483-491 (F; originally published as liner notes for “One Night at Birdland”, Columbia, 1977)

NN: Charlie Parker – Ein Gigant des Bebop, in: Werkstatt Info [DDR], 1/1977, p. 8-11 (F) [digi.copy]

Sy Johnson: Bird Lives, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/4 (Summer 1977), p. 31 (F) [digi.copy]

Alun Morgan: How Garner tried to provide a nest egg for Bird, in: Jazz Journal, 30/7 (Jul.1977), p. 34 (F)

André Hodeir: Le Bird n’est plus, in: Philippe Adler (Hg.): Les grandes signature, Paris 1987 [book], p. 59-60 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Hot, Apr.1955)

Carl Strommen: Woodshed. “Embraceable You”, take 1/2, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 2/3 (Spring 1978), p. 84-85, 87 (A/T)

James Lincoln Collier: Charlie Parker. An Erratic Bird in Flight, in: James Lincoln Collier: The Making of Jazz. A Comprehensive History, London 1978 [book], p. 362-376 (F)

Jamey Aebersold & Michael H. Goldsen (eds.): Charlie Parker Omnibook. Transcribed Exactly from His Recorded Solos, Lynbrook NY, 1978 [sheet music: Goldfeder], passim (T for Eb instruments / C clef instruments: “Ah-Leu-Cha”; “Another Hairdo”; “Anthropology”; “Au Privavce”; “Back Home Blues”; “Ballade”; “Barbados”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “The Bird”; “Bird Gets the Worm”; “Bloomdido”; “Blue Bird”; “Blues (fast)”; “Blues for Alice”; “Buzzy”; “Card Board”; “Celerity”; “Chasing the Bird”; “Cheryl”; “Chi Chi”; “Confirmation”; “Constellation”; “Cosmic Rays”; “Dewey Square”; “Diverse”; “Donna Lee”; “K.C. Blues”; “Kim”; “Klaun Stance”; “Ko Ko”; “Laird Baird”; “Leap Frog”; “Marmaduke”; “Merry-Go-Round”; “Mohawk”; “Moose the Mooche”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “Now’s the Time”; “Ornithology”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Parker’s Mood”; “Passport”; “Perhaps”; “Red Cross”; “Relaxing with Lee”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Segment”; “Shaw ‘Nuff”; “She Rote”; “Si Si”; “Steeplechase”; “Thriving from a Riff”; “Visa”; Warming Up a Riff”; “Yardbird Suite”)

Jerry Coker: Charlie Parker, in: Jerry Coker: Listening to Jazz, Englewood Cliffs/NJ 1978 [book], p. 104-114 (F/A: “Don’t Blame Me”)

John McDonough: Charlie Parker – One Night at Birdland/Bird with Strings, in: Down Beat, 45/4 (1978), p. 27-28 (R)

Kirk L. Bjornsgaard & Russ SHor: The Spirit of Bird Still Flying, in: IAJRC Journal, 11/1 (Winter 1978), p. 12-13 (F)

Mark White: The Observer’s Book of Jazz, London 1978 [book: Frederick Ware], p. 145-147 (F: short lexicon entry)

Philippe Baudoin: Compositions de C. Parker, in: Le Jazzophone, #1 (1978), p. 21-22 (F)

Michael Zwerin: Bird Dies, in: Black Music and Jazz Review, 1/5 (Aug.1978), p. 9 (F)

Barney Kessel: Recording with Charlie Parker, in: Guitar Player, 12/9 (Sep.1978), p. 16, 133-134 (F) [digi.copy]

Günther Buhles: Charlie Parker – “Summit Meeting at the Birdland” (CBS 82 291); “Bird with Strings. Live at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland” (CBS 82 292), in: Jazz Podium, 27/10 (Oct.1978), p. 35-36 (R) [digi.copy]

Rüdiger Böttger: Charlie Parker – “The Very Best of Bird” (Warner Bros. WB 3198), in: Jazz Podium, 27/10 (Oct.1978), p. 34-35 (R) [digi.copy]

Björn Fremer: Charlie Parker in Sweden. The Beautiful Dream That Came True, in: Jazz Journal, 31/11 (Nov.1978), p. 33 (F)

Bernard Cash: Bird of Paradise, in: Chris Goddard: Jazz Away from Home, New York 1979 [book: Paddington Press], p. 103-104 (T)

Dizzy Gillespie & Al Fraser: Bird and Diz, in: Dizzy Gillespie & Al Fraser: To Be or Not to Bop. Memoires, New York 1979 [book], p. 391-404 (F)

H.A. Reed: The Black Bar in the Making of a Jazz Musician. Bird, Mingus, and Stan Hope, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 5/2 (1979), p. 76-90

Kitty Grime: Hearing Bird, in: Kitty Grime: Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s, London 1979 [book], p. 31-39 (I mit diversen Musikern)

Tom Piazza: Bird’s Rainbow, in: Jazz Magazine (USA), 3/2 (Spring 1979), p. 30-35 (F)

Mike Healy: UB Jazz Scholar Explores Genius of Charlie Parker, in: Buffalo Courier-Explorer, 2.Apr.1979 (F/I with James Patrick) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 120}

Daniel Soutif: Parker chez Dial, in: Jazz Magazine, #273 (Mar.1979), p. 36-39 (F/R)

Al Haig & Duke Jordan: High Voltage. Ornithology. Charlie Parker, in: Black Music & Jazz Review, 2/2 (May 1979), p. 13 (F)

Bart Becker: Jay McShann Interview, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 139-142 (F; reprint, from: Cadence, Sep/Oct.1979)

Alan Rich (ed.): The Simon & Schuster Listener’s Guide to Jazz, New York 1980 [book: Simon & Schuster], p. 46-48 (F)

Harry Meidema: Bloomdido – Charlie Parker Plays the Blues, in: Down Beat Music ’80 (1980), p. 51-52 (T) [digi.copy]

Harry Meidema: Charlie Parker’s Embraceable You Solo, in: Down Beat Music ’80 (1980), p. 51 (T) [digi.copy]

Al Levitt: Parkeriana. Chasing the Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, #284 (Mar.1980), p. 26-29 (F)

Jacques Réda: La coupure de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Magazine, #284 (Mar.1980), p. 25 (F)

Jacques Réda: La coupure de Charlie Parker, in: Jacques Réda: L’improviste. Une lecture du jazz, Paris 1980 [book], p. 85-89 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Mar.1980)

Jacques Réda: La coupure de Charlie Parker, in: Jacques Réda: L’improviste. Une lecture du jazz, Paris 1990 [book: Folio Essais], p. 130-134 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Mar.1980)

Marshall Stearns: Het Charlie Parker Interview, in: Jazz Nu, 2/6-7 (Mar/Apr.1980), p. 266-268 (I)

Pierre Rigaud: Parkeriana. Romance à clés, in: Jazz Magazine, #284 (Mar.1980), p. 2-24 (F)

Ross Russell: Parkeriana. Ouverture chez Billy Berg, in: Jazz Magazine, #284 (Mar.1980), p. 18-21, 58, 60, 62 (F; extract from “Bird Lives!”)

Chan Parker: Now’s the Time, in: Jazz Hot, #373 (May 1980), p. 31-41 (F) [digi.copy]

Piet Koster: Charlie Parker. The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions, in: Micrography, #53 (Jul.1980), p. 13-14 (D) [digi.copy]

Al Levitt: Chasing the Bird, in: Jazz Journal, Aug.1980, p. 6-7 (F) [digi.copy]

David Knight: The Night Charlie Parker Died, in: Down Beat, 47/8 (Aug.1980), p. 22-25 (F) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather & Conrad Silvert: Jazz World Remembers Bird, in: Down Beat, 47/8 (Aug.1980), p. 26-28, 60-61 (F/I with Max Roach, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Heath, Leonard Feather, J.J. Johnson, Johnny Griffin, Jackie mcLean, Norman Granz, Charles Owens, Med Flory, Benny Carter) [digi.copy]

Arrigo Polillo: Charlie Parker, in: Arrigo Polillo: Jazz. Geschichte und Persönlichkeiten, München 1981 [book: Herbig], p. 482-502 (F)

Arrigo Polillo: Charlie Parker, in: Arrigo Polillo (ed. Hans-Jürgen Schaal): Jazz. Die neue Enzyklopädie, München 2003 [book: Herbig], p. 520-540 (F; reprint, from: “Jazz. Geschichte und Persönlichkeiten”, by Arrigo Polillo, 1981)

Denis Levaillant: Le Jeu, in: Denis Levaillant: L’improvisation musicale. Essai sur la puissance du jeu, Paris 1981 [book], p. 132-133 (A/T: Parker’s Mood)

Joachim Ernst Berendt: Charlie Parkers und Dizzy Gillespie, in: Joachim Ernst Berendt: Das große Jazzbuch. Von New Orleans bis Jazz Rock, Frankfurt/Main 1981 [book], p. 100-112 (F)

Lee Bash: The Historical and Pedagogical Implications of Motivic Formulas as Supplied by the Charlie Parker Recordings of “Cherokee”, in: Jazz Research Papers, 1 (1981), p. 1-9 (A/T)

NN: Charlie Parker on Dial, in: Tzaz, 13 (1981), p. 84-87 (F – auf griechisch)

Paul O.W. Tanner & Maurice Gerow: Five Out of Many. Charlie Parker (1921-1955), in: Paul O.W. Tanner & Maurice Gerow: A Study of Jazz, 4/1981 [book, 1/1963], p. 161-164 (F)

Whitney Balliett: New Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Goodbye and Other Messages. A Journal of Jazz 1981-1990, New York 1991 [book], p. 18-22 (Film-R: “To Bird with Love”; reprint, from 1981)

Whitney Balliett: New Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin’s Press], p. 593-597 (Film-R: “To Bird with Love”; reprint, from 1981)

Chris Goddard: Jazz Oral History Project. Buster Smith, January 13, 1981, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 142-151 (F)

Chan Parker: Dear Mrs. Sneed…, in: [letter to Judy Sneed], 19.Jul.1981 (letter: about Parker’s home on 151 Aveue B, NYC) [digi.copy]

Lee Jeske: To Bird with Love, by Chan Parker and Francis Paudras, in: Down Beat, 48/9 (Sep.1981), p. 65 (B) [digi.copy]

Chan Parker: To Bird with Love…, in: Coda, #181 (Dec.1981), p. 4-7 (F)

Gene DiNovi: Bebop Forever, in: Coda, #181 (Dec.1981), p. 20-21 (F)

Sadik Hakim: My Experiences with Bird and Prez, in: Coda, #181 (Dec.1981), p. 16-19 (F)

Ted Joans: Bird and the Beats, in: Coda, #181 (Dec.1981), p. 14-15 (F)

Alfons Michael Dauer: Day lydisch-chromatische Tonsystem von George Russell und seine Anwendung, in: Jazzforschung/jazz research, #14 (1982), p. 106-107 (A/T: “Lady Be Good”)

André Francis: Jazz (nouvelle édition), Malesherbes 1982 [book: Microcosme / Seuil], p. 116-122 (F)

Charles Fox: Seven Steps to Jazz. Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Anthony Braxton, in: The Wire, #2 (Winter 1982/1983), p. 12-14 (F) [digi.copy]

Ian Carr: Bird Land, in: Ian Carr: Miles Davis. A Biography, New York 1982 [book], p. 12-30 (F)

Ira Gitler: Jazz Oral History Project. Howard McGhee (1982), in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 151-161 (F)

Mike Zwerin: Remembering Bird, in: Michael Zwerin: Broken Up and Dances, Paris 41982 [book], p. 53-55 (F)

Jack Sohmer: Charlie Parker – One Night in Washington / Jazz Perennial. The Genius Vol.7, in: Down Beat, 49/8 (Aug.1982), p. 31-32 (R)

John Clare: Charlie Parker: Two Perspectives. The Artist (1), in: Jazz (Australien), 2/11 (Sep/Oct.1982), p. 8-10 (F)

Niels Nielsen: Charlie Parker: Two Perspectives. The recordings (2), in: Jazz (Australien), 2/11 (Sep/Oct.1982), p. 11-13 (F/R)

Brian Priestley: Mingus. A Critical Biography, New York 1983 [book: Da Capo Press], passim (F) [digi.copy]

G. Arnaud & J. Reese: Charlie Parker fait danser le P.C., in: Jazz Hot, 49/398 (1983), p. 31

Hanns-Werner Heister: How High the Moon/Ornithology, in: Hanns-Werner Heister: Jazz, Kassel 1983 [book: Bärenreiter], p. 79-85 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Joe Chambers: Ornithology, 1947-8, in: Joe Chambers: Milestones 1. The Music and Times of Miles Davis to 1960, New York 1983 [book], p. 58-89 (F)

Michael S. McLaughlin: African Music, Rhythm, and Jazz, in: Jazz Research Papers, 3 (1983), p. 74-91 (A/T)

Vittorio Castelli & Luca Cerchiari: Jazz su disco, Milano 1983 [book: Oscar Mondadori], p. 275-280 (R: “The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions”, Savoy; “On Dial Vol. 1”, Spotlite; “On Dial Vol. 4”, Spotlite; “On Dial Vol. 5”, Spotlite; “The Verve Years”, Verve)

N. Nielsen: Charlie Parker in Retrospect, in: Jazz Journal, 36/5 (May 1983), p. 16-18

Sadik Hakim: Dinosaure du Bop, in: Jazz Hot, #405 (Nov.1983), p. 48 (F)

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker, Tunbridge Wells 1984 [book]

Brian Priestley: Parker – ‘Embraceable You’, in: The Wire, #7 (Summer 1984), p. 26-27 (F/R: Parker on Dial Vol. 4) [digi.copy]

Michael James: Another Reading. The Parker Dials, in: The Wire, #7 (Summer 1984), p. 28-30 (F/R) [digi.copy]

Xavier Prévost: L’oiseau retrospectif, in: Jazz Magazine, #329 (1984), p. 62-63 (R: Bird on Verve, Vol.1-8)

A. Leonardi: Charlie Parker. Mito di una generazione, in: Musica Jazz, 40/2 (Feb.1984), p. 43

Chan Parker: Dear Judy…, in: [letter to Judy Sneed (Rhode)], 19.Mar.1984 (letter: about the Parker home on 151 Avenue B, NYC) [digi.copy]

Renze de Vries: Bird Lives – zes jazzvogels, in: Jazz Nu, 6/66 (Apr.1984), p. 242-245 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Bird and Diz, in: Jazz Podijm, 33/10 (Oct.1984), p. 15-18 (B: To be or Not to Bop von Dizzy Gillspie)

Günther Buhles: Charlie Parker, von Brian Priestley, in: Jazz Podium, 33/11 (Nov.1984), p. 58 (B)

A. Vulbeau & A. Legido: Si Parker s’etait présenté…, in: Jazz Magazine, #337 (1985), p. 24-27

Benny Waters: Lester Young and Other Musicians I Admire, in: Benny Waters: The Key to a Jazzy Life, Toulouse 1985 [book], p. 77-79 (F)

Charles Delaunay: Delaunay’s Dilemma. De la peinture au jazz, Macon/F 1985 [book], p. 173-175 (F)

Gérard Moreau: Signé Jazz, Bordeaux 1985 [book: Editions du Ponant], p. 114-115 (very short F/drawing of the artist)

Günther Buhles: “Charlie Parker will always remain a master for me.” Ein Gespräch mit Lee Konitz über den vor 30 Jahren verstorbenen Altsaxophonisten und Bebop-Innovator C.P., in: Jazz (Schweiz/A3), 4/1985, p. 50-51 (F/I with Lee Konitz)

I. Böcker: Charlie Parker – Loverman, in: Musikern, 1/1985, p. 18-19

John Norris: Ornithology. The Continuing World of Charlie Parker, in: Coda, #202 (1985), p. 1

Max Harrison: Charlie Parker, by Brian Priestley, in: Jazz Forum, #92 (1985), p. 57-59 (B)

NN: Bird Lives!, in: Jazz Forum, #94 (1985), p. 56-57 (R) [digi.copy]

Albrekt von Konow: Den unge Charlie Parker, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/3 (Mar.1985), p. 10-13 (F) [digi.copy]

Brian Davis: Bird on Verve, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 33-35 (F/R) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker (1920-1955). The Brilliance of Bird, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 25-27 (F) [digi.copy]

Charles Fox: Early Bird. Charles Fox surveys Parker’s background and hears from Jay McShann about the days when Parker toured with his big band, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 27-28 (F/I with Jay McShann) [digi.copy]

Göran Sonnevi & Svante Foerster & Gunnar Möllerstedt & Jack Kerouac: Charlie Parker, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/3 (Mar.1985), p. 14-16 (poems) [digi.copy]

Greg Murphy: Bird – Studio Versus Live. Greg Murphy indulges in a session of fascinating and, ultimately, enlightening listening…, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 31-32 (F) [digi.copy]

Jan Jansson: Cryology, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/3 (Mar.1985), p. 17-18 (short story) [digi.copy]

Jeff Tempo: Up Against the Wall. Jeff Tempo opens a text book and finds that, in jazz, things are never quite as “black and white” as they seem, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 29-30 (F: photo forgery) [digi.copy]

Joe Kienemann: Das Jazz-Portrait – Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Zeitung, 10/3 (Mar.1985), p. 2-4 (F) [digi.copy]

Keith Shadwick: Under the Influence. Keith Shadwick looks at the startling effect Bird’s music had immediately on his contemporaries but asks who was to carry the legacy forward?, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 35-37 (F) [digi.copy]

Olle Snismarck: Vem fan är Charlie Parker?, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/3 (Mar.1985), p. 19 (F) [digi.copy]

Stan Britt: Bird Rappin’. Musicians talk about Charlie Parker, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 39-41, 43 (F/I with Red Holloway, Sonny Stitt, Horace Silver, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Mary Lou Williams, Ruby Braff, Jimmy Witherspoon, Johnny Griffin, Art Pepper, Arnett Cobb, George Coleman, Harry Edison, Slim Gaillard, Hampton Hawes, Lee Konitz, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Joe Zawinul, Ernie Wilkins, Tony Scott, Peter King, Red Rodney, Jackie McLean, Thad Jones, Sonny Rollins, Jay McShann) [digi.copy]

B. Räftegård: Parkers mästarballader, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/4 (Apr.1985), p. 15-17

Marcello Piras: Charlie Parker, in: Musica Jazz, 41/4 (Apr.1985), p. 35-50

O. Snismarck: “Bird” i stan, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/4 (Apr.1985), p. 19

R. Dahlgren: Charlie Parker i Sverige, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/4 (Apr.1985), p. 18, 20-22

John Norris: Ornithology. Publisher John Norris investigates the continuing world of Charlie Parker, in: Coda, #202 (Jun/Jul.1985), p. 18-19 (F)

Toby Byron & Gunnar Lindqvist: Chords & Discords. Bird hunt, in: Down Beat, 52/8 (Aug.1985), p. 47 (letters: public querries about Parker) [digi.copy]

Yusef Lateef: Pro Session. The Genius fo Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 52/8 (Aug.1985), p. 56 (F) [digi.copy]

Yusef Lateef: The Genius of Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 52/8 (Aug.1985), p. 56 (F)

Günther Buhles: Ross Russell . Bird lebt!, in: Jazz Podium, 34/11 (Nov.1985), p. 52 (B)

Al van Starrex: Charlie Parker, by Brian Priestley, in: Coda, #207 (1986), p. 18 (B)

Henry Martin: Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – “Koko” [p. 67-69 (A)]; Charlie Parker [p. 125-127 (A)]; Charlie Parker – “Shaw ‘Nuff'” [p. 242-243 (A/T), in: Henry Martin: Enjoying Jazz, New York 1986 [book]

J. Cooke: Charlie Parker – Birth of the Bebop, in: The Wire, #29 (1986), p. 37-38 (R)

Juergen Abi Schmitt: Von Strömen wird die Rede sein, vom Fliessen, von Wüsten innen und außen. Essay über Charlie Parker und Edgar Varèse, in: Ingrid Karl (Hg.): Jazz op. 3. Die heimliche Liebe des Jazz zur europäischen Moderne, Wien 1986 [book], p. 17-35 (F)

N. Coleman: Charlie Parker – The Complete Savoy Sessions, Vol.2, in: The Wire, #24 (1986), p. 45 (R)

Richard Cook: Charlie Parker – At Storyville, in: The Wire, #25 (1986), p. 50-51 (R)

Robert Gordon: Diz and Bird in Lotusland, in: Robert Gordon: Jazz West Coast. The Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950s, London 1986 [book], p. 5-22 (F)

Scott Yanow: Charlie Parker – The Complete Roost Performances, in: Coda, #206 (1986), p. 33 (R)

Scott Yanow: Charlie Parker – The Cole Porter Songbook, in: Coda, #206 (1986), p. 34 (R)

, in: Nathan W. Pearson, Jr.: Goin’ to Kansas City, Urbana 1987 [book: University of Illinois Press], passim (F)

Amiri Baraka: A Tribute to Bird, in: LeRoi Jones & Amina Baraka: The Music. Reflections on Jazz and Blues, New York 1987 [book], p. 277-278 (F)

Gary Giddins: Bird Lives!, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 3-9 (F/I with Jay McShann, Dizzy Gillespie, Red Rodney, Buddy De Franco, Joe Newman, Thad Jones; reprint, from: “Celebrating Bird”, by Gary Giddins, 1987)

Gary Giddins: Celebrating Bird. The Triumph of Charlie Parker, New York 1987 [book: Beech Tree Books], passim (F) [digi.copy]

Paul Smith & Morris Feldman (eds.): Charlie Parker for Piano, Book One, New York 1987 [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangements of “Yardbird Suite”; “Confirmation”; “Au Privave”; “Chi Chi”; “Kim”; “Moose the Mooche”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “Ornithology”; “Visa”; “Segment”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Back Home Blues”; “Card Board”; “Blues for Alice”; “The Bird”)

Javier Coma: Charlie Parker. La esclavitud del libertador, in: Quartica Jazz, #17 (Mar.1987), p. 26-27 (F)

J.C: Diaz: Pentagrama. Maestros del Be Bop. Charlie Parker, in: Quartica Jazz, #18 (Apr.1987), p. 54-56 (A)

Michael Bourne: Ad lib. Celebrating Bird, in: Down Beat, 54/4 (Apr.1987), p. 63 (F)

Michael Bourne: Celebrating Bird, by Gary Giddins, in: Down Beat, 54/4 (Apr.1987), p. 63 (B)

Martin Isherwood: Bird Film Bio, in: Down Beat, 54/12 (Dec.1987), p. 12 (Film-R)

Graham Lock: Forces in Motion. Anthony Braxton and the Meta-Reality of Creative Music, London 1988 [book], p. 64-67 (F)

Iron Werther: Charlie Parker, in: Iron Werther: Bebop. Die Geschichte einer musikalischen Revolution und ihrer Interpreten, Frankfurt/Main 1988 [book], p. 78-99 (F)

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music, in: Lawrence O. Koch: Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker, Bowling Green 1988 [book: The Popular Press], p. 289-232 (A/T)

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music, in: Lawrence O. Koch: Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker, revised edition, Boston 1999 [book: Northeastern University Press], p. 311-342 (A/T; reprint, from: “Yardbird Suite”, by Lawrence O. Koch, 1988)

Lawrence O. Koch: Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker, Bowling Green 1988 [book: The Popular Press] (F/A/D)

NN: Doin’ Bird. The Clint Eastwood Interview, in: Straight No Chaser, #2 (1988), p. 22-24 (I mit Eastwood)

NN: Play Ornithology for Me… Charlie Parker, in: The Jazz Rag, #7 (1988), p. 3 (Film-R)

Paul Smith (ed.): Charlie Parker for Piano, Book Two, New York 1988 [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangements of “Au Privave”; “Bloomdido”; “Blues (Fast)”; “Celebrity/Celerity”; “Cosmic Rays”; “Dewey Square”; “K.C. Blues”; “Laird Baird”; “Leap Frog”; “Mohawk”; “Passport”; “Relaxing with Lee”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “She Rote”; “Si Si”)

Peter Niklas Wilson & Ulfert Goeman: Charlie Parker. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten, Schaftlach 1988 [book: Oreos] (F/A/D)

Coen de Jonge: Charlie Parker op tenor. Nog net niet op ellepijp en spaakbeen, in: Jazz Nu, #114 (Apr.1988), p. 274-275 (F/R)

Christer Nilsson: Chan nöjd med Eastwood, in: Orkester Journalen, 56/5 (May 1988), p. 17 (F/I with Chan Parker)

Leonard Feather: In un film capolavoro. Parker vive!, in: Musica Jazz, 44/7 (Jul.1988), p. 7 (Film-R)

Jaap Lüdeke: Rolprent over Charlie Parker. Het regent veel in film Bird, in: Jazz Nu, #118 (Sep.1988), p. 432-433 (Film-R)

Scott Yanow: Bird – The Movie, in: Down Beat, 55/9 (Sep.1988), p. 24-26 (Film-R)

Didier Deutsch: Cinemusic – “Bird”, in: Jazziz, 5/6 (Oct/Nov.1988), p. 61, 76 (Film-R)

Gary Giddins: Birdman of Hollywood, in: Gary Giddins: Faces in the Crowd. Musicians, Writers, Actors, and Filmmakers, New York 2/1996 [book: Da Capo; O: New York 1992: Oxford University Press], p. 39-51 (F/Film-R; reprint, from: Esquire, Oct.1988)

Günter Buhles: Ein Universum musikalischer Schönheit. Zur Stilentwicklung und Konzeption von Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Podium, 37/10 (Oct.1988), p. 3-4, 6-7 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Claudio Sessa & Giuseppe Piacentino & Giacomo Battistella: Bird com’era, in: Musica Jazz, 44/11 (Nov.1988), p. 35-46 (F/D)

Francis Davis: Bird on Film. Charlie Parker gets lost in a fan’s new movie, in: Atlantic Monthly, Nov.1988 (F/Film-R) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Francis Davis: Birdland, Mon Amour, in: Francis Davis: Jazz and Its Discontents. A Francis Davis Reader, New York 2004 [book: Da Capo Press], p. 272-278 (Film-R: “Bird”; originally published in Nov.1988)

Giuseppe Piacentino & Pino Candini & Marzio Castagnedi: Bird. Un cult-movie che fa discutere, in: Musica Jazz, 44/11 (Nov.1988), p. 12-18 (Film-R)

Günter Buhles: Zur Stilentwicklung und Konzeption von Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Podium, 37/11 (Nov.1988), p. 16-18, 20, 22 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Horst Kruse: 2 Filme über Charlie Parker (Clint Eastwood, Marc Huraux), in: Jazzthetik, 2/11 (Nov.1988), p. 24-25 (Film-R) [digi.copy]

Peter Watrous: The Man Who Defined Modern Jazz. Charlie Parker’s music remains the primer for musicians who are serious about their art, in: New York Times, 13.Nov.1988, p. 26, 28 (F) [digi.copy] {also in: Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 135-137}

Chan Parker: Rare Bird. Charlie Parker’s great love relives her years with a tumultuous jazz giant, in: People Magazine, 1.Dec.1988, p. 79-80, 82 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 132-134}

Günter Buhles: Charlie Parker. Der Prototyp des Bebopkünstlers, in: Jazz Podium, 37/12 (Dec.1988), p. 8, 10, 12, 15-16 (F) [digi.copy]

Helmut Weihsmann: Bird. Kurzkritik über den Charlie Parker Film von Clint Eastwood, in: Jazz Podium, 37/12 (Dec.1988), p. 17 (Film-R) [digi.copy]

Richard B. Woodward: The Year of the Bird. Charlie Parker paid his dues, as jazz players say. Now he gets his due, with a big film and a burst of CDs honorin one of the world’s great musicians, in: World Monitor, Dec.1988, p. 78-81 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 121-124}

Laurent Cugny: Las Vegas Tango. Une vie de Gil Evans, Paris 1989 [book: P.O.L./Collection Birdland], passim (F)

Mark Miller: Cool Blues. Charlie Parker in Canada 1953, London/Ontario 1989 [book: Nightwood Editions] (F)

Norman Saks & Leonard Bukowski & Robert M. Bregman: The Charlie Parker Discography, Toronto 1989 [book: B.B.S.] (D)

Paul Smith: Charlie Parker for Piano, Book Three, Lynbrook/NY 1989 [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangements by Paul Smith of “Ah-Leu-Cha”; “Anthropology”; “Barbados”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “Cheryl”; “Constellation”; “Donna Lee”; “Ko Ko”; “Marmaduke”; “Now’s the Time”; “Perhaps”; “Red Cross”; “Shawnuff”; “Steeplechase”; “Thriving From a Riff”)

Philippe Koechlin & Filips & Artur & Patrice Narès & Alain Leroi: Oncle Ornicar presente Jazz Cartoon, Paris 1989 [book: Art Moderne], p. 50-51 (cartoon)

Raymond Federman: Erinnerung an Charlie Parker oder Wie wird man es wieder los, in: Lettre International, 3/6 (1989), p. 46-48 (F) [digi.copy]

Stan Britt: On the Street Where You Bop (with Bird, Miles, Bud, et al), in: Stan Britt: Dexter Gordon. A Musical Biography, New York 1989 [book], p. 63-69 (F)

Tony Scott: La mia vita nel mondo deineri, in: Blu Jazz, 1/3 (1989), p. 15-34 (F)

Val Wilmer: Bird Lies? Vi brakte I forrige utgave en fyldig omtale av filmen Bird I utlandet raser nå debatten im filmen. Nazznytt har derfor valgt å presentere den følgende artikkelen av Val Wilmer for å rette søkelyset på en side av filmen som i liten grad har vaert omtalt her til lands…, in: Jazz Nytt, 1/1989, p. 6-7 (F)

Whitney Balliett: Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Barney, Bradley, and Max. 16 Portraits in Jazz, New York 1989 [book], p. 181-189 (F)

Whitney Balliett: Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: American Musicians II. Seventy-One Portraits in Jazz, New York 1997 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 276-282 (F; reprint, from: “Barney, Bradley, and Max”, by Whitney Balliett)

Günter Buhles: Über das musikalische Umfeld von Charlie Parker, IV, in: Jazz Podium, 38/1 (Jan.1989), p. 3-4, 6, 8, 10-11 (F) [digi.copy]

Sandy Carter: Slippin’ & Slidin’. Bird. Chasing the Legend, in: Zeta Magazine, Jan.1989, p. 61-64 (F/Film-R: “Bird”) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 138-141}

Stanley Crouch: Bird Land. Charlie Parker, Clint Eastwood, and America, in: The New Republic, 27.Feb.1989, p. 25-31 (F/Film-R) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 142-148}

Stanley Crouch: Bird Land. Charlie Parker, Clint Eastwood, and America, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 251-262 (F/Film-R; reprint, from: The New Repiblic, 27.Feb.1989)

Buddy Collette & Elaine Cohen: Bird, from Someone to Watch Over Jazz, in: Coda, #224 (Feb/Mar.1989), p. 6-8 (F)

Kevin Whitehead: Messy Life, Perfect Art, in: Down Beat, 56/2 (Feb.1989), p. 6 (Film-R)

Scott Yanow: Retrospectives. Charlie Parker, in: Jazziz, 6/2 (Feb/Mar.1989), p. 37, 63 (F/R)

Dave Helland: Parker Postage, in: Down Beat, 56/3 (Mar.1989), p. 3 (F: Parker-Briefmarke)

Kevin Whitehead: Ornithology. The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions / The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve / The Savoy Years. The Complete Royal Roost Performances / The Bird You Never Heard / Bebop and Bird Vol.1/2, in: Down Beat, 56/3 (Mar.1989), p. 37-39 (F/R) [digi.copy]

Peter Rüedi: Stolen Moments. 1522 Jazzkolumnen, Basel 2013 [book: Echtzeit Verlag], p. 259-260 (R: chapter “Besichtigung eines Genies. Bird – Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Polygram, 10 CDs)”)

Paul Smith: Charlie Parker’s Solo on Dewey Square. A Piano Arrangement, in: Down beat, 56/4 (Apr.1989), p. 56-57 (T)

Helmut Weihsmann: Jazz im Film. Bird Now. Geschichten vom Bird. Bemerkungen zur Semidokumentation, in: Jazz Podium, 38/5 (May 1989), p. 27 (Film-R)

Aad Lohman: Camarillo over Charlie Parker. ‘Een vrijwel ondoordringbare persoonlijkheid’, in: Jazz Nu, 11/127 (Jun.1989), p. 333-336 (F/B/R)

John Fordham: Chan, in: John Fordham: Shooting from the Hip. Changing Tunes in Jazz, London 1996 [book: Kyle Cathie Limited], p. 203-206 (F; reprint, from: The Guardian, Jul.1989)

Harry Gibson: The Bird Is on the Wing, in: Village Voice, 29.Aug.1989, p. 6, 13-14 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 153-155}

Bernard Maury: Transcription – “What Is This Thing Called Love”, in: Jazz Hot, # 468 (Nov.1989), p. 58 (T)

Becca Pulliam: The Benedetti Tapes Parker Solos, in: Down Beat, 57/12 (Dec.1990), p. 60 (R)

Carl Woideck: Charlie Parker. Student of Jazz, in: Jazz Research Papers, 10 (1990), p. 181-183 (A/T)

Giampiero Cane: Il metodo progressivo di Charlie Parker, in: Blu Jazz, 2/8 (1990), p. 27-33 (F/A/T)

John Webb: A Study of the Stylistic Innovations of Five Major Saxophonists, in: Jazz Research Papers, 10 (1990), p. 171-183 (F)

NN: Charlie Parker. Due foto inedite, in: Blu Jazz, 2/10 (1990), p. 33-36 (F)

Wolfram Knauer: Komposition in der Jazzgeschichte. Charlie Parker und das Verständnis von Improvisation als Spontankomposition, in: Wolfram Knauer: Zwischen Bebop und Free Jazz. Komposition und Improvisation des Modern Jazz Quartet, Mainz 1990 [book, 2 vols.], p. 73-76 (F)

Albrekt von Konow: aöanserad Parker-box. “Celebrating the Bird. The Triumph of Charlie Parker”, by Gary Giddins, in: Orkester Journalen, 58/2 (Feb.1990), p. 2 (B)

Ric Gentry: Solo Flight. Restoring the Alto Saxophone for the Music to Charlie Parker’s “Bird” Soundtrack, in: Saxophone Journal, 14/6 (May/Jun.1990), p. 38-41 (F/I mit Lennie Niehaus)

Paul Smith: Charlie Parker – “My Little Suede Shoes”, in: The Piano Stylist & Jazz Workshop, Jun/Jul.1990, p. 23-25 (T)

Stephanie Stein: Parker Tribute Benefits Drug Rehab Program, in: Down Beat, 57/6 (Jun.1990), p. 12 (C: tribute to Parker)

Mark Gardner: Chasin’ Charlie. Mark Gardner catches the earliest Bird and marvels at the enduring appeal of his genius, in: Jazz Journal, 43/11 (Nov.1990), p. 14-15 (F)

Bob Davis: Golden Bird. The Rediscovery of Charlie Parker’s 1st Recordings 50 Years After the First Took Flight, in: Down Beat, 57/12 (Dec.1990), p. 16-20, 60 (F/I)

Bernard Cash: Trumbauer, Parker, and Young, in: Lewis Porter (Hg.): A Lester Young Reader, Washington 1991 [book], p. 264-276 (A)

Mark Gardner: Bop and Related Styles. Charlie Parker – “The Charlie Parker Story” (Savoy MG 12079); “Charlie Parkeron Dial, vol. 1” (Spotlite 101), in: Barry Kernfeld (ed.): The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Jazz, Cambridge/MA 1991 [book: Basil Blackwell], p. 245-253 (R)

Michael Bourne: Memories of Charlie Parker, in: Hennessy Jazz Notes, Spring 1991, p. 3 (I mit Roy Haynes, Red Rodney)

Roy Porter: There and Back, Oxford 1991 [book], passim

Jean-Pol Schroeder: Digital Bird. Charles Christopher Parker à l’heure du CD, in: Jazz in Time, #20/21 (Feb/Mar.1991), p. 30-32 (F/R)

Buddy DeFranco & Clancey Burchfield: Chords & Discords, in: Down Beat, 58/3 (Mar.1991), p. 8 (letters; responses to Bob Davis’
article “Golden Bird”, Down Beat, Dec.1990)

Ira Gitler: Aperto lo scrigno dei tesori di Parker, in: Musica Jazz, 47/3 (Mar.1991), p. 12-15 (F/R: Dean Benedetti Recordings)

Kevin Whitehead: Dean’s List. The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 58/3 (Mar.1991), p. 46 (R)

Lars Westin: Parker I koncentrat. “The Compete Benedetti Recordings” (Mosaic MD7-121), in: Orkester Journalen, 59/3 (Mar.1991), p. 34-36 (R)

Paul Desmond: “Blygsamhet leder ingenstans.” Charlie Parker intervjuad av Paul Desmond, in: Orkester Journalen, 59/4 (Apr.1991), p. 18-19, 34 (I)

Jack Sohmer: Charlie Parker – “The Complete ‘Birth’ of the Bop” (Stash ST-CD-535), in: Down Beat, 58/8 (Aug.1991), p. 44-45 (R: 5 stars) [digi.copy]

Coen de Jonge: Benedetti ving Bird in zijn natuurlijke staat. De erfenis van een doorgeslagen Parker-adept, in: Jazz Nu, #153 (Sep.1991), p. 528-530 (F)

Trevor Tolley: In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee. The Dean benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker, in: Coda, #240 (Nov/Dec.1991), p. 38-40 (R)

Jean-Pol Schroeder: La légende de l’oiseau. Le Chainon Manquant, in: Jazz in Time, #29 (Dec.1991), p. 26-27 (F/D)

Bill Crow: Bird, in: Bill Crow: From Birdland to Broadway. Scenes from a Jazzy Life, New York 1992 [book], p. 129-133 (F)

David H. Rosenthal: Hard Bop. Jazz & Black Music 1955-1965, New York 1992 [book], passim (F)

Philippe Baudoin: I grandi standard del jazz, in: Blu Jazz, 4/26 (1992), p. 62-63 (F/T: My Little Suede Shoes)

Ruud Kuyper: Jazz in stijl. Handboek voor musici en liefhebbers, Rijswijk 1992 [book: Uitgeverij Elmar], p. 188-190 (F: biographical entry)

Scott Sandvik: Polyharmony, Polymeter and Motivic Development in Charlie Parker’s “Klactoveseeds-Tene” (Take 1) Solo, in: Jazzforschung/jazz research, #24 (1992), p. 83-98 (A/T)

Ted Gioia: The Bird in the Basket, in: Ted Gioia: West Coast Jazz. Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960, New York 1992 [book], p. 16-29 (F)

Tom Reed: Charlie Parker, in: Tom Reed: The Black Music History of Los Angeles. Its Roots, Los Angeles 1992 [book], p. 203-204 (F)

Whitney Balliett: Bird Lives, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin’s Press], p. 772-775 (F; reprint, from 1992)

Max Salazar: Afro-Cubop History, in: Latin beat, 2/2 (Mar.1992), p. 20-25 (F)

Tony Dagradi: Linear Compositional Styles of Charlie Parker, in: Saxophone Journal, 16/6 (May/Jun.1992), p. 46-47 (F/A)

Frank Tirro: The Bird – Charlie Parker [p. 293-296 (F)]; More About Bird [p. 309-315 (A/T: Klacktoveedsedstene / Parker’s Mood)]; Dizzy Gillespie – Groovin’ High [Anhang, p. 24-28 (A/T)]; Charlie Parker – Confirmation [Anhang, p. 33-35 (A/T)]; Embraceable You / Little Benny / Parker’s Mood [Anhang, p. 72-77 (T)], in: Frank Tirro: Jazz History, New York ²1993 [book]

Lewis Porter & Michael Ullman: Charlie Parker [p. 218-233 (F/A/T: Hootie Blues / The Jumpin’ Blues / Koko / Parker’s Blues / Rocker No.2)]; Embraceable You [p. 457-458 (A/T)], in: Lewis Porter & Michael Ullman: Jazz. From Its Origins to the Present, Englewood Cliffs/NJ 1993 [book]

Mark Gridley: Charlie Parker, in: Mark C. Gridley: Jazz Styles. History and Analysis, Englewood Cliffs 51993 [book], p. 143-144, 155-157 (F/A: Shaw Nuff)

Paul De Barros: Jackson Street After Hours. The Roots of Jazz in Seattle, Seattle 1993 [book: Sasquatch Books], passim (F)

Robert Earl Price: Yardbird’s Vamp, in: African American Review, 27/1 (Spring 1993), p. 79-91 (play about Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

Robert M. Bregman & Leonard Bukowski & Norman Saks: The Charlie Parker Discography, Redwood/NY 1993 [book: Cadence Jazz Books] (D)

José Maria García Martinez: El verdadero amor de Charles Christopher Parker. Charlie Parker/Omar Jayyam. La relación entre un saxofonista de jazz y un mistico del siglo XII, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #14 (Jan/Feb.1993), p. 27-38 (F)

NN: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Nu, #169 (Feb.1993), p. 48 (Foto)

Claudio Gabis: Blues for Alice. Analisis musical del tema de Parker, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #15 (Mar/Apr.1993), p. 77-78 (A/T)

Giampiero Cane: Doctor Dizzy & Mr. Bird, in: Blu Jazz, #30 (Mar.1993), p. 28-31 (F)

NN: Gillespie-Parker Discography, in: Blu Jazz, #30 (Mar.1993), p. 32-35 (D)

Gianfranco Salvatore: Video. Charlie Parker – The Bird, in: Blu Jazz, 5/33 (Jun.1993), p. 62-63 (Film-R)

Judy Sneed: Dear Dan…, in: [letter to supporters, here to Dan Morgenstern], 21.Jul.1993 (F: letter requesting support to place Parker’s former home on Avenue B on the National Register of Historic Places) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 126}

David Bradbury: Charlie Parker on Dial. The Complete Sessions, in: Jazz on CD, 1/4 (Aug.1993), p. 12-16 (F/R)

Jeffrey Beaumoel: Charlie Parker Residence Nominated for National Register of Historic Places, in: [press notice], ca. 1994 (F) [digi.copy]

John Fordham: Jazz. Geschichte / Instrumente / Musiker / Aufnahmen, München 1994 [book: Christian Verlag], p. 110-111 (F)

Paul F. Berliner: Thinking in Jazz. The Infinite Art of Improvisation, Chicago 1994 [book: University of Chicago Press], passim (F)

Russ Shor: Bird on the Block. Charlie Parker’s “Life Story” memorabilia brings £200,000 1t Christie’s sale in September, in: VJM’s Jazz & Blues Mart, #96 (Winter 1994), p. 9 (F) [digi.copy]

Ebbe Traberg: Un nido escandinavo para Charlie Parker, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #21 (Mar/Apr.1994), p. 40-41 (F)

Nat Hentoff: Looking Bird in the Face. Nat Hentoff recalls the tragic dichotomy of Charles Parker Jr. and a man they called “Bird”, in: Icon Thoughtstyle Magazine, Apr.1994, p. 118, 122 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 130-131}

Hank O’Neal: The Discovery. Hank O’Neal tells the story behind finding hundreds of unknown photographs of a 1952 Charlie Parker, in: Jazz on CD, 1/7 (Jul.1994), p. 27-31 (F)

NN: ‘Bird’. The Chan Parker Collection Auction, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 31/4 (Aug/Sep.1994), p. 10-11 (F)

Dave Gelly: What Charlie didn’t blow. Charlie Parker even pawned his saxes, but, says Dave Gelly, he still left his widow plenty to auction, in: The Guardian, 4.Sep.1994 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 128}

Andrew Simons: Charlie Parker – A Bird’s Eye View of the Private Genius, in: NN: Pop, Including Bird – The Chan Parker Collection, London, 8.Sep.1954 [auction catalogue] (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 2-3}

NN: Pop, Including Bird – The Chan Parker Collection, London, 8.Sep.1954 [auction catalogue] (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 2-16}

Leonard Weinreich: Bidding for Bird. Great Charlie Parker Auction in London, in: Jazz on CD, 1/10 (Nov.1994), p. 31-33 (F)

Nina J. Hodgson: The Christie’s Auction of Bird’s Memorabilia, in: (California) Jazz Now, 4/8 (Dec/Jan.1994/95), p. 9 (F)

NN: Bird Auchtion Exceeds Expectations, in: Jazz Times, Dec.1994 (short F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 129}

Esther Bubley: Charlie Parker, Levallois/France 1995 [book: Filipacchi] (F/photos)

François & Yves Billard: Histoires du Saxophone: Castelnau-le-Lez/France 1995 [book: Climats], p. 165-176 (F)

Herman Leonard: Jazz Memories, Levallois-Perret/France 1995 [book: filipacchi], p. 144-149 (photos)

Nat Hentoff: The Onliest Bird, in: Nat Hentoff: Listen to the Stories. Nat Hentoff on Jazz and Country Music, New York 1995 [book: Harper Collins Publishers], p. 75-78 (F)

Thomas Owens: The Parker Style, in: Thomas Owens: Bebop. The Music and the Players, New York 1995 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 28-45 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: “Bird”, il suo genio sorprendeva ogni giorno, in: Musica Jazz, 51/3 (Mar.1995), p. 44-49 (F)

Stefano Zenni: Charlie Parker. 40 anni dopo, in: Musica Jazz, 51/3 (Mar.1995), p. 35-43 (F)

Ton Ouwehand: Grooves. 1995 is het jaar van Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, in: Jazz Nu, #192 (Mar.1995), p. 6 (F)

Bernhard Jäger: Charlie “Bird” Parker. Vor 40 Jahren starb der große Jazzsaxophonist und Hauptvertreter des Bebop, in: Concerto, Apr/May 1995, p. 19 (F) [digi.copy]

Big Mama: Bluebird, Bluebird, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 46 (F)

Carles Montblanc: Espero NO decir NADA sobre Charlie Parker, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 47-48 (F)

Ebbe Traberg: El concierto de Massey Hall, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 40-41 (F)

Francesc J. Peleato & Tonet Rufié & Josep Ramon Jové: Les migracions discogràfiques de Bird, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 37-39 (F)

Javier Domínguez: A Charlie Parker “El Pájaro” y también a Julio Cortázar, su amigo y el mío, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 49 (poem)

José Miguel Sanchez Carros: El heredero de Charlie Parker, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 44 (F)

Kandido Huarte: Un mito, más allá del jazz y de la música, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 42 (F)

Max Sunyer: Negre amb saxo, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 45 (F)

Rexach: Pocas nubes en el cielo de California, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 43 (F)

Alain Presencer: The Massey Hall Concert, in: Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s, #94 (Jul/Aug.1995), p. 10-11 (F); review, by Jim Godbolt (ed.): Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Farrago. Compilation of Features from Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s Magazine, London 2008 [book: Hampstead Press], p. 48-49 (F)

Ira Gitler: Reflections of Bird. On the 75th anniversary of his birth Charlie Parker’s legacy burns strong, in: Down Beat, 62/8 (Aug.1995), p. 16-20 (F/I mit Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Max Roach, Michael Weiss, Peter Delano, Jesse Davis)

Remo Palmier: Charlie Parker’s Sax Solo on ‘Parker’s Mood’, in: Down Beat, 62/8 (Aug.1995), p. 62-63 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Bill Milkowski: 25 Who Mattered. Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Times, 25/7 (Sep.1995), p. 54 (F)

Giuseppe Barazzetta: Promemoria per Charlie Parker, in: Ritmo, #695 (Sep.1995), p. 26-27 (F)

Günter Buhles: Charlie Parker 1920-1955, oder: Wie wahr ist der Slogan “Bird lives!” 40 Jahre nach seinem Tod?, in: Jazz Podium, 44/9 (Sep.1995), p. 3-4 (F) [digi.copy]

Vicente Ménsua: Kok. Cumple anos, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #31 (Nov/Dec.1995), p. 38-42 (F)

Marc-Édouard Nabe: Les mille et une métamorphoses de Charlie Parker, in: Jazzman, #9 (Dec.1995), p. 20-21 (F)

Mark Koster: Nederlandse jazzmusici blikken terug op Bird. Een Rembrandt, groter dan Mozart, een Jezus-figuur, in: Jazz Nu, #200 (Dec.1995), p. 26-29 (F/I mit Ben Herman, Piet Noordijk, Pierre Courbois, Mischa Mengelberg, Candy Dulfer)

Martin Schrouten: Requiem voor Charlie Parker. Wat je hoort als je hem hoort, in: Jazz Nu, #200 (Dec.1995), p. 22-25 (F)

Carl Woideck: Charlie Parker. His Music and Life, Ann Arbor 1996 [book] (F/I/A/T: several excerpts, complete transcriptions of “Honey & Body”; “Oh! Lady Be Good”; “Parker’s Mood”; “Just Friends”); p. 63-103, p. 152-159, p. 228-241 [digi.copy]; review, by Al Van Starrex, in: Coda, #283 (Jan/Feb.1999), p. 33-34 (B); review, by Andy Hamilton, in: The Wire, #182 (Apr.1999), p. 90-91 (B)

Chip Deffaa: Charlie Parker, in: Chip Deffaa: Jazz Veterans. A Portrait Gallery, Fort Bragg/CA 1996 [book: Cypress House], p. 138-139 (F)

Chip Deffaa: Doris Parker, in: Chip Deffaa: Jazz Veterans. A Portrait Gallery, Fort Bragg/CA 1996 [book: Cypress House], p. 140-141 (F/I)

Dave Oliphant: The Jay McShann Orchestra, 1938-1942, in: Dave Oliphant: Texan Jazz, Austin 1996 [book], p. 123-131 (F)

David Perry: Charlie Parker, in: David Perry: Jazz Greats, London 1996 [book: Phaidon], p. 145-168 (F)

Duncan Schiedt: Twelve Lives in Jazz, Parma 1996 [book], p. 164-75 (F/photos)

Francis Davis: Bebop and Nothingness, in: Francis Davis: Bebop and Nothingness. Jazz and Pop at the End of the Century, New York 1996 [book], p. 27-35 (F; reprint, from Apr.1990)

Francis Davis: Bebop and Nothingness, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 174-178 (F; reprint, from Apr.1990)

Guy Reynard & Yves Sportis: Birdography. Charlie Parker en compacts, in: Jazz Hot, #special (1996), p. 38-41 (D: CD’s)

Henry Martin: Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation, Lanham/MD 1996 [book: Scarecrow Press] (A/T: “Red Cross”; “Shaw ‘Nuff”; “Thriving On a Riff”; “Crazeology”; “Wee”; “Lester Leaps In”; “Embraceable You”; “Just Friends”; “Cherokee”; “Koko”; “Star Eyes”, “Cool Blues”; “Au Privave”; “Blues for Alice”; “Bongo Bop”; “Now’s the Time”; “Cheryl”; “Parker’s Mood”)

Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book] (F/I/letters; chronological listing)

Kent J. Engelhardt: Young Charlie Parker and Side-Slipping. The Efferge Ware Connection, in: Jazz Research Papers, 16 (1996), p. 177-188 (A/T: excerpts from “Honeysuckle Rose”; “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”; “St. Louis Mood”)

Scott Reeves: From Pops to Miles. The Evolution of the Jazz Vocabulary, in: Jazz Research Papers, 16 (1996), p. 113-122 (F/T: alto saxophone transcription of “Shaw ‘Nuff”)

Stefaan Debevere: Melodisch denken in jazz, in: Tijdschrift voor Muziektheorie, 1/3 (1996), p. 181-189 (A/T: Charlie Parker: “Donna Lee”; Chet Baker: “Line for Lyons”, “Look for the Silver Lining”; Sarah Vaughan: “All of Me”) [xerox]

Juan Pascual Gay: Contrapunto y fuga, in: Jazzology, #9 (Jan.1996), p. 34 (F: Jacks Pollock & Charlie Parker)

Michael Holbek: Charlie Parker. “Yardbird” ville være blevet 75 ar den 29. august 1995, in: Jazz Special, #26 (Feb/Mar.1996), p. 26 (F)

Sadik Hakim: Reflections of an Era. My Experiences with Bird and Prez, in: Jazz Journal, 49/8 (Aug.1996), p. 16-18, 35 (F)

Ssirus W. Pakzad & Christian Stolberg: Könner an der Kanne, in: WOM Journal, Aug.1996, p. 44 (short F)

Zoë Anglesey: Jazz on Campus. Brooklyn Conservatory Celebrates the Brighter Side of Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 63/11 (Nov.1996), p. 74 (F)

Catherine Bowman: “Charlie Parker Memorial Birthday Celebration, Tompkins Square Park”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/1 (Winter 1997), p. 8-9 (poem)

Eric Nisenson: Blue. The Murder of Jazz, New York 1997 [book: St. Martin’s Press], passim (F)

John Gennari: Pulp Addiction. Charting the Bird. Obsession in Ross Russell’s “The Sound”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/1 (Winter 1997), p. 38-51 (F)

Leslie Gourse: Straight, No Chaser. The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk, New York 1997 [book: Schirmer Books], passim (F)

Mark S. Haywood: Order and Chaos in Bird and Trane, in: Annual Review of Jazz Studies, #9 (1997/1998), p. 133-143 (A)

Paul Zimmer: “But Bird”, in: Brilliant Corners, 1/2 (Summer 1997), p. 70-71 (poem)

Philippe Adler & Pierre de Chocqueuse: Passeport pour le jazz. Les grands CD du jazz moderne 1944-1997, Paris 1997 [book: Balland], p. 308-313 (F/R: “The Savoy Recordings”; “The Dial Masters”; “Bird and Diz”)

Preston Love: A Thousand Honey Creeks Later. My Life in Music from Basie to Motown – and Beyond, Hanover/NH 1997 [book: Wesleyan University Press], passim (F)

Sandy Evans & Christopher Williams: French Flowers Blooming. The Music for “Testimony”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/1 (Winter 1997), p. 80-85 (F: musical about Charlie Parker)

Sascha Feinstein: Jazz Poetry from the 1920s to the Present, Westport/CT 1997 [book: Praeger], p. 89-114 (F: chapter “Chasin’ the Bird. Charlie Parker and the Enraptured Poets of the Fifties”)

William Claxton: A Note on the Cover Art. Detail from the Image “Charlie Parker and Fans, Pasadena, 1952”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/1 (Winter 1997), p. 4-7 (F)

Rudie Kagie: Immortal sessons. De schoonheid van Parkers dieptepunten, in: Jazz Nu, #216 (May 1997), p. 40-41 (F)

Alain Tercinet: Parker’s Mood, Marseille 1998 [book: Éditions Parenthèses] (F/D)

Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books] (F); review, in: Jazz Notes, 10/3 (1999), p. 17-19 (B)

Carl Woideck: Charlie Parker Chronology, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 263-268 (F)

Carl Woideck: Charlie Parker’s Apprenticeship Recordings 1940-1943, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 188-205 (F)

Don Glanden: Bebop and Blues from Bird to Barron, in: Jazz Improv, 1/4 (1998), p. 119-121 (A/T: “Billie’s Bounce”)

Edward M. Komara: The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker. A Discography, Westport/CT 1998 [book: Greenwood Press] (D)

Gary Giddins: Visions of Jazz. The First Century, New York 1998 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 261-283 (F: chapter Charlie Parker. Flying Home”; T: “Jumpin’ the Blues”; “Koko”; “A Night in Tunesia”; “Lady Be Good”; “Embraceable You”; “Parker’s Mood”)

Harry A. Reed: Yardbird Suite 1. Charlie “Yardbird” Parker (1920-1955) and the Convergence of Kansas City and New York City Nightclubs in the Birth of Bebop, in: Western Journal of Black Studies, 22/1 (Spring 1998), p. 1-10 (F) [digi.copy]

Jack Kerouac: Three Chorusses from ‘Mexico City Blues’, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 171-173 (poem)

Juha Henriksson: Chasing the Bird. Functional Harmony in Charlie Parker’s Bebop Themes, Helsinki 1998 [book: Suomen Musiikkitieteellinen Seura] (A: “Ah-Leu-Cha”; “Another Hairdo”; “Anthropology”; “Au Privave”; “Back Home Blues”; “Barbados”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “Bloomdido”; “Blue Bird”; “Blues”; “Blues for Alice”; “Buzzy”; “Cardboard”; “Chasing the Bird”; “Cheryl”; “Chi Chi”; “Confirmation”; “Dewey Square”; “K.C. Blues”; “Laird Baird”; “Marmaduke”; “Mohawk”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “Now’s The Time”; “Ornithology”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Passport”; “Perhaps”; “Red Cross”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Segment”; “Shaw Nuff”; “Si Si”; “Steeplechase”; “Visa”; “Yardbird Suite”)

Kent Engelhardt: The Influence of Young Charlie Parker on John Jackson, in: Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, #18 (1998), p. 27-35 (F)

Max Harrison: A Rare Bird, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 204-225 (F)

NN: “Anthropology”, in: Jazz Improv, 1/4 (1998), p. 215-216, 218 (A)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Confirmation”, in: Jazz Improv, 1/4 (1998), p. 143-147 (A/T)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Ornithology”, in: Jazz Improv, 1/4 (1998), p. 148-153 (A/T)

Phil Schaap: The Verve Sessions, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 225-238 (F)

Philippe Baudoin: Charlie Parker, compositeur, in: Alain Tercinet: Parker’s Mood, Marseille 1998 [book: Éditions Parenthèses], p. 123-128 (F: listing of Parker compositions with identification of formal bass)

William J. Moody: “Bird Lives!”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/2 (Summer 1998), p. 25-34 (excerpt from poem/short story)

Ken Burns: Chan Parker, interview transcript for “Jazz. A Film by Ken Burns”, May 1998 (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

“PIP”: Il “Camarillo” sta chiudendo (e un ricordo di Charlie Parker svanisce), in: Ritmo, #726 (Jun.1998), p. 25 (F)

Lee Hill Kavanaugh: Charlie Parker’s Grave May Relocate, in: Down Beat, 65/7 (Jul.1998), p. 15 (F)

Michael J. Renner: Prelude. A New Nest for Bird’s Bones, in: Jazziz, 15/8 (Aug.1998), p. 14 (F: Parker’s grave to be moved)

Colin Moynihan: Will Bird’s House Fly As a City Landmark?, in: New York Times, 20.Dec.1998 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 127}

Alain Gerber: Charlie Parker. “Au moment de sa mort, il y a eu un formidable coup de tonnerre” (Baronne Pannonica de Koenigswarter), in: Alain Gerber: Fiesta in Blue. Textes de Jazz, Tome 2, Paris 1999 [book: Editions Alive], p. 98-102 (F)

Alain Gerber: Charlie Parker. Louis et Charlie, in: Alain Gerber: Fiesta in Blue. Textes de Jazz, Tome 2, Paris 1999 [book: Editions Alive], p. 103-113 (F)

Alyn Shipton: Groovin’ High. The Life of Dizzy Gillespie, New York 1999 [book: Oxford University Press], passim (F)

Chan Parker: My Life in E-Flat, Columbia/SC 1999 [book: University of South Carolina Press], passim (F)

Edward Komara: The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker, in: Dave Oliphant (ed.): The Bebop Revolution in Words and Music, Austin/TX 1994 [book: Harry Ransom Humanity Research Center], p. 78-103 (F)

Gary Giddins: Charlie “Bird” Parker, in: Charles Graham & Dan Morgenstern (eds.): The Great Jazz Day, Emeryville/CA 1999 [book: Woodford Press], p. 107-110 (F)

Gary Giddins: Charlie Parker. An Overview, in: Dave Oliphant (ed.): The Bebop Revolution in Words and Music, Austin/TX 1994 [book: Harry Ransom Humanity Research Center], p. 52-77 (A/T: “Koko”; “Lady Be Good”; “Embraceable You”; “Paker’s Mood”)

J. Bernlef: In gesprek met Charlie Parker, in: J. Bernlef: Haalt de jazz de eenentwintigste eeuw?, Amsterdam 1999 [book: Querido], p. 7-12 (F: fictional interview)

Keith Shadwick: Charlie Parker. Bird Lives!, in: Jon Newey (ed.): Tower Jazz Guide 2000/01, London 1999 [book: Tower Records], p. 40 (F)

Kenny Mathieson: Giant Steps. Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz 1945-65, Edinburgh 1999 [book: Payback Press], p. 40-75 (F)

Konrad Heidkamp: Elvis, Bird und Tipp-Kick, in: Konrad Heidkamp: It’s All Over Now. Musik einer Generation – 40 Jahre Rock und Jazz, Berlin 1999 [book: Alexander Fest Verlag; 2nd edition: Reinbek bei Hamburg 2007: ro-ro-ro], p. 28-44 (F)

Kwatei Jones-Quartey: “Parker’s Mood” Revisited, in: Annual Review of Jazz Studies, #10 (1999), p. 221-235 (A) [digi.copy]

Lawrence O. Koch: Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker, revised edition, Boston 1999 [book: Northeastern University Press] (F/A/D)

Leonard Brown: Jazz Masters. Charlie Parker, in: Leonard Brown & Claude Page (eds.): Kansas City and All That Jazz, Kansas City 1999 [book: Andrews McMeel Publishing], p. 12-13 (F)

Martin Gray: Parker at His Peak, in: Lenox Avenue, #5 (1999), p. 113 (poem)

Paul Bley & David Lee: Stopping Time. Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz, Canada 1999 [book: Véhicule Press], passim (F)

Rick Helzer: Charlie Parker’s Solo on “Shaw ‘Nuff”, in: Jazz Improv, 2/2 (1999), p. 213-214 (A/T)

Ross Russell: Symposium Keynote Address, in: Dave Oliphant (ed.): The Bebop Revolution in Words and Music, Austin/TX 1994 [book: Harry Ransom Humanity Research Center] (F)

Russ Chase: “The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker. A Discography”, by Edward M. Komara, in: IAJRC Journal, 32/1 (Winter 1999), p. 107 (B)

Thomas Owens: Bird’s Children and Grandchildren. The Spread of Charlie Parker’s Musical Language, in: Jazzforschung/jazz research, #31 (1999), p. 75-88 (A/T: “Kim”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Donna Lee”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “I Got Rhythm”)

Leslie Sabina: Woodshedding. Charlie Parker’s “Don’t Blame Me”, in: Jazz UK, #25 (Jan/Feb.1999), p. 14-15 (A/T)

NN: Jazz musician’s grave to stay, in: [unknown source] (Associated Press), Feb.1999 (short F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 125}

Jason Koransky: Riffs. Bird Memorial to Be Unveiled Without Bones, in: Down Beat, 66/4 (Apr.1999), p. 16 (F)

Thomas Conrad: Charlie Parker – “The Complete Live Performances on Savoy” (Savoy), in: Down Beat, 66/4 (Apr.1999), p. 66 (R)

Michael J. Renner: Prelufe. Bird Remains, in: Jazziz, 16/6 (Jun.1999), p. 16 (F: plans to move Parker’s remains)

Bret Primack: We All Learn from Bird. Charlie Parker & Jazz Education, in: Jazz Educators Journal, 32/1 (Jul.1999), p. 36-38, 40-42 (F)

Leonard Brown: Charlie Parker Memorial Unveiled at Kansas City’s 18th & Vine District, in: Jazz Educators Journal, 32/1 (Jul.1999), p. 45 (F)

Leonard Brown: The Charlie Parker Symposium. Reflections on a Tribute to a Master, in: Jazz Educators Journal, 32/1 (Jul.1999), p. 44-47 (F/C: tribute to Parker in Kansas City)

John F. Szwed: “My Life in E-Flat”, by Chan Parker, in: Jazziz, 16/8 (Aug.1999), p. 30-31 (B)

Ed Hazell: Prelude. Bird Caught, But Uncaged, in: Jazziz, 16/9 (Sep.1999), p. 14 (Film-R)

Ira Gitler: Live. Remembering Bird with Strings, Symphony Space, in: Jazz Times, 29/8 (Oct.1999), p. 55 (C: tribute to Charlie Parker)

Mark Gardner: “My Life in E-Flat”, by Chan Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 52/10 (Oct.1999), p. 14-15 (B)

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker, in: Dave Gelly (ed.): Masters of Jazz Saxophone. The Story of the Players and Their Music, London 2000 [book: Balafon Books], p. 46-53 (F)

Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns: Jazz. A History of America’s Music, New York 2000 [book: Alfred A. Knopf; German translation as: “Jazz. Eine Musik und ihre Geschichte”, München 2001 (Econ)], p. 305-311 (F: chapter “Reach”); p. 323 (F: chapter “Now’s the Time”); p. 334-337 (F: chapter “So Tough”); p. 354-358 (F: chapter “Drastic Stuff”); p. 381-386 (F: chapter “My Name Is Bird”)

Henri Robberechts: Parker’s Mood, in: Record Memory Club Magazine, #50 (2000), p. 31-45 (F)

James Patrick: Charlie Parker, in: Bill Kirchner (ed.): The Oxford Companion to Jazz, New York 2000 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 316-331 (F/A)

Kent John Engelhardt: Musical and Cultural Factors in the Musical Development of Young Charlie Parker as Demonstrated Through Transcription and Analysis of the Improvised Solos of Young Charlie Parker with the Jay McShann Orchestra, Pittsburgh/PA 2000 [PhD thesis: University of Pittsburgh] (F/A/T: Charlie Parker’s solos on: “I Found a New Baby”; “Body and Soul”; “Moten Swing”; “Coquette”; “Oh, Lady Be Good”; “Honeysuckle Rose”; “Swingmatism”; “Hootie Blues”; “Lonely Boy Blues”; “The Jumpin’ Blues”; “Sepian Bounce”; “I Got Rhythm”; “St. Louis Mood”; “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”) [digi.copy]

Mark C. Gridley: Jazz Styles. History and Analysis, Upper Saddle River/NJ 7/2000 [book: Prentice Hall], p. 151-152, 163-165 (F/A: “Shaw Nuff”)

Michael Herbert: New Directions in Jazz Composition As Evidenced in the Works of Three Composers. Kenny Wheeler, Don Grolnick, and Russell Ferrante, Pittsburgh/PA 2000 [MA thesis: Duquesne University], p. 11-13 (F/A/T: “Ko-Ko”); p. 20-22 (A: “Blues for Alice”) [digi.copy]

Robert Dean Hodson: Interaction and Improvisation. Group Interplay in Jazz Performance, Madison/WI 2000 [PhD thesis: University of Wisconsin], p. 39-52 (A: “Now’s The Time”; chapter “Musical Roles and Behaviors”); p. 53-62 (A: “Now’s the Time”; “Musical Relationships within the Rhythm Section”); p. 65-97 (A: “Now’s the Time”; chapter “Harmony and Interaction”); p. 115-128 (A: “Now’s the Time”; chapter “Form and Interaction”) [digi.copy]

Rolf Ljungquist: Some Notes on Charlie Parker and Sweden, in: IAJRC Journal, 33/2 (Spring 2000), p. 26-29 (F)

William Karlen: Anthologie du Jazz Classique. La synthèse d’un demisiècle de swing, Sierre/Switzerland 2000 [book: Editions à la Carte], p. 157-161 (F)

Andy Hamilton: “Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker”, revised edition, by Lawrence O. Koch, in: Jazz Review, #5 (Feb.2000), p. 43 (B)

Brian Dale: Bird Gets the Bootleg, in: Jazz Journal, 53/1 (Jan.2000), p. 17-18 (F)

David Firestone: Bird Lives. Parker’s Still in the Groove, in: New York Times (Internet), 10.May 2000 (F) [vert.file]

Hans-Jürgen Schaal: Charlie Parker. Der Erfinder des modernen Jazz, in: Fono Forum, Aug.2000, p. 85-87 (F) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker – “New Bird” (Swan), in: Jazz Times, 30/6 (Aug.2000), p. 101-102 (R)

Hans-Jürgen Schaal: Krebskanon-Blues. Aus dem aktuellen Nachleben von Charlie Parker und J.S. Bach, in: Jazz Thing, #35 (Sep/Oct.2000), p. 20 (parody)

Werner Stiefele: Charlie Parker. Freier Vogel, in: Scala, Sep/Oct.2000, p. 86-89 (F) [digi.copy]

Belinda Thom: BoB. An Improvisational Music Companion, Pittsburgh/PA 2001 [PhD thesis: Carnegie Mellon University], p. 162-175, 223-236, 253-255, 260-264, 265-271 (F/A/T: computer simulation of a Charlie Parker solo) [digi.copy]

Frank Marshall Davis: Charlie Parker, in: Brilliant Corners, 6/1 (Winter 2001), p. 27-28 (poem)

Hans-Jürgen Schaal (ed.): Jazz-Standards. Das Lexikon, Kassel 2001 [book: Bärenreiter], p. 38-39 (F: “Anthropology”); p. 44-45 (F: “Au Privave”); p. 61.-62 (F: “Billie’s Bounce”); p. 99-100 (F: “Confirmation”); p. 360-361 (F: “Now’s the Time”); p. 377-378 (F: “Ornithology”); p. 388-390 (F: “Parker’s Mood”); p. 555-556 (F: “Yardbird Suite”)

Henry Martin & Keith Waters: Jazz. The First 100 Years, Belmont/CA 2001 [book: Wadsworth/Schirmer], p. 183-184 (A: “Salt Peanuts”); p. 189-190 (A: “Bloomdido”)

Horace A. Porter: Jazz Country. Ralph Ellison in America, Iowa City 2001 [book: University of Iowa Press], p. 42-48 (F: chapter “Mocking Entertainers. Ellison on Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker”)

Ilse Storb: Jazz und Neue Musik im Unterricht, Münster 2001 [book: LIT Verlag], p. 91-96 (F/A: “Ornithology”)

Jacques Aboucaya & Jean-Pierre Peyrebelle: Du Be-Bop au Free Jazz. Formes et techniques d’improvisation chez C. Parker, M. Davis et O. Coleman, Toulouse 2001 [book: Presses Universitaires du Mirail] (F/A)

Lars Bjorn & Jim Gallert: Before Motown. A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-1960, Ann Arbor 2001 [book: University of Michigan Press], passim (F)

Nicholas Gebhardt: Charlie Parker. The Virtuosity of Speed, in: Nicholas Gebhardt: Going for Jazz. Musical Practices and American Ideology, Chicago 2001 [book: University of Chicago Press], p. 77-122 (F)

Robert Bregman: “Thou Was Not Born for Death, Immortal Bird”, in: IAJRC Journal, 34/3 (Summer 2001), p. 35 (F)

Jean-Louis Chautemps: Triptyque pour Charlie Parker, in: Les Cahiers du Jazz, #1 (Jan.2001), p. 261-264 (F)

Martin Westin & Lars Westin: Sista natten met gängen. Charlie Parker i Sverige (2). De sista timmarna i Stockholm blev internsiva och händelserika, in: Orkester Journalen, 69/1 (Jan.2001), p. 24-26 (F)

Ted Panken: Bountiful Bird, in: Down Beat, 68/1 (Jan.2001), p. 42 (R: “The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings”) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: Chasin’ the Bird. One of the few critically applauded films about jazz Clint Eastwood’s “Bird” works, despite some drawbacks, on a number of levels, says Brian Priestley, in: Jazzwise, #43 (Jun.2001), p. 19 (F) [digi.copy]

Richard Cook: Reclaiming the Jazz Age. Charlie Parker, “KoKo” (1945), in: Jazz Review (GB), #21 (Jun.2001), p. 23 (short F)

Doug Ramsey: Charlie Parker – “The Washington Concerts” (Blue Note), in: Jazz Times, 31/6 (Aug.2001), p. 134-135 (R)

Mark Stefani: Bird “Magic”. Sax on Guitar: Parker’s “Outside” Tricks, in: Just Jazz Guitar, #29 (Nov.2001), p. 54-57 (F/A)

Alun Morgan: Lost in Meditation. Bird Jottings, in: Jazz Journal, 54/12 (Dec.2001), p. 7 (F: short discographical remarks)

David Amram: Offbeat. Collaborating with Jack Kerouac, New York 2002 [book: Thunder’s Mouth Press], passim (F)

David Ritz: Faith in Time. The Life of Jimmy Scott, Cambridge/MA 2002 [book: Da Capo Press], passim (F)

Fabrice Zammarchi & Sylvie Mas: A Life in the Golden Age of Jazz. A Biography of Buddy DeFranco, Seattle/WA 2002 [book: Parkside Publications], p. 47-48, p. 123-129, passim (F)

Frederick J. Spencer: Jazz and Death. Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats, Jackson/MS 2002 [book: University of Mississippi Press], p. 133-141 (F: drug abuse, cause of death)

Geoffrey Haydon: Quintet of the Year, London 2002 [book: Aurum Press] (F); review by Brian Priestley, in: Jazzwise, #57 (Sep.2002), p. 63 (B); review by Bob Weir, in: Jazz Journal, 55/10 (Oct.2002), p. 18 (B); review by Raymond Horricks, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 39/5 (Oct/Nov.2002), p. 27-28 (B); review by Ron Simpson, in: The Jazz Rag, #74 (Winter 2002), p. 11 (B); review by James Hale, in: The Jazz Report, 16/1 (Winter 2003), p. 33 (B); review by Vic Hall, in: IAJRC Journal, 36/2 (Spring 2003), p. 52 (B); review, by Greg Buium, in: Coda, #309 (May/Jun.2003), p. 10 (B); review by Brian Priestley & Peter Vacher, in: Jazz UK, #54 (Nov/Dec.2003), p. 21 (B); review by Steve Futterman, in: Jazz Times, 34/10 (Dec.2004), p. 121-122 (B) [digi.copy]

Gregory Djanikian: Listening to Charlie Parker in Northern Vermont, in: Brilliant Corners, 6/2 (Summer 2002), p. 30-32 (poem)

Herbert Hellhund: Parker Revisited, in: Jazzforschung / jazz research, #34 (2002), p. 149-163 (F/A/T: “Now’s the Time”; “Ah Leu Cha”; “Koko”)

James Gavin: Deep in a Dream. The Long Night of Chet Baker, New York 2002 [book: Alfred A. Knopf], passim (F)

John Szwed: So What. The Life of Miles Davis, New York 2002 [book: Simon & Schuster], passim (F)

Lewis MacAdams: Birth of the Cool. Beat, Bebop & The American Avant-Garde, London 2002 [book: Scribner’s], passim (F)

Noal Cohen & Michael Fitzgerald: Rat Race Blues. The Musical Life of Gigi Gryce, Berkeley/CA 2002 [book: Berkeley Hills Books], passim (F)

Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Odyssey. The Life of Oscar Peterson, London/New York 2002 [book: Continuum; German translation, as: “Meine Jazz-Odyssee”, Höfen/A 2003, book: hannibal], passim, especially p. 207-208, 212-213 (F)

Paolo Vitolo: Guida al jazz. Gli autori e le musiche dal bebop alla creative music, Milano 2002 [book: Bruno Mondadori], p. 181-186 (F)

Peter J. Martin: Spontaneity and organisation, in: Mervyn Cooke & David Horn (eds.): The Cambridge Companion to Jazz, Cambridge 2002 [book: Cambridge University Press], p. 133-152 (F)

Steve Larson: Musical Forces, Melodic Expectation, and Jazz Melody, in: Music Perception, 19/3 (Spring 2002), p. 351-385 (F/A/T: “Confirmation”) [digi.copy]

Gianmichele Taormina: Charlie Parker. La grande luce di un mito, in: Jazzit, 4/9 (Mar/Apr.2002), p. 78-81 (F)

Olivier Kociubinska: Charlie Parker – “The Complete Dial and Savoy Recordings”, in: Jazz Notes, #68 (May 2002), p. 38-40 (F/R)

Bob Weir: Charlie Parker Discography, in: Names & Numbers, #23 (Oct.2002), p. 32 (B: “Bird Lore – A Revised Charlie Parker”)

Bob Weir: “Bird Lore. A Revised Charlie Parker Discography”, by Piet Koster, in: Jazz Journal, 55/11 (Nov.2002), p. 18 (B)

Ettore Ulivelli: Il Testimone. Rivisitazione due, in: Ritmo, #774/775 (Nov/Dec.2002), p. 40-41 (F/I; excerpts from Parker interview in Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Egbert de Bloeme: “Bird Lore. A Revised Charlie Parker Discography”, compiled by Piet Koster, in: NJA Bulletin, #46 (Dec.2002), p. 41 (B)

Ben Sidran: A Life in the Music, New York 2003 [book: Taylor Trade Publishing], passim (F)

Dempsey J. Travis: Norman Granz. The White Moses of Black Jazz, Chicago/IL 2003 [book: Urban Research Press], p. 244-259 (F)

Eddie S. Meadows: Bebop to Cool. Context, Ideology, and Musical Identity, Westport/CT 2003 [book: Praeger], passim, esp. p. 173-218 (F/A: chapter “The Musical Language of Charlie Parker”)

Finn Slumstrup: Gyldendals bog om jazz, Copenhagen 2003 [book: Gyldendal], p. 268-269 (F: short biography)

George Wein & Nate Chinen: Myself Among Others. A Life in Music, New York 2003 [book: Da Capo], passim (F)

Leonardo Acosta: Cubano Be, Cubano Bop. One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba, Washington/DC 2003 [book: Smithsonian Press], passim (F)

Martin Westin: Charlie Parker i Sverige, in: Steinar Kristiansen (ed.): Nordisk Jazzforskning. Rapport fra den sjette konferansen i Oslo, 9. – 10. August 2002, Oslo 2003 [book: Norsk Jazzarkiv], p. 37-45 (F)

Philip Martin James Ford: American Popular Music in the Cold War. The Hip Aesthetic and the Countercultural Idea, Minneapolis 2003 [PhD thesis: The University of Minnesota], p. 281-289 (F/A: chapter “Gip Irony Revisited. Perspective of Perspectives”) [digi.copy]

Sonya Ruth Lawson: The Origins and Development of the Use of Violins, Violas, and Cellos in Jazz in the United States of America, Eugene/OR 2003 [PhD thesis: University of Oregon], p. 106-112 (F/A: Charlie Parker with Strings) [digi.copy]

Sonya Ruth Lawson: The Origins and Development of the Use of Violins, Violas, and Cellos in Jazz in the United States of America, Eugene/OR 2003 [PhD thesis: University of Oregon; published through UMI], p. 106-120 (F: Charlie parker and strings)

Sundar Viswanathan: An Analysis of the Jazz Improvisation and Composition in Selected Works from the Blue Note Records Period of Tenor Saxophonist Joe Henderson from 1963-1966, New York 2003 [PhD thesis: New York University], p. 70-80 (F: chapter “Important Contributions to Jazz Music. Charlie Parker”)

Terry Gibbs & Cary Ginell: Good Vibes. A Life in Jazz, Lanham/MD 2003 [book: Scarecrow Press], passim (F)

William Walker Pace: Jazz Saxophone and Trumpet Improvisations Transcribed and Annotated for Double Bass, Coral Gables/FL 2003 [PhD thesis: University of Miami], p. 14-22, 92-93 (F/A/T: “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”) [digi.copy]

Several authors: More Bird Lore. Part 2, in: Names & Numbers, #24 (Jan.2003), p. 26-28 (D)

Nat Hentoff: Music. ‘Bird’ Rules the Roost On Live Recordings, in: The Wall Street Journal, 13.Mar.2003 (F) [digi.copy]

Several authors: More Bird Lore. Part 3, in: Names & Numbers, #25 (Apr.2003), p. 29-30 (D) [digi.copy]

Mark Miller: Jazz at Massey Hall, in: Coda, #309 (May/Jun.2003), p. 6-9 (F)

NN: Canada Marks ‘Greatest’ Jazz Concert 50 Years Later, in: New York Times, 12.May 2003 (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Greg Buium: Massey Hall, 50 Years Later, in: Down Beat, 70/6 (Jun.2003), p. 28 (F/I with Max Roach) [digi.copy]

Several authors: More Bird Lore. Part 4, in: Names & Numbers, #26 (Jul.2003), p. 39-40 (D) [digi.copy]

Patrick Pommier: Une histoire de sax. Si le jazz est souvent un roman, il peut arriver qu’un de ses héros soit un instrument…, in: Jazz Magazine, #541 (Oct.2003), p. 24-25 (F)

Andrew Lindemann Malone: Thriving on a Remix. ‘Bird Up’ reimages Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Times, 33/10 (Dec.2003), p. 36, 38 (F)

Chuck Denison: The Great American Songbook. The Stories Behind The Standards, Bendon/OR 2004 [book: Rober D. Reed Publishers], p. 28-30 (F: “Ornithology”)

Duncan Schiedt: Jazz in Black & White. The Photographs of Duncan Schiedt, Bloomington/IN 2004 [book: Indiana University Press], p. 74-75 (F/photo)

Herbert Hellhund: Logik der Linie – Strukturkomponenten der Improvisation im modernen Jazz, in: Jazzforschung / jazz research, #36 (2004), p. 61-72 (F/A/T: excerpts from: Jim Hall: “Echo”; Charlie Parker: “Now’s the Time”; Clifford Brown: “Confirmation”; John Coltrane: “Giant Steps”; Chet Baker: “Down”)

NN: Biography. Charlie Parker, in: Jazz dünyasi, #1 (fall 2004), p. 24-26 (F)

Norman Weinstein: A Sentence Based on a Riff of Charlie Parker’s, in: Brilliant Corners, 9/1 (Winter 2004), p. 38 (poem)

Several authors: More Bird Lore. Part 5, in: Names & Numbers, #28 (Jan.2004), p. 44-45 (D) [digi.copy]

Martin Westin: Charlie Parker in Sweden 1950, in: [jazz research list], Feb.2004 (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Les Sabina: Woodshedding. ‘Hootie Blues’. Improvised Solo by Charlie Parker, in: Jazz UK, #56 (Mar/Apr.2004), p. 38 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Gerard J. Hoogeveen & Joop van der Leij & Chris Sellers: More Bird Lore. Part 6, in: Names & Numbers, #29 (Apr.2004), p. 27-29 (D)

Kathy Dyson: Early Musical Development of Lester Young, Joe Pass, Charlie Parker and Bill Evans. How they learned to improvise, [manuscript, Leeds Jazz Conference, 2.Apr.2004] (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy] (“Improvisation”)

Scott Yanow: Beyond the (bebop) revolution. Even as he neared his end, Charlie Parker was still searching, in: Jazziz, 21/4 (Apr.2004), p. 47 (F)

Thomas Phleps: Transcription. “Yardbird Suite” – as played by The Charlie Parker Septet, in: Jazz Research News, #11 (Apr.2004), p. 552-556 (T) [digi.copy]

Thomas Phleps: Transcription. “Red Cross” – as played by the Tiny Grimes Quintette, in: Jazz Research News, #13 (Jun.2004), p. 670-673 (R) [digi.copy]

Ted Panken: Wayne Shorter on Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 71/7 (Jul.2004), p. 16-17 (F) [digi.copy]

Gerard J. Hoogeveen & Joop van der Leij: More Bird Lore. Part 7, in: Names & Numbers, #31 (Oct.2004), p. 27-30 (D)

John Corbett: “Charlie Parker acetates” (no label, early 1950s), in: Down Beat, 71/11 (Nov.2004), p. 18 (F/R)

Bert Vuijsje: Bebop Business. Onbegrijpelijk stil rond Bird. Waarom stond – bijna – niemand stil bij de vijftigste sterfdag van Charlie Parker? Bert Vuijsje stelt de vraag aan de Nederlandse media én aan zichzelf, in: Jazz Nu, 28/3 (summer 2005), p. 97 (F)

Bill Crow: Jazz Anecdotes. Second Time Around, New York 2005 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 331-342 (F: collection of anecdotes)

Brian Priestley: Chasin’ the Bird. The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker, London 2005 [book: equinox] (F/A/D); review, by Mark Gardner, in: Jazz Journal, 58/12 (Dec.2005), p. 16 (B); review, by Greg Murphy, in: The Jazz Rag, #89 (Winter 2005), p. 29 (B); review, by Keith Shadwick, in: Jazzwise, #93 (Dec/Jan.2005/2006), p. 66 (B) [digi.copy]

Donald L. Maggin: Dizzy. The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie, New York 2005 [book: Harper Collins], passim (F)

Doug Ramsey: Take Five. The public and private lives of Paul Desmond, Seattle 2005 [book: Parkside Publications], passim (F)

Frank Driggs & Chuck Haddix: Kansas City Jazz. From Ragtime to Bebop – A History, New York 2005 [book: Oxford University Press], passim (F)

Gabriele Comeglio: Gunslinging Bird. If Charlie Parker was a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Lot of Dead Copycats, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 93-107 (F/A: )

Gianni M. Gualberto: “Bird with Strings”. Casualità o intenzionalità?, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 108-120 (F/A/T)

Henry Martin: Charlie Parker as Composer, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 28-43 (F/A)

Jean-Pierre Jackson: Charlie Parker, Arles 2005 [book: Actes Sud] (F)

Jen-Kuang Chang: Charlie Parker. The Analytical Study of Twenty-Two Performance Versions of “Now’s the Time”, Emporia/KS 2005 [MA thesis: Emporia State University], passim (A/T) [digi.copy]

Joachim-Ernst Berendt (& Günther Huesmann): Das Jazzbuch. Von New Orleans bis ins 21. Jahrhundert, Frankfurt am Main 2005 [book: S. Fischer], p. 136-149 (F)

Lewis Porter: Charlie Parker on Film and Television, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 121-136 (F)

Marcus A. Woelfle: Charlie Parker, in: Peter Niklas Wilson (ed.): Jazz Klassiker, Stuttgart 2005 [book: Reclam], p. 289-302 (F)

Maurizio Franco: parker e gli altri. Il mito Parkeiano e la realità del bebop, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 17-27 (F)

Michael Segell: The Devil’s Horn. The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool, New York 2005 [book: Farrar, Straus and Giroux], passim (F)

Paul Thomas Musser: Me, Myself and Mingus, Urbana/IL 2005 [PhD thesis: University of Illinois], p. 13-19 (F: chapter “Ellington and Parker. Two Vital Sources”) [digi.copy]

Peter Ind: Jazz Visions. Lennie Tristano and his Legacy, London 2005 [book: equinox], passim (F)

Ralf Dombrowski: Basis-Diskothek Jazz, Stuttgart 2005 [book: Reclam], p. 169-170 (R: “Jazz at Massey Hall”, Original Jazz Classics)

Richard Cook: It’s About That Time. Miles Davis On and Off Record, London 2005 [book: Atlantic Books], passim (F)

Scott DeVeaux: Multiphrenia. A New Approach to Charlie Parker, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 5-16 (F/A/T: “Out of Nowhere”)

Vincent Périer & Pierre Fargeton: Techniques. De l’un Charlie à l’autre. ‘Thriving from a riff’, in: Les cahiers du jazz, #2 (2005), p. 171-182 (A)

Vincenzo Caporaletti: Evoluzione du un volo. Il “Famous Alto Break” nelle 24 incisioni Parkeriane di “Nighg in Tunesia”, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 44-64 (F/A)

Wolfram Knauer: “Parker’s Mood”. Genesis of a Blues Improvisation, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 65-92 (A/T)

Gerard J. Hoogeveen & Joop van der Leij: More Bird Lore. Part 8, in: Names & Numbers, #32 (Jan.2005), p. 34 (D)

Brian Priestley & Alyn Shipton: The Sound. Fifty years ago on 12 March Charlie Parker died. His music has changed the directon and sound of jazz and remains as influential today as it was revolutionary in his lifetime…, in: Jazzwise, #84 (Mar.2005), p. 24-31 (F/short I with Jay McShann, Charlie Watts, Clark Terry, Percy Heath, Hank Crawford, Dave Green, Peter King) [digi.copy]

Carlos Sampayo: La creación del caos, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 18-21 (F)

Chris Parker: Charlie Parker, 1920-1955, in: Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s, #153 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 19 (F)

Christian Gauffre: Charlie Parker Story, in: Jazz Magazine, #557 (Mar.2005), p. 4-6, 9-10, 14-15, 17, 20-23, 25-26, 31-33 (F)

David Romero: El mejor quinteto de la historia. The Massey Hall Concert, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 30-33 (F)

Félix W. Sportis: Charlie Parker. L’oiseau de feu, in: Jazz Hot, #618 (Mar.2005), p. 31-38 (F)

Fernando Ortiz de Urbina: Nows the Time. Génesis de un tiempo, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 14-17 (F)

Fernando Ortiz de Urbina: Testimonios. En recuerdo de Bird, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 22-29 (F/I with George Avakian, Billy Bauer, Ozzie Cadena, Jimmy Heath, Ira Gitler, André Hodeir, Bill Crow, Hal McKusick, Nat Hentoff)

Franck Bergerot: Birdology. Discographie. Précis d’ornithologie, in: Jazzman, #111 (Mar.2005), p. 24-27 (F)

Jean-Louis Chautemps: Parker Moods, in: Jazz Magazine, #557 (Mar.2005), p. 7, 11-12, 18-19, 24, 28 (F/short I with Steve Coleman, Rosario Giuliani, Rob Brown, Daniel Huck, Michel Portal, Guillaume Orti, Maceo Parker, Sonny Rollins, Oliver Lake)

Jennifer Odell: Jazz fans still flock to Charlie Parker 50 years later, in Houston Chronicle, 9.Mar.2005 (F/short I with Charles McPherson, Von Freeman, Christian McBride, Kurt Elling) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Marc-Edouard Nabe: Birdology. L’Oiseau de Dieu, in: Jazzman, #111 (Mar.2005), p. 14-15 (F)

Miguel Garrido Munoz:Auge y caída de un mito americano. Tocata y fuga en la noche, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 34-37 (F)

Mike Zwerin: Listening to Bird, still flying, in: International Herald Tribune, 9.Mar.2005 (F) [digi.copy]

Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Bird We Heard. Charlie Parker died 50 years ago this month, but his sound and surviving music remain an essential part of what we call modern jazz. Richard Cook and Brian Morton look back at some of Bird’s best flights, and offer a pick of Parker from his sprawling discography, in: Jazz Review, #66 (Mar.2005), p. 22-24 (F)

Thierry Péremarti & Vincent Bessières: Birdology. “Je me souviens de Charlie Parker…”, in: Jazzman, #111 (Mar.2005), p. 16-19 (F/short I with Ray Barretto, Billy Bauer, Paul Bley, Terry Gibbs, Barry Harris, Percy Heath, Dick Hyman, Hank Jones, Lee Konitz, Mundell Lowe, Hal McKusick, Frank Morgan, Lennie Niehaus, Jack Nimitz, Jimmy Scott)

Vincent Bessières & Pierrick Pedron: Birdology. Le bec et la plume, in: Jazzman, #111 (Mar.2005), p. 20-23 (F)

Björn Englund: Parker in Sweden – Another Gap Filled, in: Names & Numbers, #33 (Apr.2005), p. 27 (short F: drummer at Helsingborg session is Eric Saxell)

Franck Médioni: Souvenirs de l’oiseau. Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Notes, #83 (May 2005), p. 28-29 (F/short I with Jean-Luc Guionnet, Donald Harrison, Steve Lehman, Philippe Lemoine, Anthony Ortega, Pierrick Pédron, Steve Potts, Jef Sicard, Sonny Simmons, John Tchicai, Sébastien Texier, Claude Tissendier, André Villéger)

John Evers: As Time Goes By. Bird Lives, in: Jazzzeit, #54 (May/Jun.2005), p. 90 (F)

John Janowiak: Stars Allign. 25 Great Moments in Jazz Festival History. Charlie Parker et al., Bird Slays French, Paris Jazz Festival, 1949, in: Down Beat, 72/5 (May 2005), p. 96 (F) [digi.copy]

Dan Ouellette: The Question Is … Why does Bird still fly?, in: Down Beat, 72/6 (Jun.2005), p. 21 (F/short I with Claire Daly, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, John Pizzarelli) [digi.copy]

Flemmijn Larsen: Parker’s Mood – om relationen mellem stor kunst oh psykisk ustabilitet, in: Jazz Special, #83 (Jun/Jul.2005), p. 32-36 (F)

Ed Enright: Charlie Parker – “Liveology” (RE 545 450663), in: Down Beat, 72/7 (Jul.2005), p. 66 (R: 3 1/2 stars) [digi.copy]

Fred Kaplan: Bird Lives! The Birth of Bebop, Captured on Disc, in: New York Times, 31.Jul.2005 (F: new recordings discovered of Town Hall concert, 1945) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Les Sabina: Woodshedding. Charlie Parker on ‘Half Nelson’. Charlie Parker didn’t play tenor saxophone often, but he demonstrated a fascinatingly different, more laid-back persona with the heavier horn. Les Sabina investigates a classic Bird solo on Miles Davis’ ‘Half Nelson’, in: Jazz UK, #64 (Jul/Aug.2005), p. 28 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Llew Walker: The Wyandotte Parkers, in: [manuscript] < www.birdlives.co.uk>, Sep.2005 (F: short article commissioned by Historical Journal of Wyandotte County about Charlie’s early years in Wyandotte County, Kansas) [digi.copy]

Benjamin Moussay: Charlie Parker. 22 écoutes de “Now’s the Time”, in: Jazzman, #117 (Oct.2005), p. 80-81 (F/A/T)

Chris Kelsey: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker – “Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945” (Uptown), in: Jazz Times, 35/9 (Nov.2005), p. 115-116 (R)

John McDonough (& Jim Macnie & John Corbett & Paul de Barros): Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker – “Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945” (Uptown 2751), in: Down Beat, 72/11 (Nov.2005), p. 58-59 (R: 5 stars; 5 stars; 4 stars; 5 stars) [digi.copy]

Larry Blumenfeld: Auditions. Seeds of change, unearthed, in: Jazziz, 22/12 (Dec.2005), p. 50 (R: “Dizzy Gillespie / Charlie Parker, Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1045”, Uptown)

Martin Westin: Parker långa väg till Sverige. Länge var Charlie Parker och bebop något bara för de mest hänhivna och nyfikna i vårt land. Först 1950 fanns Charlie Parkers skivor att få i Sverige i någon större omfattning, och med sitt turnébesök etablerade han sig verkligen som den stora stjärnan inom jazzen, in: Orkester Journalen, 73/12 (Dec.2005), p. 20-25 (F)

Chad Jenkins: Charlie Parker. Koko, in: Columbia Jazz Resources , 2006 (F/A) [digi.copy]

David Yaffe: Fascinating Rhythm. Reading Jazz in American Writing, Princeton 2006 [book: Princeton University Press], passim (F) [digi.copy]

Jens Kjeldsen: Charlie Parker – The Bird, Århus 2006 [book: Husets Forlag] (F/A)

John Gennari: Blowin’ Hot and Cool. Jazz and Its Critics, Chicago 2006 [book: University of Chicago Press], p. 299-338 (F: chapter “Race-ing the Bird. Ross Russell’s Obsessive Pursuit of Charlie Parker”)

John Gennari: Blowin’ Hot and Cool. Jazz and Its Critics, Chicago 2006 [book: University of Chicago Press], passim (F)

Kim Parker (& Phil Woods, Pat Dorian, Jesse Green): From an ESU Jazz Masters Seminar. Kim Parker, in: The Note, 15/2 (summer 2006), p. 6-13 (F)

Marc Danval: Toots Thielemans, Bruxelles 2006 [book: Éditions Racine], p. 103-110 (F: chapter “La complicité avec Charlie Parker et le depart aux USA”)

Michael Fitzgerald: “Chasin’ the Bird. The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker”, by Brian Priestley, in: ARSC Journal, 37/2 (Fall 2006), p. 240-242 (B)

NN: Charlie Parker. Embraceable You, in: Columbia Jazz Resources , 2006 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Philippe Baudoin: La valse des vilains copieurs. ‘My Little Suede Shoes’ est-il de la plume de Charlie Parker, in: Les cahiers du jazz, #3 (2006), p. 88-95 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Stanley Crouch: Considering Genius. Writings on Jazz, New York 2006 [book: Basic Civitas Books], p. 66-76 (F: chapter “Bird Land. Charlie Parker, Clint Eastwood, and America”)

Brian Priestley: Chasin’ the Bird. American critic Gary Giddins has called Brian Priestley’s “Chasin’ the Bird” ‘an indispensable gem’ – mixing Charlie Parker biography with musical and discographical scrutiny. This is an extract from the chapter ‘Celebrity’, in: Jazz UK, #67 (Jan/Feb.2006), p. 12-13 (F: book excerpt) [digi.copy]

NN: [Letters to the editor], in: Jazz Times, 36/1 (Feb.2006), p. 55 (R) [digi.copy]

Tommy Ludwig: Hörsturz (1). Charlie Parker – “Star Eyes” (1951), in: Jazzthetik, 20/3 (Mar.2006), p. 98 (F) [digi.copy]

Whitney Balliett & Chris Kelse: Letters. Whitney Strikes, in: Jazz Times, 36/3 (Apr.2006), p. 17 (letters; responses to Chris Kelsey’s review of “Town Hall, New York City, Junbe 22, 1945”, Jazz Times, Nov.2005)

Fernando Ortiz de Urbina: Brian Priestley atrapa al pájaro, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #94 (May/Jun.2006), p. 16-17 (B: “Chasin’ The Bird”, by Brian Priestley)

Hugh Gregory: Charlie Parker’s Story Revisited, in: Down Beat, 73/5 (May 2006), p. 74 (B: “Chasin’ the Bird. The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker”, by Brian Priestley)

Kirk Silsbee: Bronzeville Gypsy. How Charlie Parker Lit Up Little Tokyo, in Los Angeles Downtown News, (22.May 2006), p. 1, 7, 8 (F) [digi.copy] {manuscript, sent by Kirk Silsbee. 15.Dec.2010}

Pieter Boersma: Jazzstraat (4). Rotterdam, Charlie Parkersingel, in: NJA Jazz Bulletin, #60 (Jul.2006), p. 15 (F)

Roxana Hadadi: In Bird’s Name. Benefit concert battles substance abuse and helps young mothers and childrens, in: Jazz Times, 36/7 (Sep.2006), p. 28 (F/short I with Jimmy Heath, Clark Terry, Shannon Gibbons) [digi.copy]

Han Enderman: Charlie Parker on 78. Part 1: Savoy, in: Names & Numbers, #39 (Oct.2006), p. 2-9 (D)

Andy Hamilton: Lee Konitz. Conversations on the Improviser’s Art, Ann Arbor 2007 [book: University of Michigan Press], p. 21-25 (F)

Eunmi Shim: Lennie Tristano. His Life in Music, Ann Arbor 2007 [book: University of Michigan Press], passim (F)

Jan Bruér: Guldår & Krisår. Svensk Jazz under 1950- och 60-talen, Stockholm 2007 [book: Svensk Visarkiv], passim (F)

Michael S. Harper: Bird Lives. Charles Parker in St. Louis, in: Brilliant Corners, 12/1 (Winter 2007), p. 46-47 (poem)

Morris B. Golbrook: When bad things happen to great musicians. The role of ambi-diegetic jazz in three tragedepictions of artistic genius on the silver screen, in: Jazz Research Journal, 1/1 (2007), p. 99-128 (F: “Lady Sings the Blues”; “‘Round Midnight”; “Bird”)

Vincenzo Caporeletti: Esperienze di analisi del jazz. Armstrong, Parker, Cesàri, Monk, Mingus, Intra, Soft Machine, Lucca 2007 [book: Libreria Musicale Italiana], p. 35-56 (A: chapter “Miniature audiotattili. I break di Charlie parker nelle 24 incisioni di ‘Night in Tunisia'”)

Geoffrey Wheeler: Savoy’s Early Birds. The First Recordings by Charlie Parker on the New Jersey Label, in: IAJRC Journal, 40/1 (Feb.2007), p. 32-45 (F)

Ole Mogensen: Parkers Plastik! – hvem siger der ikke er penge i jazz?, in: Jazz Special, #94 (Feb/Mar.2007), p. 52-53 (F)

Martin Westin: Parker i funrummet. “Charlie Parker. The Bird”, by Jens Kjeldsen, in: Orkester Journalen, 75/3 (Mar.2007), p. 29 (B)

Han Enderman: Charlie Parker on 78. Part 2: Guild (1945), in: Names & Numbers, #41 (Apr.2007), p. 20-23 (D)

Tommy Ludwig: Hörsturz (12). Charlie Parker Jam Session. “Funky Blues” (1952), in: Jazzthetik, 21/4 (Apr.2007), p. 102 (F)

Nate Chinen: Music. Charlie Parker, Uptown and Down, in: New York Times, 24.Aug.2007 (F) [digi.copy]

Steve Penn: KC needs to do more to honor Parker, in: The Kansas City Star, 22.Aug.2007 (F) [digi.copy]

Tony Kofi: Turning Point. Bird watching. Tony Kofi on the album that changed his life Charlie Parker’s ‘Complete Dial Sessions’, in: Jazzwise, #111 (Aug.2007), p. 34 (F) [digi.copy]

William H. Smith: K.C.’s Pendergast and Parker, in: The Wall Street Journal, 14.Aug.2007 (F) [digi.copy]

Geoffrey A. Wheeler: Gaillard-Gillespie-Parker Bel-Tone Date, in: Names & Numbers, #43 (Oct.2007), p. 15-17 (F)

Han Enderman: Charlie Parker on 78. Part 3: Decca, in: Names & Numbers, #43 (Oct.2007), p. 29-30 (D)

Jørgen Siegumfeldt: I mindste musikalske detalje. Jens Kjeldens Charlie Parker-vaerk stiller store krav til laeseren – men trods mange irritationsmomenter er den fuld af fascinerende analyser, in: Jazz Special, #99 (Oct/Nov.2007), p. 62-65 (F)

Kirk Silsbee: Yardbird in Lotusland: A new recording captures Charlie Parker’s wild idyll at Altadena’s Zorthian Ranch in 1952, in Arroyo Monthly, (Nov.2007), p. 20-22 (F) [digi.copy] {manuscript, sent by Kirk Silsbee. 15.Dec.2010}

Marc Rice: “Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker”, by Lawrence O. Koch, in: Journal of the Society for American Music, 1/4 (Nov.2007), p. 526-528 (B) [digi.copy]

Alexander Kraus: “Home Cooking I” / “Groovin’ High”, in: [unpublished manuscript], Dec.2007 (T) [vert.file]

Alain Gerber: Vive critique des troubadours – éloge résolu de Thelonious, Chet et Charlie sur le bord du cratère, in: Les Cahiers du Jazz, #5 (2008), p. 74-79 (poem)

Barry Fox: Bird, the film, in: Jim Godbolt (ed.): Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Farrago. Compilation of Features from Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s Magazine, London 2008 [book: Hampstead Press], p. 182-183 (Film-R)

Chris Searle: Forward Groove. Jazz and the Real World from Louis Armstrong to Gilad Atzmon, London 2008 [book: Northway Publications], p. 88-90 (F: chapter “NowJaap van de Klomp: Jazz Lives. Till We Shall Meet and Never Part, Utrecht 2008 [book: A.W. Bruna Uitgebers], p. 58-59 (F: biography and photo of tombstones) [digi.copy]

Sascha Feinstein: Rearview Mirror, in: The Note, #46 (Summer 2008), p. 20-25 (F: autobiographical essay with Parker references) [digi.copy]

Wolfram Knauer: Parker’s Mood. Genese einer Bluesimprovisation, in: Ole Kongsted & Niels Krabbe & Michael Kube & Morten Michelsen (eds.): A due. Musical Essays in Honour of John D. Bergsagel & Heinrich W. Schwab, Copenhagen 2008 [book: The Royal Library], p. 322-345 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Wynton Marsalis & Geoffrey C. Ward: Moving to Higher Ground. How Jazz Can Change Your Life, New York 2008 [book: Random House; German translation as: “Jazz, mein Leben. Von der Kraft der Improvisation”, München 2010: Siedler Verlag], p. 147-149 (F: chapter “Lessons from the Masters. Charlie Parker”)

David Remnick: Bird-Watcher. Thinking about Charlie Parker, every day, in: The New Yorker, 19.May 2008, p. 58-67 (F/I with Phil Schaap) [digi.copy]

Brian Glasser: Turning Point. Scrapple from the apple. Saxophonist Chris Biscoe on the album that changed his life, Charlie Parker’s “Bird on 52nd Street”, in: Jazzwise, #122 (Aug.2008), p. 30 (F) [digi.copy]

John McDonough: Charlie Parker & Arne Domnerus – “In Sweden. November 22, 1950” (Oktav 1164), in: Down Beat, 75/10 (Oct.2008), p. 80 (R: 2 1/2 stars) [digi.copy]

Brian Glasser: Turning Point. Chasing the bird. Gilad Atzmon on the album that changed his life, ‘Charlie Parker with Strings’, in: Jazzwise, #125 (Nov.2008), p. 40 (F) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker and Popular Music, in: Annual Review of Jazz Studies, #14 (2009), p. 83-99 (F/A)

Gary Giddins & Scott DeVeaux: Jazz, New York 2009 [book: W.W. Norton], p. 301-318 (F/A: chapter “Charlie Parker. ‘Ko Ko’ / ‘Embraceable You’ / ‘Now’s the Time'”) [digi.copy]

Hans Offringa (& Jack McCray): Whisky & Jazz, Charleston/SC 2009 [book: Evening Post Publishing Company], p. 86-89 (F: short biographical essay)

John Gennari: Blaxploitation Bird. Ross Russell’s Pulp Addiction, in: Graham Lock & David Murray (eds.): Thriving On A Riff. Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Literature and Film, New York 2009 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 163-183 (F)

Leif Bo Petersen & Theo Rehak: The Music and Life of Theodore “Fats” Navarro. Infatuation, Lanham/MD 2009 [book: Scarecrow Press], passim (F)

Mark Laver: “The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever”. Critical Discourse, European Aesthetics, and the Legitimization of Jazz, in: Critical Studies in Improvisation, 5/1 (2009) (F) [digi.copy]

Peter Bölke & Rolf Enoch: Roads of Jazz, Hamburg 2009 [book: Edel Books], p. 72-83 (F: chapter “Charlie Parker”)

Robin D.G. Kelley: Thelonious Monk. The Life and Times of an American Original, New York 2009 [book: Free Press], passim (F)

Ted Panken: Charlie Parker – “Washington, D.C., May 23, 1948” (Uptown 27.55), in: Down Beat, 76/2 (Feb.2009), p. 80 (R: 4 stars) [digi.copy]

John Fordham: 50 great moments in jazz: Charlie Parker. One of the most influential improvisational soloists in jazz, and a pioneer of bebop, Parker was able to move away from a tune’s ‘home’ key and back without losing the thread, in: The Guardian, 20.Jul.2009 (F) [digi.copy]

Ethan Iverson: Lester Young Centennial. 2) Oh, Lady!, in: , 27.Aug.2009 (A/T: “Lady be Good” as recorded by Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Herschel Evans, Chu Berry) [digi.copy] {filed under Lester YOUNG}

John Fordham: 50 great moments in jazz: Charlie Parker’s first recordings. Writtten hastily during rehearsals, these songs contain some of the most memorable melodies in 20th-century music, in: The Guardian, 13.Aug.2009 (F) [digi.copy]

John Fordham: 50 great moments in jazz: Charlie Parker teams up with Ross Russell. Parker’s deal with the record shop-owner was a defining moment for the saxophonist, as it led him to create some of the most memorable jazz improvisation of all time, in: The Guardian, 24.Sep.2009 (F) [digi.copy]

Barry Witherden: The Yardbird and the jazz child. Barry Witherden examines the special relationship between Sheila Jordan and Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 62/8 (Oct.2009), p. 6-8 (F) [digi.copy]

John Fordham: 50 great moments in jazz: The Quintet – Jazz At Massey Hall. Charlie Parker’s final collaboration, featuring bebop’s biggest stars, is one of the greatest recorded live shows in jazz, in: The Guardian, 23.Oct.2009 (F) [digi.copy]

Hans-Joachim Heßler: Der zornige Baron. Das Prinzip Diskontinuität im Leben und konzept-kompositorischen Schaffen des Charles Mingus jr., Duisburg 2010 [book: United Directions of Music], p. 246-272 (F: chapter “Charlie Parker. 1946, 1952-53 und 1955”)

Jimmy Heath & Joseph McLaren: I Walked With Giants. The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, Philadelphia 2010 [book: Temple University Press], passim (F)

Juan C. Zagalaz: Innovaciones melódico armónicas en la improvisación jazzistica. Un recorrido a través de Body and Soul (1935-1945), Jaén/Spain 2010 [PhD thesis: Universidad de Jaén], p. 191-194 (A); p. 207-210 (A); p. 243-250 (A); p. 258-260 (A); p. 342-343 (T: “Body and Soul”); p. 351-353 (T: “Body and Soul”); p. 367-370 (T: “Body and Soul”) [digi.copy]

Ralf Dombrowski: Portrait Saxofon. Kultur, Praxis, Repertoire, Interpreten, Kassel 2010 [book: Bärenreiter], p. 32-35 (FTom Nolan: Artie Shaw. King of the Clarinet. His Life and Times, New York 2011 [book: W.W. Norton], passim (F; reprint of “Three Chords for Beauty. The Life of Artie Shaw”, by Tom Nolan, 2010)

Tom Nolan: Three Chords for Beauty’s Sake. The Life of Artie Shaw, New York 2010 [book: W.W. Norton], passim (F)

Marcus A. Woelfle: Aber die Kunst kennt Grenze. Zum 90. Geburtstag des Bebop-Genies Charlie Parker,in: Jazz Zeitung, 35/3 (Jun/Aug.2010), p. 22-23 (F)

Alun Morgan: Lost in Meditation. Bird at Carnegie, in: Jazz Journal, 63/7 (Jul.2010), p. 20 (F)

Marc Myers: Ira Gitler on Parker’s Mood, in: , 7.Jul.2010 (F/I with Ira Gitler about song titles by Charlie Parker and the story behind them: “Another Hair-Do”; “Barbados”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “Bloomdido”; “Cheryl”; “Constellation”; “Dewey Square”; “Donna Lee”; “Half Nelson”; “Kim”; “Klactovedsteen”; “Klaunstance”; “Laird Baird”; “Marmaduke”; “Quasimodo”; “Sippin’ at Bells”)

Marc Myers: Charlie Parker and McKusick’s Suit, in: , 31.Aug.2010 (F/I with Hal McKusick about how Charlie Parker ended up wearing his suit while performing at Billy Berg’s in 1946) [digi.copy]

Marc Myers: Phil Schaap. Charlie Parker, in: , 23-26.Aug.2010 (F/I with Phil Schaap) [digi.copy]

Berthold Klostermann: Der Pyrotechniker. Der Altsaxophonist Charlie Parker, genannt “Bird”, war die erste Ikone des modernen Jazz. Sein Leben und seine Musik boten Stoff für Filme und Romane. Anlässlich seines 90. Geburtstags erinnert Berthold Klostermann an den charismatischen Innovator, in: Fono Forum, Oct.2010, p. 50-52 (F) [digi.copy]

Corey Kilgannon: Where a Bird Played Sax, Now Others Find Refuge, in: New York Times, 23.Nov.2010 (F: Charlie Parker’s old New York East Village row house) [digi.copy]

René de Hilster: Stijlbepalende albums, deel 6. Charlie Parker. The Dial & Savoy Sessions, in: Jazz Nu, 33/6 (Winter 2010), p. 122-125 (F)

Allen Forte: The Development of Diminutions in American Jazz, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 7/1 (2011) , p. 7-27 (F/A: Lester Young: “Blues ‘n’ Bells” / “These Foolish Things”; Modern Jazz Quartet: “Bluesology”; Charlie Parker: “Blues” / “I’m In the Mood for Love”) [digi.copy]

Jacques Réda: Autobiographie du Jazz, Paris 2011 [book: Climats], p. 197-204 (F)

Jim Austin: A Day with a Jazz Musician, in: Brilliant Corners, 16/1 (Winter 2011), p. 42-59 (short story)

Karl Lippegaus: John Coltrane. A Love Supreme, Hamburg 2011 [book: edel:vita], p. 25-28 (F: chapter “Bird”) [digi.copy]

Kevin Whitehead: Why Jazz? A Concise Guide, New York, 2011 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 59-62 (F: chapter “Why did bebop sound so radical when it was new? Did it break with earlier styles? Why is Charlie Parker so important?”)

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz. The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice, Berkeley 2011 [book: University of California Press], passim (F)

Ted Gioia: The History of Jazz, New York 2011 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 185-200 (F: mentioned in chapter “The Birth of Bebop”); p. 200-216 (F: mentioned in chapter “The Mainstreaming of Bebop”)

Jody Espina: Jazz School. Woodshed. Paraphrasing the Greats, in: Down Beat, 78/1 (Jan.2011), p. 64-65 (A: Charlie Parker’s “Biellie’s Bounce”) [digi.copy]

Stig Linderoth: The Quintet at Massey Hall, in: Orkester Journalen, 79/1 (Feb/Mar.2011), p. 22-25 (F)

Daniel M. Gold: Theater Review. ‘Cool Blues’. A Jazzman Encounters His Life and Death, in: New York Times, 30.Mar.2011 (C: drama “Cool Blues” at the New Federal Theater) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: Bird With Strings, Ute Lemper, in: Jazz Inside, Apr.2011, p. 4 (C: Jazz at Lincoln Center tribute concert)

Wolfram Knauer: “The Complete Charlie Parker. Vol. 2: Now’s the Time 1945-1946” (Frémeaux & Associés FA 1332), in: Jazz Podium, 60/6 (Jun.2011), p. 79 (R) [digi.copy]

Larry Blumenfeld: Birdwatching in Manhattan. Charlie Parker’s Musical Descendants Gather in the City for His 91st Birthday, in: Wall Street Journal, 26.Aug.2011 (F/I with Toots Thielemans, Archie Shepp, Tia Fuller, James Carter) [digi.copy]

Michael Weston: Chords & Discords. Bird Flew with Soupy, in: Down Beat, 78/11 (Nov.2011), p. 10 (letter) [digi.copy]

William A. Pryor: Charlie Parker at Camarillo, in: IAJRC Journal, 44/4 (Dec.2011), p. 9-10 (F)

Christoph Voß: “Something like a Bird”. System 4plus4. Saxophon / Querflöte. Das ergonomisierte Griff-System, entwickelt und patentiert von Dr. Christoph Voß, Heidelberg 2012 [booklet: privately published], passim (A: new saxophone developed according to Parker’s instrumental technique) [digi.copy]

Classy Koehler: Jazz History. Short Takes, in: The Jassman, 6/1 (2012), p. 6-7 (short F) [digi.copy]

Derek Ansell: Sugar Free Saxophone. The Life and Music of Jackie McLean, London 2012 [book: Northway Publications], passim (F)

John Howland: Jazz with Strings. Between Jazz and the Great American Songbook, in: David Ake & Charles Hiroshi Garrett & Daniel Goldmark (eds.): Jazz / Not Jazz. The Music and Its Boundaries, Berkeley 2012 [book: University of California Press], p. 111-147 (F/A: Paul Whiteman: “Clap Yo’ Hands”; Artie Shaw: “Blues In the Night”; Frank Sinatra: “I’m Walking Behind You”; George Handy: “Bloos”; Stan Kenton & Pete Rugolo: “Lonesome Road”; Charlie Parker & Jimmy Carroll: “Just Friends”)

Maurizio Franco: Oltre il Mito. Scritti sul linguaggio del Jazz, Lucca 2012 [book: Libreria Musicale Italiana], p. 55-67 (F: chapter “Il mito Parker e la realtà del bebop”)

Paul Combs: Dameronia. The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron, Ann Arbor 2012 [book: University of Michigan Press], passim (F)

Peter Pullman: Wail The Life of Bud Powell, New York 2012 [book: Bop Changes], passim (F)

Stefano Zenno: Storia del Jazz. Una prospettiva globale, Viterbo 2012 [book: Stampa Alternativa], p. 289-294 (F: chapter “Maestri del bebop. Charlie Parker”)

Stephen Cottrell: The Saxophone, New Haven 2012 [book: Yale University Press], p. 206-212 (F/T: “Donna Lee”, excerpt)

Timme Rosenkrantz: Harlem Jazz Adventures. A European Jazz Baron’s Memoir, 1936-1969 (edited by Fradley Garner), Lanham/MD 2012 [book: Scarecrow Press], passim (F)

Enzo Capua: Qui New York. Avenue B, là dove ha abitato Bird, in: Musica Jazz, 68/8 (Aug.2012), p. 49 (F)

Jan Evensmo: The Altosax & Tenorsax of Charles Parker, “Charlie”, “Bird”, Oslo 18.Nov.2012 [booklet: Jan Evensmo] [digi.copy]

Steve Coleman: Charlie Parker – “Ko-Ko” (1948 live version), in: Viva La Musica, #334 (Oct.2012), p. 1 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Trevor E. Hudson: From Dadaism to Free Jazz. The Cultural Developments of a New Aesthetic, Newark 2013 [MA thesis: Rutgers University], p. p. 76-78 (F: chaptger “Experimentation and Charlie Parker”)

Hans-Jürgen Schaal: Augenblicke für die Ewigkeit. Große Bläsersoli im Jazz. 4. Der Blues: Parker’s Mood (1948), in: Clarino.print, Jun.2013, p. 42, 44 (F)

Hans-Jürgen Schaal: Trainingslager. Wie Bläser üben (17). Die pulverisierte Rille, in: Clarino.print, Jun.2013, p. 17 (F: how Charlie Parker practiced)

Harvey Dickson: Charlie Parker, My Sister and Me, in: new York Times [The 6th Floor], 16.Jul.2013 (F) [digi.copy]

Joe Klopus: Racism still swirls around jazz legend Charlie Parker, in: The Kansas City Star, 31.Jul.2013 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix, in: IAJRC Journal, 46/3 (Sep.2013), p. 25 (B)

Dwight Garner: When Bird Was a Fledgling. “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Time of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: New York Times, 10.Oct.2013 (B) [digi.copy]

Dan Morgenstern: ‘Kansas City Lightning’ by Stanley Crouch. ‘Bird’ by Chuck Haddix. ‘Celebratin’ Bird’ by Gary Giddins. Fast, slow or blue, Charlie Parker redefined the jazz vocabulary in his short life, in: Wall Street Journal, 18.Oct.2013 (B) [digi.copy]

Bill Beuttler: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rose and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: Jazz Times, 43/8 (Oct.2013), p. 69 (B)

Chris Waddington: Stanley Crouch brings a sharp tongue, smarts and a new Charlie Parker bio to New Orleans, in: new Orleans Times-Picayune, 6.Nov.2013 (B: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch; “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix, in: Jazzwise, #180 (Nov.2013), p. 52 (B) [digi.copy]

Ralf Frodermann: Der Ton der blauen Stunde. Charlie Parker im Streicherbeet, in: Jazz Podium, 62/11 (Nov.2013), p. 32 (F) [digi.copy]

David Hajdu: Bebop. “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch; “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix, in: New York Times, 6.Dec.2013 (B) [digi.copy]

Bob Porter: Bird, Cab & Idris Muhammad, in: IAJRC Journal, 46/4 (Dec.2013), p. 31 (B: “Bird. The Life and Legend of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix)

Robert Bregman: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: IAJRC Journal, 46/4 (Dec.2013), p. 41-42 (B)

Ellen Johnson: Jazz Child. A Portrait of Sheila Jordan, Lanham/MD 2014 [book: Rowman & Littlefield], passim (F)

Ellen Johnson: Jazz Child. A Portrait of Sheila Jordan, Lanham/MD 2014 [book: Rowman & Littlefield], passim (F)

George Benson (& Alan Goldsher): Benson. The Autobiography, Boston 2014 [book: Da Capo Press], passim (F)

Jan Bäumer: The Sound of a City? New York und Bebop 1941-1949, Münster 2014 [book: Waxmann], passim (F/A)

Jeff Sultanof: Charlie Parker. Two New Bios and a Revision. Crouch, Haddox and Giddins, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 10/1 (Summer 2014), p. 72-77 (B) [digi.copy]

Kevin Whitehead: Warum Jazz? 111 gute Gründe, Stuttgart 2014 [book: Reclam], p. 82-86 (F: chapter “Warum klang der Bebop, als er zuerst aufkam, so radikal? Stellte er einen Bruch mit älteren Stilen dar? Warum ist Charlie Parker so wichtig?”)

Martin Westin: Charlie Parker i Sverige – med en avstickare till Köpenhamn, Stockholm 2014 [book: Premium Publishing], passim (F)

Noal Cohen & Michael FitzgeraldRichard Havers: Verve. The Sound of America, München 2014 [book: Sieveking Verlag], p. 168-171 (F)

Russ Shor: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: VJM’s Jazz & Blues Mart, #169 (Spring 2014), p. 31 (B)

Steven P. Beck: Billy Bauer. A Life in the Bebop Guitar Business, Newark/NJ 2014 [MA thesis: Rutgers University], p. 107-123 (F: chapter “The Charlie Parker Years (1944-1954)”) [digi.copy]

Wolfram Knauer: Charlie Parker, Stuttgart 2014 [book: Reclam], passim (F) [digi.copy]

Shaun Mullen: An Appreciation. Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, in: The Moderate Voice, 27.Jan.2014 (F) [digi.copy]

Allan Kozinn: Be-Bopera. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Coming From Opera Philadelphia, in: New York Times, 30.Jan.2014 (F: The Opera Philadelphia has commissioned the saxophonist and composer Daniel Schnyder to compose a chamber opera about Charlie Parker, called “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird”. The opera with a libretto by Bridgette A. Wimberly will have its world premiere in June 2015) [digi.copy]

Stefan Künzli: Das Genie zwischen Innovation und Absturz. Jazz. Eine deutschsprachige Biografie von Charlie Parker zum 75 Geburtstag des Bebop und des modernen Jazz, in: Aargauer Zeitung, 15.Mar.2014 (B: “Charlie Parker”, by Wolfram Knauer) [digi.copy]

Bill Milkowski. Bird Takes Wing. A conversation with Stanley Crouch, in: Jazziz, 31/3 (Mar.2014), p. 60-64 (F) [digi.copy]

Ted Panken – Swing to Bop. “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: Down Beat, 81/3 (Mar.2014), p. 73 (B) [digi.copy]

Bert Noglik: Wir setzen fort mit einer Buchempfehlung, in: MDR Figaro, 4.Apr.2014 (B: “Charlie Parker”, by Wolfram Knauer) [radio manuscript] [digi.copy]

Thomas Wolff: Der Sound aus Zimmer 305. Biografie. Wolfram Knauer kniet sich in die Sessions des Saxofonisten Charlie Parker hinein, in: Darmstädter Echo, 14.Apr.2014, p. 15 (B) [digi.copy]

Reiner Kobe: “Charlie Parker”, von Wolfram Knauer, in: Jazz Podium, 63/4 (Apr.2014), p. 61 (B) [digi.copy]

Robert Bregman: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: Jazz Journal, 67/4 (Apr.2014), p. 14-15 (B)

Hans-Jürgen Linke: Charlie Parker Biographie / Jazz. Eine Blaupause für Mythen. Wolfram schreibt eine sorgfältige Biographie des großen Charlie Parker und zugleich ein vorbildliches Buch über die Geschichte des Jazz, in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 3.May 2014 (B) [digi.copy]

Wolfgang Sandner: Bebop durch alle Tonarten. Exzessives Leben und espressive Kunst. Wolfram Knauers vorzügliche Biographie des Jazzmusikers Charlie Parker, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 13.May 2014 (B) [digi.copy]

Leif Wigh: Böcker. En gudabenådad vecka som skakade Sverige. “Charlie Parker i Sverige” by Martin Westin, in: Orkester Journalen, 82/2 (May/Jun.2014), p. 45 (B)

Reiner Kobe: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch; “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix, in: Jazz Podium, 63/5 (May 2014), p. 65 (B) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: “Celebrating Bird. The Triumph of Charlie Parker”, by Gary Giddins, in: Jazzwise, #186 (Jun.2014), p. 52 (B) [digi.copy]

Hans-Jürgen Linke: Birds Blindflug. Wolfram Knauers vorbildliches Buch zu Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Zeitung, 39/3 (Jun/Aug.2014), p. 17 (B)

Chris Walker: Everybody Got Naked With Charlie “Bird” Parker at the Wildes Party in L.A. History, in: L.A. Weekly, 8.Jul.2014 (F: Chris Walker reflects about a party the legendary Charlie Parker took part in on 15 July 1952 at Zorthian Ranch, an artists commune in northern Los Angeles which ended in a jam session at which first a single woman performed a striptease while Charlie Parker played “Embraceable You”, which was followed by most of the guests, including many of the musicians getting naked. A recording of the session survived the years and had been issued as a low-quality bootleg some years ago. Walker also describes how the tape recording survived and eventually was found and rescued by a “Bird Detective”, a Charlie Parker fanatic named John Burton.) [digi.copy]

Hans-Jürgen Linke: Wolfram Knauer. Blaupause für Mythen. “Charlie Parker”, sonst nichts. Kein Untertitel, keine näheren Angaben zu Absichten oder einschränkenden Fragestellungen. Wolfram Knauers Buch zu Charlie Parker kommt bescheiden daher, aber es ist vor allem eines: präzise, in: Jazzthetik, 28/7-8 (Jul/Aug.2014), p. 50 (B) [digi.copy]

Philip Clark: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch; “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix; “Testimony. A Tribute to Charlie Parker”, by Yusef Komunyakaa, in: The Wire, #365 (Jul.2014), p. 73 (B) [digi.copy]

David C. Nichols: Charlie Parker flies again in ‘Bird Lives’, in: Los Angeles Times, 21.Aug.2014 (C: theater play by Willard Manus about Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

John Menaghan: Bird Song. For Charlie Parke, in: Brilliant Corners, 19/1 (Winter 2014), p. 33-34 (poem)

Christopher Dennison: Primary Sources. An Examination of Ira Gitler’s “Swing to Bop” and Oral History’s Role in the Story of Bebop, Newark/NJ 2015 [MA thesis: Rutgers University], passim; especially p. 119-142 (F: chapter “High Bebop: Bird and Bud”) [digi.copy]

Daniel Thomas Peterson: A Chronology of Long-Form Compositions in Jazz, Newark/NJ 2015 [MA thesis: Rutgers University], passim, especially p. 116-135 (F/A: chapter “Charlie Parker & the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite”) [digi.copy]

Peter Vacher: Swingin’ On Central Avenue. African American Jazz in Los Angeles, Lanham/MD 2015 [book: Rowman & Littlefield], passim (F)

Georg Spindler: Leben eines Jazz-Giganten. Wolram Knauers Charlie-Parker-Buch, in: Mannheimer Morgen, 9.Jan.2015 (B) [digi.copy]

Klaus Mümpfer: Streifzug durch die Welt Charlie Parkers. Konzert-Lesung. “Treffpunkt Jazz” als Hommage an legendären Altsaxophonisten / Hochschul-Musiker begleiten hr-Bigband-Solist, in: Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz), 26.Jan.2015 (C: Heinz Dieter Sauerborn, Wolfram Knauer) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun (& Steve Coleman): Charlie Parker on “Groovin’ High”, in: A Horizontal Search , 29.Jan.2015 (F/T) [digi.copy]

Bobb Reed: First Take. Bird’s Legacy, in: Down Beat, 82/2 (Feb.2015), p. 8 (F) [digi.copy]

Simon Broll: Jazzlegende Charlie Parker. Vogel im freien Fall. Sein Leben war ein einziger Exzess – auf der Bühne am Instrument, privat mit Drogen. Heute vor 60 Jahren starb Saxofonist Charlie “Bird” Parker. Sein früher Tod schürte die Legende des tragischen Genies, in: Spiegel Online, 12.Mar.2015 (F) [digi.copy]

Mischa Andriessen: Charlie ‘Bird’ parker. Zelfdestructief en onaangepast genie. Miskend fenomeen, nobele wilde: saxofonist Charlie Parker stond overal buiten. Zestig jaar na zijn dood blijkt Bird nog altijd een blijvende mythe, in: Jazzism, Mar.2015, p. 50-53, 55 (F)

Tom Di Nardo: Charlie Parker, a genius of jazz gets an operatic treatment in Philadelphia Opera Co. world premiere, in: Philadelphia Daily News, 27.May 2015 (F/I: Tom Di Nardo reports about the opera “Yardbird” by Daniel Schnyder honoring Charlie Parker which is to be premiered in Philadelphia in early June. Di Nardo talks to the Swiss-born composer, to the conductor Corrado Rovaris, the librettist Bridgette Wimberly, the tenor Lawrence Brownlee and the soprano Angela Brown) [digi.copy]

Corinna de Fonseca-Wollheim: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Ties Jazz and Opera Together in Philadelphia, in: New York Times, 28.May 2015 (F/I with Lawrence Brownlee, Daniel Schnyder, Bridgette Wimberly, Corrado Rovaris) [digi.copy]

Karen Smyles & Elisabeth Perez-Luna: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ offers new insights into jazz legend’s life – and death, in: , 5.Jun.2015 (F: In advance of the premiere of the opera “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird” Karen Smyles and Elisabeth Perez-Luna talk to composer Daniel Schnyder, librettist Bridgette Wimberly and the tenor Lawrence Brownlee, and in the background audio of the interviews you can here small excerpts from the opera which plays Philadelphia’s Kimmel Theater next weekend) [digi.copy]

Shawn E. Milnes: How Charlie Parker’s Life Became an Opera. Is an opera the best way to remember a jazz great? Our correspondent secured an exclusive first look at Opera Philadelphia’s “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird”, in: The Daily Beast, 5.Jun.2015 (F/I/C) [digi.copy]

Peter Dobrin: Review. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ soars, in: Philadephphia Inquirer, 6.Jun.2015 (C) [digi.copy]

Anne Midgette: ‘Yardbird’ sings but fails to fly at Opera Philadelphia, in: Washington Post, 7.Jun.2015 (C) [digi.copy]

Anthony Tommasini: Review. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Uses Opera to Tell a Jazz Story, in: New York Times, 7.Jun.2015 (C) [digi.copy]

Brandon Soderberg: Staring back at Charlie Parker on Pntella Mason’s ‘Bebop’ mural under I-83 on the jazz great’s birthday, in: Baltimore City Paper, 29.Aug.2015 (F) [digi.copy]

Masaya Yamaguchi: [Johnny Hodges influence on Charlie Parker], in: [e-mail correspondence], 31.Aug.2015 (A: Parker using phrase borrowed from Johnny Hodges recording from 1936 “Wee, Whoa, Babe” in several recordings of “Visa”, “Cheryl”, “Cool Blues”) [digi.copy] [mp3 files] {confidential; internal use only}

Hans Mantel: Mantels Must Haves. Charlie Parker – “Washington Concerts” (Blue Note 7243 5 22626 2 5), in: Jazzism, Sep.2015, p. 96-97 (F)

Shaun Brady: Bird-of-Pirgatory. Charlie Parker’s symphonic ambitions and inner torment drive a compelling new opera, in: Jazz Times, 45/7 (Sep.2015), p. 18 (F/I with Daniel Schnyder)

Jennifer Gould Keil: All that jazz: Charlie Parker’s townhouse listed for $9.25M, in: New York Post, 21.Oct.2015 (F) [digi.copy]

Franck Bergerot: Le jour. 26 novembre 1945. Le jour où Charlie Parker entra dans l’histoire, in: Jazz Magazine, #678 (Nov.2015), p. 36-37 (F)

Michael Cooper: Charlie Parker Opera Will Go On, in: New York Times, 9.Dec.2015 (F: Michael Cooper reports that “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird”, an opera composed by Daniel Schnyder and featuring the acclaimed tenor Lawrence Brownlee will be performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem next April) [digi.copy]

Franck Bergerot: Charlie Parker. Un amour de Bird. Apparu sur le devant de la scène il y a soixante-dix ans, le bop ne s’est pas fait en un jour, pas plus qu’il n’est la créature d’un seul musicien. Pourtant, parmi ses inventeurs, Charlie Parker occupe une place très spéciale. De quelle singulière essence est ce génie qui s’éteignit dix ans plus tard?, in: Jazz Magazine, #679 (Dec/Jan.2015/2016), p. 30-33 (F)

Leig Wigh: “Charlie Parker kom aldrig till Vingåker – istället för mina memoarer”, by Rune Ofwerman, in: Orkester Journalen, 83/6 (Dec.2015), p. 74 (B)

Benjamin Bierman: Listening to Jazz, New York 2016 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 194-195, 199-203 (F/A: “Salt Peanuts”; “Just Friends”)

Bob Porter: Soul Jazz. Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975, [Indianapolis] 2016 [book: Xlibris], p. 31-33 (F)

Krin Gabbard: Better Git It In Your Soul. An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus, Oakland 2016 [book: University of California Press], passim (F)

Wolf Kampmann: Jazz. Eine Geschichte von 1900 bis übermorgen, Stuttgart 2016 [book: Reclam], p. 87-109 (F: chapter “Bebop. Salt Peanuts”)

Nat Hentoff: Charlie Parker’s Revolutionary Junkie Jazz Alchemy. Bird was a phenomenal musician who, against all odds, almost singlehandedly changed our conception of what jazz could be. He was also his own worst enemy, in: The Daily Beast , 31.Jan.2016 (F; excerpt from Nat Hentoff: Jazz Is [1976]) [digi.copy]

Jørgen Siegumfeldt: Birds Boogie. Charlie Parkers lykkelige dag, in: Jazz Special, #150 (Apr/May 2016), p. 46-49 (F)

Matthew Kassel: A New Collection of Charlie Parker’s False Starts in the Studio Helps Humanize the Jazz Giant, in: The Village Voice, 15.Jun.2016 (F: Matthew Kassel hears a new collection containing alternate takes and false starts by Charlie Parker and talks to the jazz expert and the album’s producer Phil Schaap about the discovery of the recordings and about their importance documenting a major jazz improviser but also asks about the ethics of releasing what he refers to as “dirty laundry” about which saxophonist Steve Coleman says, “Musicians don’t want stuff like that released”) [digi.copy]

Brian Glasser: Turning Point. Bird on the Wireless. Keyboard-player Lonnie Liston Smith talks about the album that changed his life, “Charlie Parker With Strings”, by Charlie Parker, in: Jazzwise, #208 (Jun.2016), p. 32 (F) [digi.copy]

Niels von Kohl: Yardbird, in: Jazz Special, #151 (Jun/Aug.2016), p. 66-69 (F/C: opera “Yardbord” by Daniel Schnyder)

Ethan Iverson: Interview with Ken Solane, in: Do the Math, , 28.Aug.2016 (F: Ethan Iverson talks to Ken Sloane, a trumpet player from New Albany who was responsible for the transcriptions in the legendary “Charlie Parker Omnibook” about how he transcribed Parker’s solos, about the selection of pieces he transcribed and about how to this day he is not happy with ten of solos he transcribed on short deadline after he had already finished 50 others because he sees those ten as “not quite at the level of the others”) [digi.copy]

NN: “Unheard Bird” Presents Newly Found Tracks, in: Down Beat, 83/8 (Aug.2016), p. 13 (F/R) [digi.copy]

Ron Knox: Taling Charlie Parker with Jeff Robinson, the man who brought him home last month, in: The Pitch , 6.Sep.2016 (F: Ron Knox talks to the actor Jeff Robinson who plays Charlie Parker in “Live Bird” which Knox characterizes as “part theater, part live music performance, part historical re-enactment”, about whether he is nervous of performing in Kansas City, about how Parker’s widow Doris Parker once came to a performance in Harlem, as well as about Kansas City’s strong jazz roots which musicians still can build on) [digi.copy]

Jan Evensmo: The Altosax & Tenorsax of Charles Parker, “Charlie”, “Bird”, Oslo, 30.Sep.2016 [privately published], passim (D) [digi.copy]

Peter Rotermund: Birds kurzer Flug. Er wurde nur 35 Jahre alt, doch revolutionierte Charlie “Bird” Parker den Jazz, zählte zu den Modernisten, dessen Einfluss bis in die Gegenwart reicht, in: Folf Report Köln, Oct.2016, p. 16-17 (F) [digi.copy]

Leif Bo Petersen: Charlie Parker Chronology, in: <www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdChronology.aspx>, 15.Nov.2017 (F: chronology) digi.copy]

Guillaume Belhomme: Jazz en 150 Figures, Paris 2017 [book: Editions du Layeur], p. 76-77 (F)

Harry Reed: Waiting for Bird, in: Brilliant Corners, 21/2 (Summer 2017), p. 18-19 (poem)

Philippe Margotin: 100 Jahre Jazz. Von der Klassik bis zur Moderne. Die größten Stars, Bielefeld 2017 [book: Delius Klasing Verlag], p. 226-231 (F: chapter “Charlie Parker. Bird, der Geist der Avantgarde”)

Larry Getlen: Charlie Parker’s heroin addiction helped make him a genius, in: New York Post, 5.Feb.2017 (F: Larry Getlen looks at the destroying relationship between Charlie Parker and heroin – although the headline, “Charlie Parker’s heroin addiction helped make him a genius”, had nothing really to do with what’s in Getlen’s article) [digi.copy]

Masaya Yamaguchi: Miles & Bird lived, in: [private correspondence], 15.Feb.2017 (F: private correspondence to Jazzinstitut Darmstadtabout the building on West 147th Street in New York, in which both Miles Davis and Charlie Parker used to live) [digi.copy]

Bert Vuijsje: bebop Business. Parkeriana, in: Jazzism, Feb/Mar.2017, p. 89 (F)

Hedi Weiss: Stage Reviews. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ a cry against the cage of racism, in: Chicago Sun-Times , 25.Mar.2017 (C) [digi.copy]

John von Rhein: Opera review: Lyric’s Charlie Parker biopera slick but elusive, in: Chicago Tribune, 26.Mar.2017 (C) [digi.copy]

NN: Various Artists – “The Passion of Charlie Parker” (Impulse! Records CD 06025 5742176), in: [CD info], 16.Jun.2017 (F) [digi.copy]

Jonathan Glusman: Le jour. 24 mars 1951. Le jour o’u Stravinsky alla écouter Bird au Birdland, in: Jazz Magazine, #695 (Jun.2017), p. 36-37 (F)

Arthur C. Brooks: Charlie Parker and the Meaning of Freedom, in: New York Times, 29.Aug.2017 (F) [digi.copy]

Ben Givan: Opionion / Letter. Charlie Parker’s Rules, in: New York Times, 6.Sep.2017 (F: letter; response to Arthur C. Brooks’ article “Charlie Parker and the Meaning of Freedom”, New York Times, 29.Aug.2017) [digi.copy]

Christopher Loudon: “The Passion of Charlie Parker” (Impulse!), in: Jazz Times, 47/7 (Sep.2017), p. 69-70 (R: tribute album by singers)

Sascha Feinstein: “The Passion of Charlie Parker” (Impulse), in: Jazziz, 34/9 (Sep.2017), p. 109-110 (R: vocal tribute to Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

Ben Ratliff: Essential Solos. 40 Improvisations You Need to Know. Soloist: Charlie Parker, “Ko Ko”. Charlie Parker’s Ri Bop Boys, Ko Ko (Savoy, 1945), in: Jazz Times, 47/8 (Oct.2017), p. 32 (short F)

Bill Charlap: Essential Solos. 40 Improvisations You Need to Know. Soloist: Charlie Parker, “Embraceable You”. Charlie Parker Quintet, Embraceable You (Dial, rec. 1947), in: Jazz Times, 47/8 (Oct.2017), p. 31 (short F)

Jeff Coffin: Essential Solos. 40 Improvisations You Need to Know. Soloist: Charlie Parker, “Just Friends”. Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker With Strings (Verve, rec. 1949), in: Jazz Times, 47/8 (Oct.2017), p. 31 (short F)

Russ Musto: New York at Night. “Charlie Parker Birthday Celebration Band” with Vincent Herring, Greg Osby, Jeremy Pelt, Helen Sung, Lonnie Plaxico, Billy Drummond, in: New York City Jazz Record, #186 (Oct.2017), p. 5 (C) [digi.copy]

Herbert Hellhund: Jazz. Harmonik, Melodik, Improvisation, Analyse, Ditzingen 2018 [book: Reclam], p. 173-184 (A: “Now’s the Time”)

Dante Di Stefano: What Charlie Parker’s Sax Said to the Unmentioned Cows in a Late Baraka Poem, in: Brilliant Corners, 23/2 (Summer 2019), p. 10-11 (poem)

Howard Mandel (ed.): Jazz & Blues Encyclopedia. New & Expanded Edition, London 2/2019 [book: Flame Tree Publishing], p. 96-98 (F: short biographical entry)

Roland Spiegel & Rainer Wittkamp: Charlie Parker with Strings. Bird bleibt Bird – selbst mit Streichern, in: Roland Spiegel & Rainer Wittkamp: 111 Jazz-Alben, die man gehört haben muss, Köln 2019 [book: Emons], p. 34-35 (short F)

Roland Spiegel & Rainer Wittkamp: Jazz at Massey Hall. Schwergewichte im Wettstreit, in: Roland Spiegel & Rainer Wittkamp: 111 Jazz-Alben, die man gehört haben muss, Köln 2019 [book: Emons], p. 40-41 (short F)

Peter Facini: Is This the Greatest Photo in Jazz History? A quiet Sunday night in 1953. The Dodgers had just won the pennant. J.F.K. and Jacqueline Bouvier had just married. And four titans of bebop came together in a dive bar for a rare jam session, in: New York Times , 8.Mar.2019 (F: Peter Facini looks closely at an iconic photo Bob Parent took one Sunday evening in September 1953 at New York’s club Open Door at which the Thelonious Monk Trio with Charles Mingus and Roy Haynes was joined by Charlie Parker, giving some of the context of the photo such as that both Monk and Parker were performing even though their cabaret license had been pulled, and talking to Parent’s son, Parker’s stepdaughter Kim, and to Roy Haynes, the only living member of the quartet pictured. And as he glances at some lesser known photos from the concert he finds a dark-haired man at a front table who just might be the poet Jack Kerouac) [digi.copy]

Lynell George: The Night Charlie Parker Soared in South Central L.A. The jazz saxophonist gave a legendary after-hours performance at Jack’s Basket Room in 1947. No photos or recordings captured it, and last year a suspicious fire destroyed the L.A. building, in: , 5.Aug.2019 (F: Lynell George remembers a legendary after-hours performance by Charlie Parker at Jack’s Basket Room in Los Angeles right after the saxophonist was released from Camarillo State Hospital. He also tells about a visit to the location of that club in South L.A. with the late saxophonist Buddy Collette and about Collette’s memories of the venue which was open from 1939 to 1951 in a building which was destroyed by a fire in 2018) [digi.copy]

Allison Keyes: The Long Journey of Charlie Parker’s Saxophone. The newly acquired instrument, played by the father of bebop, is on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in: Smithsonian Magazine , 24.Oct.2019 (F) [digi.copy]

J.D. Considine: Charlie Parker. ‘Bird’ endures! To say that Charlie “Yardbird” Parker was one of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived is a bit like saying the Mona Lisa is a well-known painting, in: Down Beat, 87/1 (Jan.2020), p. 28-30 (F) [digi.copy]

Sean Philip Colter: Joe Biden calls Charlie Baker ‘Charlie Parker’. Refers to Baker as ‘Gov. Charlie Parker’, in: Boston Herald , 23.Mar.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Bob Weinberg: Bobby Watson, Gary Bartz and Vincent Herring. Chairmen of the Bird, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F/I with Bobby Watson, Gary Bartz, Vincent Herring) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: Across the tracks. ‘Ko Ko’ Nuts. Brian Priestley investigates the complex recording history of Charlie Parker’s famous ‘Ko Ko’, 75 years old this year, in: Jazzwise, #249 (Mar.2020), p. 16 (F) [digi.copy]

Jonathan Glusman: Ce jour-là. 12 mars 1955. Charlie Parker, mort de rire, in: Jazz Magazine, #725 (Mar.2020), p. 50-51 (F)

Neil Tesser: 10 Essential Charlie Parker Recordings, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F) [digi.copy]

Neil Tesser: Bird at 100. Does Charlie Parker Still Matter?, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020), p. 46-49 (F) [digi.copy]

Neil Tesser: Bird Songs. A guide to the best of Charlie Parker’s recordings, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020), p. 60-63 (F) [digi.copy]

Neil Tesser: Does Charlie Parker Still Matter?, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Bird Is the Word. Observations and Insights. By Charlie Parker and others, in: Parker, Charlie (as) 2020/03°, p. 76-79 (F; statements by Charlie Parker, Earl Coleman, gary Giddins, Miles Davis, Hampton Hawes, Ralph Ellison, Lennie Tristano, Elvis Costello, Whitney Balliett, Jack Kerouac) [digi.copy]

NN: Bird Is the Word. Quotes By and About Charlie Parker, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F; quotes from Charlie Parker, Earl Coleman, Gary Giddins, Henry Rollins, Miles Davis, Hampton Hawes, Ralph Ellison, Lennie Tristano, Elvis Costello, Whitney Balliett, Jack Kerouac) [digi.copy]

NN: Six Artists Influenced by Charlie Parker, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F; I with Steve Coleman, Sheila Jordan, Joe Lovano, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Charles McPherson, Sonny Rollins) [digi.copy]

Ted Panken: Bird Lovers. Six Artists Influenced by Charlie Parker, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F; I with Steve Coleman, Sheila Jordan, Joe Lovano, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Charles McPherson, Sonny Rollins) [digi.copy]

Josh Linkner: How one musician used a quarantine to become a legend, in: Detroit Free Press , 11.Apr.2020 (F: Josh Linkner asks how artists can use self-isolation for improvement and finds one example in Charlie Parker’s woodshedding isolation in the Ozarks) [digi.copy]

Graeme McMillan: Charlie Parker’s Story to Be Told in Graphic Novel ‘Chasin’ the Bird’, in: The Hollywood Reporter , 27.Apr.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Franck BergerotL Où est Charlie? Parker pas par cœur. Plutôt habitué aux livres-compilations de témoignages, Frank Médioni vient de sortir “Charlie Parker” chez Fayard, une biographie qui ne tient pas toutes ses promesses, in: Jazz Magazine, #726 (Apr.2020), p. 20 (B)

Yves Buin: Bird, non pas albatross mais aigle royal au-dessus des nuées. L’écrivain Yves Buin a lu le livre “Charlie Parker” de Franck Médioni qui vient de paraître chez Fayard, in: Improjazz. Magazine d’information musicale, #264 (Apr/May 2020), p. 45-46 (B)

Kevin Sun: Charlie Parker on “Confirmation” (1949–1951), in: A Horizontal Search , 1.May 2020 (A/T: Parker solos between 1949 and 1951) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun: Charlie Parker on “Fine and Dandy” (1947–1953), in: A Horizontal Search , 15.May 2020 (A/T: Parker solos between 1947 and 1953) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun: Charlie Parker on “This Time The Dream’s On Me” (1950–1953), in: A Horizontal Search , 29.Mar.2020 (A/T: Parker solos between 1950 and 1953) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun: Charlie Parker: Three Rare Blues Performances, in: A Horizontal Search , 8.Aug.2020 (A/T: “Now’s the Time”, 1949; “Buzzy”, 1951; “Bloomdido”, 1951) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun: Musigs on Bird II.Synchronic Bird. Off the cuff notes and thoughts on Bird, Part II, in: A Horizontal Search , 23.Aug.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Howard Reich: From Charlie Parker to Eddie Johnson, remembering jazz centenarians during a pandemic, in: Chicago Tribune , 2.Jun.2020 (F: Howard Reich celebrates the centennial of a number of influential musicians, namely Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, John Lewis, Clark Terry, Peggy Lee, Art Van Damme, Hazel Scott and Eddie Johnson) [digi.copy]

Alexander Kranich: Hello bird! Sängerin Sheila Jordan erinnert sich an Charlie Parker, der am 29.8.1920, also vor hundert Jahren geboren wurde. Alexander Kranich zeichnete auf, in: Jazz Podium, 69/7-8 (Jul/Aug.2020), p. 18-19 (F) [digi.copy]

Angelique van Os: Profile. 100 jaar Charlie Parker. Unaniem een tijdloos fenomeen, in: Jazzism, summer 2020, p. 44-49 (F/I with Benjamin Herman, Vera Vingerhoeds, Gideon Tazelaar, Tineke Postma, Ben van Gelder, Jasper Blom, Ack van Rooyen, Marike van Dijk, Ferdinand Povel)

Bert Vuijsje: Bebop Business. Parker’s Mood, in: Jazzism, summer 2020, p. 91 (F)

Hans Hielscher: Charlie Parker. “Bird Lives!”, in: Jazzthetik, 24/7-8 (Jul/Aug.2020), p. 56 (F) [digi.copy]

Carlos Morales: News Watch: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Write Foreword for Upcoming Charlie Parker Graphic Novel. Legends Unite: Kareem-Abdul Jabbar To Pen The Introduction To Z2 Comics’ Upcoming Graphic Novel Paying Tribute To Charlie “Bird” Parker, in: Comic Watch , 1.Aug.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Howard Reich: The Jazz Showcase presses ahead with Charlie Parker Month, in: Chicago Tribune, 4.Aug.2020 (F: Howard Reich reports about plans for a Charlie Parker Month at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase, celebrating Bird’s centennial, and he talks to saxophonist Eric Schneider who explains that he performs wearing a mask with a thin slit in it and often behind a plastic shield which makes him sound like Paul Desmond, as well as to the Jazz Showcase’s current owner Wayne Segal about the effects of the pandemic on his business and how important live music is to so many people, these days more than ever) [digi.copy]

Howard Reich: Charlie Parker at 100: Like Mozart, he transformed an art form and his music has never stopped, in: Chicago Tribune , 10.Aug.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Roland Spiegel & Ulrich Habersetzer: Zitate von und über Charlie Parker. Er war unser Gott. Er war unser Prophet. “Charlie Parker verkörperte den neuen schwarzen Künstlertypus. Beim Spielen wirkte er sehr würdevoll. Er bürstete gegen den Strich”, so urteilte einst Sonny Rollins über Charlie Parker. Zitate von und über die Jazz-Legende, die am 29. August 100 Jahre alt geworden wäre, in: BR Klassik , 22.Aug.2020 (F/I with Nicole Johänntgen, Uwe Steinmetz, Hugo Siegmeth, Angelika Niescier and Evgeny Ring) [digi.copy]

Roland Spiegel & Ulrich Habersetzer: 100. Geburtstag Charlie Parker. Auf dem Bebop-Stern. Vor rund achtzig Jahren war Altsaxophonist Charlie Parker einer der Bebop-Revolutionäre. Er veränderte den Jazz auf immer. Parker hat Instrumentalisten unterschiedlicher Generationen stark beeinflusst. Wir fragten Musikerinnen und Musiker der jüngeren Szene nach ihren Charlie-Parker-Einflüssen und Schlüsselerlebnissen, in: BR Klassik , 23.Aug.2020 (F: collection of historic quotes by Parker himself, Sonny Rollins and Lee Konitz) [digi.copy]

Elliott Simon: In Print. “Chasin’ the Bird (Charlie Parker in California)”, by Dave Chisholm with Peter Markowski, in: New York City Jazz Record, #220 (Aug.2020), p. 20 (B: graphic novel) [digi.copy][:en]Example for a Jazz Index on Charlie Parker

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Jazz Index – created on 25. August 2020

The following bibliographical information is drawn from periodicals and books present in the archive of the Jazzinstitut Darmstadt. Our extensive periodical collection comprises more than 55,000 issues of some 1,200 jazz periodicals. Close to two-thirds of the collection has been indexed.

Following the more recent entries are abbreviations denoting the nature of the material in the respective articles. These symbols are:

[A] = analytical remarks

[B] = extensive book review

[BT] = blindfold test

[C] = concert review

[D] = discography

[F] = feature article

[I] = interview

[“I”] = article written by the respective musician himself

[N] = (very short) news item

[O] = obituary

[R] = extensive record review

[T] = transcription

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This bibliography has been compiled and mailed by … Jazzinstitut Darmstadt,

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Parker, Charlie (as * real name: Charles Christopher Parker; b: 29.Aug.1920, Kansas City/KS; d: 12.Mar.1955, New York; Lexikon: Feather [1960]; Companion [1987]; New Grove [1988]; rororo [1988]; Reclam [1989]; Dictionnaire [1988,1995]; MusicHound [1999]; Rough Guide [1999]; vertical file: Charlie PARKER [1988,1998,2000,2003-2005])

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LITERATURE:

[Charlie Parker]: “Body and Soul”. From “The Birth of Bebop” (Duo w/ Guitar 1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Cherokee”. From “The Birth of Bebop” (Duo w/ Guitar 1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Honeysuckle Rose”. With The Jay McShann Octet (11/30/1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “I Found a New Baby”. From “The Birth of Bebop” (Duo w/ Guitar 1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Moten Swing”. With The Jay McShann Octet (11/30/1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Oh, Lady Be Good”. With The Jay McShann Octet (11/30/1940). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Sweet Georgia Brown”. From “The Birth of Bebop”, 1940. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”. Recorded Live w/ the Jay McShann Orchestra [1942]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

NN: Musician of the Month, in: The Music Dial, Nov.1943 (F: Ben Webster pointing out as his favorite saxophonists: Benny Carter, Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Little Willie Leaps”. “Miles Davis All Stars”, NYC (4/24/1945). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

NN: Flash!, in: Metronome, 62/6 (Jun.1945), p. 6 (N: Philadelphia concert with Don Byas, Buddy DeFranco, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

NN: Flash!, in: Metronome, 62/6 (Jun.1945), p. 6 (N: New Jazz Foundation concert in New York with Billie Holiday or Coleman Hawkins, Erroll Garner Trio, Remo Palmieri, Don Byas, Charlie Parker, Buck Clayton, Slam Stewart, Joe Guy) [digi.copy]

The Two Deuces (= Barry Ulanov & Leonard Feather): Dizzy Gillespie – “Blue ‘n’ Boogie” / “Groovin’ High” (Guild 1001), in: Metronome, 62/6 (Jun.1945), p. 14 (R: calling Parker “The Diz of the alto”) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov & Leonard Feather: Tiny Grimes/Charlie Parker, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 239-240 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Oct.1945)

Barry Ulanov: Dizzy Dazzles for an Hour. Rest of Concert Drags, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 181-183 (C; reprint, from: Metronome, Oct.1945)

Horst Lippmann: Letzte Neuheiten. Charlie Parker hat eigene Band, in: Die Jazz-Club News, #3/4 (Oct/Nov.1945), p. 22 (N) [digi.copy]

NN: 652nd Street Invades Toronto Studio, in: Down Beat, 12/24 (15.Dec.1945), p. 2 (N/photo) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “I Can’t Get Started (With You)”. From “Jazz at the Philharmonic”, 1946. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

NN: Parker Exciting L.A. With Be-Bop, in: The Capitol News from Hollywood, 4/4 (Apr.1946), p. 10 (short F: at Finale Club with Miles Davis, Joe Albany) [digi.copy]

NN: Sunset and Vine, in: The Capitol News from Hollywood, 4/4 (Apr.1946), p. 2 (news column: wants to stay in Hollywood permanently; just signed recording contract) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov & George T. Simon & Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker’s Re Boppers – “Now’s The Time”/”Billie’s Bounce”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 240-241 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Mar.1946)

Barry Ulanov & George T. Simon & Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker’s Ri Bop Boys – “Ko Ko”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 241-242 (R: excerpt referring to Parker; reprint, from: Metronome, May 1946)

NN: Noteworthy People. New Maetsro – Charlie (Bird) Parker, in: Hollywood Note, 1/4 (Jun.1946), p. 24 (short F)

Michael Levin: Charlie Parker – “Ornithology” / “A Night in Tunesia” (Dial 1002), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 183 (R: 2 stars / 3 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 15.Jul.1946)

NN: Charlie Parker Shows Recovery, in: Down Beat, 23.Sep.1946 (N) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 51}

George T. Simon & Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker – “Be-Bop”/”Lover Man”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 242 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Nov.1946)

NN: Benefit presented here for Charlie Parker, in: [unknown manuscript], 16.Dec.1946 (C) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 18}

[Charlie Parker]: “Bird of Paradise (Take B)”. Recorded in 1947, New York City. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Embraceable You”. Charlie Parker Quintet, NYC (10/28/1947). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Home Cooking I: Opus”. Recorded February 1st, 1947, Hollywood. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Home Cooking III: I Got Rhythm”. Recorded February 1st, 1947, Hollywood. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Lullaby in Rhythm, Part 1”. Recorded February 1st, 1947. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Lullaby in Rhythm, Part 2”. Recorded February 1st, 1947. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

NN: Parker Fund to Hospital, in: [unknown source], 1947 (F: benefit money turned over to West View Hospital) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 162}

NN: Benefit, in: [unknown source], Feb.1947 (short F: benefit for Charlie Parker at Club Royale in Los Angeles earning 500 dollar) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 17}

Ross Russell & Chan Richardson: [correspondence], in: NN: Pop, Including Bird – The Chan Parker Collection, London, 8.Sep.1954 [auction catalogue], p. 9 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 7}

Elliott Grennard: Sparrow’s Last Jump, in: Ralph J. Gleason: Jam Session. An Anthology of Jazz, London 1961 [book], p. 235-248 (short story; reprint, from: Harper’s Magazine, May 1947) [digi.copy]

NN: Yardbird Parker Is Blue Monday’s Jam ‘Sesh’ Star, in: New York Amsterdam News, 3.May 1947, p. 23 (short F) [digi.copy]

NN: The Bird, in: Metronome, 63/6 (Jun.1947), p. 27 (short F/photo) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Yardbird Flies Home. Back in New York, Charlie Parker reviews his life and his musical thinking, in: Metronome, 63/8 (Aug.1947), p. 14, 43-44 (F/I) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Yardbird Flies Home. Back in New York, Charlie Parker reviews his life and his musical thinking, in: Jerry’s Rhythm Rag, #2 (spring 1993), p. 28-30 (F/I; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1947) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Yardbird Flies Home. Back in New York, Charlie Parker reviews his life and his musical thinking, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 61-65 (F/I; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1947)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Buzzy” / “Donna Lee” (Savoy 512), in: Metronome, 63/8 (Aug.1947), p. 32 (R) [digi.copy]

Joe Segal: Jazz Moods. Be-Bop Arrives As ‘Bird’ Comes to Chi, in: [unknown source, ca.Oct.1947 (F: upcoming engagement at Argyle Show Lounge) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 167}

Michael Levin: Dizzy, Bird, Ella Pack Carnegie. Despite Bad Acoustics, Gillespie Concert Offers Some Excellent Music, in: Down Beat, 14/22 (22.Oct.1947), p. 1, 3 (C)

Michael Levin: Dizzy, Bird, Ella Pack Carnegie. Despite Bad Acoustics, Gillespie Concert Offers Some Excellent Music, Ken Vail: Dizzy Gillespie. The Bebop Years 1937-1952, Cambridge 2000 [book: Vail Publishing], p. 51 (C; reprint, from: Down Beat, 22.Oct.1947) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Big Foot”. From the Dean Benedetti Recordings [1948]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Allan Morisson & Nicole Barclay: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: Jazz News [France], #1 (Noel 1948), p. 6-7 (F)

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #special (Jan.1948), p. 8-10l, 13 (F/A); erratum, in: Jazz Hot, #19 (Jan.1948), p. 11

Charles Delaunay: Discographie de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #special (Jan.1948), p. 8 (D)

Hubert Rostaing: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #special (Jan.1948), p. 9 (F)

NN: Influence of the Year. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome, 64/1 (Jan.1948), p. 22 (F) [digi.copy]

Raymond Fol: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #special (Jan.1948), p. 8 (F)

NN: Harris, Parker Get Beat Plaques, in: Down Beat, 15/8 (21.Apr.1948), p. 18 (N)

NN: Harris, Parker Get Beat Plaques, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 36 (N; reprint, from: Down Beat, 21.Apr.1948) [digi.copy]

Tom Herrick: Charlie Parker – “The Parkers” (Savoy 509), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 183-184 (R: 3 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 21.Apr.1948)

NN: Bop vs. Boogie Show, in: Down Beat, 15/10 (19.May 1948), p. 3 (N)

Tom Herrick: Charlie Parker Quartet – “This Is Always” / “Dewey Square” (Dial 1019), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 184 (R: 2 stars / 3 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 11.Aug.1948)

Herman Leonard: bebop, being turned out regularly at the Royal Roost on Broadway in New York, is caught in action in these four studies by photographer Leonard, in: Metronome, 64/8 (Aug.1948), p. 27 (photos of Charlie Parker, Allen Eager, Kai Winding, Tadd Dameron) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s-ear View of Music. Nobody gets the bird from bird as broadminded parker takes the blindfold test, in: Metronome, 64/8 (Aug.1948), p. 14, 21-22 (BT: Stan Kenton: “Monotony”/”Elegy for Alto”; Benny Goodman: “Nagasaki”; Sonny Stitt: “Seven-Up”; Jay McShann: “Sepian Stomp”; George Wettling: “Heebie Jeebies”; Stravinsky: “The Song of the Nightingale”; Hot Lips Page: “Lafayette”; Count Basie: “House Rent Boogie”; Charlie Barnet: “The Gal from Joe’s”; Dizzy Gillespie: “Stay On It”; Johnny Hodges: “Passion Flower”)

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s-ear View of Music. Nobody gets the bird from bird as broadminded parker takes the blindfold test, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (11.Mar.1965), p. 32 (BT; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1948) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s-ear View of Music. Nobody gets the bird from bird as broadminded parker takes the blindfold test, in: Jazz Times, 25/5 (Jun.1995), p. 122, 120 (BT; reprint, from Metronome, Aug.1948)

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s-ear View of Music. Nobody gets the bird from bird as broadminded parker takes the blindfold test, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 65-69 (BT; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1948) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker – “This Is Always” / “Dewey Square” (Dial 1019), in: Metronome, 64/8 (Aug.1948), p. 30 (R) [digi.copy]

Martha Mee: Letters to the Editors. Ornithology, in: Metronome, 64/10 (Oct.1948), p. 26 (letter)

Eddie Ronan: Bird a Floperoo; Hawk Still Tops, in: Down Beat, 15/25 (15.Dec.1948), p. 7 (C) [digi.copy]

Tom Herrick: Charlie Parker – “Barbados” / “Parker’s Mood” (Savoy 936), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 184 (R: 2 stars / 3 stars ; reprint, from: Down Beat, 15.Dec.1948)

Marke Paise: Fans Score; Bird Fails to Show Up, in: Down Beat, 15/26 (29.Dec.1948), p. 11 (N)

Marke Paise: Fans Score; Bird Fails to Show Up, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 43 (N; reprint, from: Down Beat, 29.Dec.1948) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Klaunstance”. “Charlie Parker All-Stars”, Savoy, 1949. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Passport”. Charlie Parker Quintet on Verve, 1949. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “The Bird”. Charlie Parker Quintet on Verve, 1949. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Charles Delaunay: [letter to Charlie Parker], in: NN: ‘Bird’. The Chan Parker Collection Auction, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 31/4 (Aug/Sep.1994), p. 10 (F: excerpts from letter inviting Charlie Parker to Paris) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 8}

George Hoefer: Parker and Phillips Beep New Type Bop With Bongo Beat, in: [unknown source], 1949 (R: Charlier Parker & Machito) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 166}

Gil Fuller: Be-Bop Instrumental Choruses for Alto Sax by Charlie Parker. 6 Original Choruses on Outstanding Be-Bop Themes, New York & London 1949 [sheet music: J.J. Robbins / Bosworth & Co.] (T: “Oop Bop Sh’Bam”, “Things to Come”; “That’s Earl, Brother”; Ray’s Idea”; “One Bass Hit”; “Good Dues Blues”)

Harold Davison: [letter to Charlie Parker], in: NN: ‘Bird’. The Chan Parker Collection Auction, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 31/4 (Aug/Sep.1994), p. 10 (F: excerpts from letter inviting Charlie Parker to Paris) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 8}

Horst Lippmann: Über die beste Combo der Welt (Charlie Parker Quintett), in: Jazz Home, 1/2 (1949), p. 14-18 (F) [digi.copy]

J. Blume et al: Discographie de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, 15/39 (1949), p. 30-32 (D)

Van Alexander: The Be-Bop Style, New York 1949 [sheet music: Criterion Music Corporation] (F/A/T: “Yardbird Suite”, “Moose the Mooche”, “Confirmation”)

Tom Herrick: Charlie Parker – “Embraceable You” / “Bongo Bop” (Dial 1024), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 185 (R: 3 stars / 2 stars ; reprint, from: Down Beat, 28.Jan.1949)

George Simon: Metronome Poll. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome, 65/1 (Jan.1949), p. 18 (short F) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker All Stars – “Barbados” / “Parker’s Mood” (Savoy 936), in: Metronome, 65/1 (Jan.1949), p. 47 (R) [digi.copy]

“N.K.”: Charlie Parker Quartet” – “Bird’s Nest” / “Coal Blues” (Esquire 10-017), in: Jazz Journal, 2/2 (Feb.1949), p. 5 (R) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov & Barbara Hodgkins & Peter Dean: Charlie Parker – “Bongo Bop”/Embraceable You”, in: Metronome, Feb.1949 (R); in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 243 (R)

André Hodeir: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #33 (May 1949), p. 8-9 (F)

Boris Vian: Charlie Parker, de superman van de jazz, in: Boris Vian: Over jazz. Teksten 1946-1958, Amsterdam 1984 [book: Van Gennep], p. 43-45 (F; translation / reprint, from: Jazz Hot, May 1949)

Boris Vian: Charlie Parker. Le Superman du Jazz, in: Jazz Hot, #33 (May 1949), p. 21 (F)

Boris Vian: Charlie Parker. Le Superman du Jazz, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 75-77 (F; reprint, from Jazz Hot, May 1949)

Boris Vian: Charlie Parker. Supermann des Jazz, in: Boris Vian: Rundherum um Mitternacht. Schriften, Glossen und Kritiken über Jazz, Wien 1989 [book], p. 77-79 (F; translation / reprint, from: Jazz Hot, May 1949)

NN: Do You Get It?, in: Time, 23.May 1949 (C: Paris concert) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 16}

S.F.: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: Jazz News [France], #5 (May 1949), p. 6-7 (F)

NN: Charlie Parker’s New Stars – “Stupendous”; Howard McGhee Sextet – “High wind in Hollywood” (Parlophone R. 3142), in: Orkester Journalen, 17/6 (Jun.1949), p. 30-31 (R)

Rolf Dahlgren: Charlie Parker’s New Stars – “Stupendous”; The Howard McGhee Sextet – “High Wind in Hollywood (Parlophone R 3142), in: Estrad, 11/6 (Jun.1949), p. 15 (R)

Boris Vian: Parker et les Cubains, in: Boris Vian: Écrits sur le jazz. Tome 1: Jazz Hot/Combat, Paris 1981 [book: Christian Bourgois Éditeur], p. 353-354 (F; reprint, from: Combat, 11.Jul.1949)

Michael Levin: Charlie Parker – “Crazelogy Part I / Part II” (Dial 1034), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 187 (R: 1 stars; 3 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 17.Jun.1949)

Frank Ténot (aka “Le Raisin Moisi”): Fausses Notes. Charlie Parker et Max Roach m’ont dit…, in: Jazz Hot, #36 (Sep.1949), p. 11 (F: satire)

Frank Ténot (aka “Le Raisin Moisi”): Fausses Notes. Charlie Parker et Max Roach m’ont dit…, in: Frank Ténot: Frankly Speaking. Chroniques de Jazz de 1944 à 2004, Paris 2004 [book: Editions du Layeur], p. 28-29 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Hot, Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949, S. 1 (F/I)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. The Chili Parlor Interview, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 13-15 (F/I; reprint of “Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker”, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Ekkehard Jost & Annette Hauber & Klaus Wolbert (eds.): That’s Jazz. Der Sound des 20. Jahrhunderts, Darmstadt 1988 [book], p. 187-189 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Down Beat, 57/12 (Dec.1990), p. 20 (F/I); Reprint, in: Down Beat, 61/2 (Feb.1994), p. 24, 26 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Down Beat: 60 Years of Jazz, Milwaukee 1995 (Hal Leonard Corp.) [book], p. 67-68 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 69-79 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Down Beat, 76/5 (May 2009), p. 44-46 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949) [digi.copy]

Michael Levin & John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker. No Bop Roots in Jazz: Parker, in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright (eds.): Down Beat. The Great Jazz Interviews. A 75th Anniversary Anthology, New York 2009 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 32-36 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz at Massey Hall, in: Down Beat, 56/9 (Sep.1989), p. 52 (R; reprint, from: Down Beat, 1950s) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Ballade”. Recorded 1950 with Coleman Hawkins, NYC. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Celebrity”. From “Charlie Parker on Verve” [1950]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Just Friends”. From “Live at Birdland and Cafe Society” [1950]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Claes Dahlgren: Hermans stora band upplöst. Nytt från New York. Billy Eckstine – Charlie Parker – Herbie Fields – Birdland öppnar med Jazz Festival, in: Orkester Journalen, 18/1 (Jan.1950), p. 12-13, 17 (C)

NN: Charlie Parker All Stars – “Birds gets the worm” / James Moody and his Cool Cats – “Dexterious” (Metronome B 511), in: Orkester Journalen, 18/1 (Jan.1950), p. 23 (R)

NN: The All Stars. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome, 66/1 (Jan.1950), p. 16 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Un chorus entre mille. Chorus de Charlie Parker sur “Ornithology”, in: Jazz Hot, #40 (Jan.1950), p. 33 (T)

NN: Charlie Parker Solo on ‘Groovin’ High’, in: Down Beat, 17/5 (10.Mar.1950), p. 12 (T)

NN: Charlie Parker Solo on ‘Groovin’ High’, in: Down Beat, 36/14 (10.Jul.1969), p. 40 (T; reprint, from: Down Beat, 10.Mar.1950)

Tom Cundall: Charlie Parker – “Donna Lee” / “Buzzy” (Savoy 928), in: Jazz Journal, 3/3 (Mar.1950), p. 7 (R) [digi.copy]

Bill Russo & Lloyd Lifton: Jazz Off the Record. Charlie Parker Solo on ‘Relaxin’ at Camarillo’, in: Down Beat, 17/7 (7.Apr.1950), p. 12 (A/T) [digi.copy]

J.-L. Scali: Discographie de Charlie Parker. corrections/additions, in: Jazz Hot, #43 (Apr.1950), p. 30 (D)

NN: At Mosque. Tickets Ready For Bird, Slam, Shearing Date, in: Pittsburgh Courier, 8.Apr.1950, p. 20 (short F: concert preview) [digi.copy]

Ruth McClendon: Chords and Discords. Parker’s ‘Mood’, in: Down Beat, 17/8 (21.Apr.1950), p. 10 (letter: disappointing concert)

Barry Ulanov & Barbara Hodgkins & George T. Simon: Charlie Parker – “Klactoveedsedstene”/”Charlie’s Wig”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 244 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, May 1950)

Marshall Stearns & James Maher: Charlie Parker Interview [transcription], in: [website], radio interview, around May 1950 (I) [digi.copy]

Marshall Stearns: Charlie Parker Interview, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 74-77 (I from May 1950)

Victor Mitz: Advenimiento de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Crisis (Spain), 1/9 (Jun/Jul.1950), p. 70, 74 (F)

Barry Ulanov & Barbara Hodgkins & George T. Simon: Charlie Parker and Strings, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 245-246 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1950)

Barry Ulanov: In Person. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome, 66/8 (Aug.1950), p. 19 (C)

Barry Ulanov: In Person. Charlie Parker, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 183-184 (C; reprint, from: Metronome, Aug.1950)

Charles Delaunay: [letter to Charlie Parker], in: NN: ‘Bird’. The Chan Parker Collection Auction, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 31/4 (Aug/Sep.1994), p. 10 (F: excerpts from letter inviting Charlie Parker to Paris) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 8}

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker et son orchestre à cordes, in: Jazz Hot, #47 (Sep.1950), p. 17 (F)

NN: New Philly Spot Features Parker, in: Down Beat, 17/21 (20.Oct.1950), p. 16 (N: at Club Harlem, with strings) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Blue n’ Boogie”. From “Summit Meeting at Birdland” [1951]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker Interview, in: [website], radio interview, Voice of America, Mar/Apr.1951 (I) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker – “Drifting on a Reed” / “The Gypsy” (Dial 1043), in: Metronome, 67/4 (Apr.1951), p. 29 (R)

Marshall Stearns & John [sic! actually James T.] Maher: Interview – Charlie Parker, ca. May 1, 1951, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 91-109 (I)

NN: Charlie Parker – School, in: Metronome, 67/9 (Sep.1951), p. 11-12

NN: Charlie Parker’s Discography, in: Metronome, 67/9 (Sep.1951), p. 12

[Charlie Parker]: “52nd Street Theme”. From “Summit Meeting at Birdland” [1952]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Lucien Malson: Charlie Parker, in: Lucien Malson: Que sais-je? Les maitres du jazz, Paris 1952 [book], p. 107-120 (F)

Mike Butcher: Matters for Moderns. … then I heard Bird – so ugly, so angular and so sharp, in: Melody Maker, 1952 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 161}

Lars Resberg: Charlie Parker Quintet – “This Is Always” / “Carving The Bird” (Metronome B 582), in: Estrad, 14/1 (Jan.1952), p. 14 (R)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Star Eyes” / “Au Privave” (Mercury 11087), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 189-190 (R: 2 stars / 3 stars; Down Beat, 7.May 1952)

Alun Morgan: Retrospection, in: Jazz Journal, 5/8 (Aug.1952), p. 6 (F/R: “Quasimodo”, “Dewey Square”) [digi.copy]

Mike Nevard: Musik in the Making. The man who stopped recording as Bird began to blow, in: Melody Maker, 2.Nov.1952 (F/I with Jerry Newman) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “A Night in Tunisia”. Recorded live at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (5/15/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Cool Blues”. Live at the Howard Theater, Washington, D.C. (3/8/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Light Green”. Live at the Club Kavakos in Washington, D.C. (2/22/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Moose the Mooche”. From “Charlie Parker Live at Storyville” [1953]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Perdido”. Live at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada (5/15/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Scrapple from the Apple” [1953]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Serpent’s Tooth (Take 1)”. Recorded on w/ Miles Davis on “Collector’s Items” [1953]. Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

[Charlie Parker]: “Wee (Allen’s Alley)”. Live at Massey Hall in Toronto, Canada (5/15/1953). Charlie Parker Solo. Transcribed by Will R. Anderson, in: , [downloaded Apr.2020] (T) [digi.copy]

Joachim Ernst Berendt: Das Jazzbuch. Entwicklung und Bedeutung der Jazzmusik, Frankfurt/Main 1953 [book: Fischer Bücherei], p. 67-71 (F)

M. Nevard: Is Parker Washed Up?, in: Melody Maker, 29/1058 (1953), p. 3

NN: I’m as happy as a bird with my King Super-20, in: Down Beat, 20/1 (14.Jan.1953), p. 18 (advertisement) [digi.copy]

Nat Hentoff: Counterpoint [Bird with Strings a.o.], in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 79-81 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 28.Jan.1953)

Nat Hentoff: Counterpoint [Bird with Strings a.o.], in: Down Beat, 76/7 (Jul.2009), p. 102 (F/I; reprint, from: Down Beat, 28.Jan.1953) [digi.copy]

Nat Hentoff: Counterpoint [Bird with Strings a.o.], in: Down Beat, 61/7 (Jul.1994), p. 38 (F/I; Reprint aus DB, 28.Jan.1953)

Nat Hentoff: Counterpoint, in: Down Beat, 20/2 (28.Jan.1953), p. 15 (F/I: on strings, Hindemith, Stravinsky, Bartok, Lennie Tristano, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond) [digi.copy]

André Hodeir: Un chorus par disque. Le solo de Charlie Parker sur “Ornithology”, in: Jazz Hot, #73 (Jan.1953), p. 14 (A/T)

NN: “Charlie Parker” (Mercury MGC 513), in: Down Beat, 20/4 (25.Feb.1953), p. 13 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Bird Turns Teacher, in: Down Beat, 20/4 (25.Feb.1953), p. 6 (N) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 50}

NN: Bird, Diz To Pace Toronto Jazz Fete, in: Down Beat, 20/5 (11.Mar.1953), p. 5 (N: Massey Hall Concert) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker – “I Can’t Get Started” / “Night and Day” (Mercury), in: Down Beat, 20/8 (22.Apr.1953), p. 21 (R) [digi.copy]

William Hoffman: Chords and Discords. Where’s Bird?, in: Down Beat, 20/12 (17.Jun.1953), p. 8 (letter) [digi.copy]

Gordon Wells: Charlie Parker – The “Bird”, in: Jazz Journal, 6/6 (Jun.1953), p. 1 (F) [digi.copy]

John McLellan: Charlie Parker Interview, in: [website], radio interview, WHDH Boston, 13.Jun.1953 (I) [digi.copy]

John McLellan: Charlie Parker Interview, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 130-132 (I from Jun.1953)

John McLellan: Interview – Charlie Parker, Boston, probably June 13, 1953, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 109-121 (I)

George T. Simon: Winding-Parker at Birdland, in: Metronome, 69/7 (Jul.1953), p. 18-19 (C)

George T. Simon: Winding-Parker at Birdland, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 133 (C; reprint, from: Metronome, Jul.1953)

George T. Simon: Winding-Parker at Birdland, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 184 (C: excerpted reprint, from: Metronome, Jul.1953)

NN: Want To Buy A Combo?, in: Down Beat, 20/14 (15.Jul.1953), p. 28 (very short F) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov: Charlie Parker – “In the Still of the Night”/”Old Folks”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 246 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Sep.1953)

NN: “Jazz at Massey Hall” (Debut DLP-2, Debut DLP-3), in: Down Beat, 20/26 (30.Dec.1953), p. 14 (R) [digi.copy]

Billy Eckstine: Bird Blew In His Socks!, in: Melody Maker, 30/1091 (1954), p. 3-4

Leonard Feather & Robert Reisner: Bird, in: Eddie Condon & Richard Gehman (Hgg.): Eddie Condon’s Treasury of Jazz, New York 1956 [book], p. 228-241 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat 1954; 1956)

NN: “Bird” Attempts Suicide on Eve of Tour, in: Melody Maker, 30/1096 (1954), p. 1, 16

Ted Hallock: Parker Talks to the MM, in: Melody Maker, 30/1059 (1954), p.3

John McLellan & Paul Desmond: Charlie Parker Interview, in: [website], radio interview, WHDH Boston, Jan.1954 (I) [digi.copy]

John McLellan: Charlie Parker Interview, in: Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book], p. 144-146 (I from Jan.1954)

John McLellan: Interview – Charlie Parker, Paul Desmond, Boston, January 1954, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 121-131 (I)

Jack Tracy: Charlie Parker – “She Rote” / “K.C. Blues” (Clef 11101), in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright & Jason Koransky (eds.): The Miles Davis Reader. Interviews and Features from DownBeat Magazine, New York 2007 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 193 (R: 5 stars / 2 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 10.Feb.1954)

Joachim Ernst Berendt: Charlie Parker Quintett – “Au privave” / “Star Eyes” (Austroton), in: Jazz Podium, 3/2 (Feb.1954), p. 18 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Grafton Alto Sax, in: Melody Maker, 20.Mar.1954, p. 5 (advertisement for Grafton plastic saxophone) [digi.copy]

Edgar Jackson: “Jazz at Massey Hall” (Vogue), in: Melody Maker, #1073 (10.Apr.1954), p. 11 (R) [digi.copy]

Barry Ulanov: Bird on the Run, in: Metronome, 70/3 (Mar.1954), p. 34

Nat Hentoff: “Jazz at Massey Hall, Vol. 3” (Debut DLP-4), in: Down Beat, 72/1 (Jan.2005), p. 86 (R: 5 stars; reprint, from: Down Beat, 5.May 1954) [digi.copy]

Nat Hentoff: Charlie Parker – “Almost Like Being in Love” / “What Is This Thign Called Love?” (Clef), in: Down Beat, 21/10 (19.May 1954), p. 10, 12 (R) [digi.copy]

K. Klaphek: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Podium, 3/8 (Aug.1954), p. 5

NN: Charlie Parker Quintett – “Star Eyes” / “Au Privave” (Austroton 5192 V), in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1954, p. 51 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Den Großen Deutschen Jazz-Plattenpreis 1954 – Combos (modern) – erhielt Charlie Parker, in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1954, p. 37 (N/photo) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News, in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1954, p. 48 (N: European tour planned with Sarah Vaughan, Illinois Jacquet) [digi.copy]

Billy Eckstine: Dizzy, Bird, and the Birth of Bop. Billy Eckstine writes about Crazy People Like Me, in: Melody Maker, 30/1094 (4.Sep.1954), p. 5 (F) [digi.copy]

Dorothy Kilgannon: Fired ‘Bop King’ Tries to Kill Self, in: [New York Journal?], 4.Sep.1954 (short F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 1}

NN: Charlie Parker Booked to Play in Britain, in: Melody Maker, 30/1094 (4.Sep.1954), p. 1, 8 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Entertainment. Charlie Parker Tries Suicide After Being Fired, in: Jet, 6/19 (16.Sep.1954), p. 56 (short F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 61}

NN: Vaughan, Jacquet, Parker Will Entertain GIs in Europe, in: Pittsburgh Courier, 18.Sep.1954, p. 18 (F: play England, Germany) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker ne viendra pas en Europe, in: Jazz Hot, #92 (Oct.1954), p. 22 (N) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News, in: Jazz-Echo, Oct.1954, p. 48 (N: Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, German tour dates) [digi.copy]

NN: Parker “vilar” efter skandal och självmordsförsök med jod, in: Estrad, 16/10 (Oct.1954), p. 1 (F)

NN: Selbstmordversuch Charlie Parkers, in: Jazz Podium, 3/10 (Oct.1954), p. 5

NN: Jazz-News, in: Jazz-Echo, Nov.1954, p. 46 (N: Parker’s European tour cancelled after suicide attempt) [digi.copy]

George Hoefer: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: [manuscript], ca.1955 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 191-200}

George Hoefer: The Bird Blows the Blues, in: [manuscript], ca. 1955 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 159-160; also p. 172-173}

Gion Mili: Six, in: NN: Newport Jazz Festival 1955, Newport 1955 [program booklet: Jacques Willaumez Associates], p. 72-77 (short F/photo) [digi.copy]

Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff (eds.): Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya. The Story of Jazz by the Men Who Made It, New York 1955 [book: Rinehart & Company]; London 1955 [book: Peter Davies]; London 1958 [book: Peter Davies]; Harmondsworth 1962 [book: Penguin]; New York 1966 [book: Dover]; German translation as “Jazz erzählt. hear me talkin’ to ya”, München 1959 [book: Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung]; German translation as “Jazz erzählt. Von New Orleans bis West Coast”, München 1962 [book: dtv]; German translation as “Jazz erzählt. 50 Jahre Jazzgeschichte aus erster Hand”, Frankfurt/Main 1984 [book: JAS Publikationen], passim (short I)

NN: To Parker, in: NN: Newport Jazz Festival 1955, Newport 1955 [program booklet: Jacques Willaumez Associates], p. 28-29 (short F) [digi.copy]

Harvey Kahn: Death of Parker Rumours Began as Joke in Paris Club, in: Melody Maker, 29.Jan.1955, p. 20

Charles Gruenberg: Jazz World Mourns Loss of ‘Cool’ Charlie Parker, in: New York Post, 15.Mar.1955, p. 4, 38 (F/O) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 43-45}

Bob Sylvester: The Yardbird Dies, in: New York Daily News, 16.Mar.1955 (F/O) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 41}

Julie Macdonald: Dear Mr. Stearns…, in: [manuscript], 17.Mar.1955 (F: letter to Marshall Stearns about Charlie Parker’s death, possible benefit) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 163}

Leonard Feather: Sudden Death of Charlie Parker. Jazz world mourns great alto star, in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1955, p. 1, 20 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Mike Nevard: Fallen Bird. The greatest influence since Armstrong. An Appreciation, in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1955, p. 3 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Sudden Death of Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1955, p. 1, 20

M. Nevard: Fallen Bird, in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1955, p. 3

NN: Charlie Parker, Jazz Master Dies. A Be-Bop Founder and Top Saxophonist Is Stricken in Suite of Baroness, in: New York Times, 15.Mar.1955 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Carroll Peery: Charlie Parker Memorial Concert Jams Carnegie Hall, in: Daily Worker (New York), 5.Apr.1955, p. 7 (C: memorial concert) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 42}

NN: Neger. Charlie ist tot, in: Der Spiegel, 13.Apr.1955, p. 46 (F/O) [digi.copy]

André Hodeir: Le Bird n’est plus, in: Jazz Hot, #98 (Apr.1955), p. 7-8 (F/O)

Bill Coss: Charlie Parker – “Cosmic Rays”/”Kim”, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 247 (R; reprint, from: Metronome, Apr.1955)

Billie Wallington: Charlie Parker… un être humain, in: Jazz Magazine, #5 (Apr.1955), p. 20 (F)

Billie Wallington: Charlie Parker… un être humain, in: Les Années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000, Turin 2000 [book: Filipacchi], p. 24 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Apr.1955)

Hubert Damisch: Charlie Parker. Fragile, mystérieux, insaisissable, in: Jazz Magazine, #5 (Apr.1955), p. 16 (F)

Hubert Damisch: Charlie Parker. Fragile, mystérieux, insaisissable, in: Les Années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000, Turin 2000 [book: Filipacchi], p. 22 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Apr.1955)

Jean Berdin: Bird of Paradise, in: Jazz Magazine, #5 (Apr.1955), p. 17, 20 (F)

Jean Berdin: Bird of Paradise, in: Les Années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000, Turin 2000 [book: Filipacchi], p. 23-24 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Apr.1955)

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker tel que je l’ai connu, in: Jazz Hot, #98 (Apr.1955), p. 8-10 (F/O)

Leonard Feather: Parker Finally Finds Peace, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 81-83 (F/O; reprint, from: Down Beat, 20.Apr.1955)

Leonard Feather: Parker Finally Finds Peace, in: Down Beat, 66/7 (Jul.1999), p. 34-35 (F/O; reprint, from: Down Beat, 20.Apr.1955)

NN: Charlie Parker (gestorben), in: Jazz Podium, 4/4 (Apr.1955), p. 4

NN: Farewell to Bird, in: Melody Maker, 2.Apr.1955, p. 9 (funeral)

NN: Jazz. Neger. Charlie ist tot, in: Der Spiegel, 9/16 (13.Apr.1955), p. 46 (F/O) [digi.copy]

NN: The Amen Corner. Farewell to the Bird, in: [unknown source], Apr.1955 (short F) [digi.copy]

Ted Raymond: The Strange Case of “Yardbird” Parker and Baroness Rothschild. The King of Bop Died Before his Time – in The Fifth Avenue Apartment of a Titled Heiress. This Complex of Wealth & Be-Bop Fascinates Because Be-Bop Makes for Curious Friendships, in: [unknown source], p. 22-23, 52 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 169-171}

Gene Ramey: My Memories of Bird Parker, in: Melody Maker, 28.May 1955, p. 5, 10 (F)

Gene Ramey: My Memories of Bird Parker, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 135-139 (F; reprint, from: Melody Maker, 28.May 1955)

Billie Wallington: Concert-souvenir. Charlie Parker au Carnegie Hall, in: Jazz Magazine, #6 (May 1955), p. 6 (C)

Billie Washington: Jazz Magazine a assisté aux funérailles de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Magazine, #6 (May 1955), p. 22-23 (F)

Billie Washington: Jazz Magazine a assisté aux funérailles de Charlie Parker, in: Les Années Jazz Magazine 1954-2000, Turin 2000 [book: Filipacchi], p. 26-27 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, May 1955)

George T. Simon: Simon Says…, in: Metronome, 71/5 (May 1955), p. 54

Joe Brown [Joachim Ernst Berendt]: Charlie Parker. Ein Leben zum Tode…, in: Jazz-Echo, May 1955, p. 39-41 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Lee Saner: Le concert de Carnegie Hall à la mémoire de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #99 (May 1955), p. 29 (C)

Leonard Feather: Les obsèques de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #99 (May 1955), p. 13 (F)

Leonard Feather: The Parker Memorial Concert (at Carnegie Hall), in: Melody Maker, 7.May 1955, p. 5 (C)

Marcel Zannini: Le dernier chorus du Bird, in: Jazz Hot, #99 (May 1955), p. 10 (F)

NN: Charlie Parker 1920-1955, in: Metronome, 71/5 (May 1955), p. 6

NN: Charlie Parker Records, in: Jazz Magazine, #6 (May 1955), p. 8 (N)

NN: Im Gedenken an Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Podium, 4/5 (May 1955), p. 4 (Spendenaufruf)

NN: Jazz-News. Deutschland, in: Jazz-Echo, May 1955, p. 42 (N: Deutsche Jazz Föderation collects money for Parker family) [digi.copy]

E. Wiedemann: Charlie Parker – Bird Discography, in: Melody Maker, 25.Jun.1955, p. 5

Gene Ramey: Memories of “Bird”… Hur Parker började, in: Estrad, 17/6 (Jun.1955), p. 5 (F)

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Jun.1955, p. 44 (N: Carnegie Hall memorial concert) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Deutschland, in: Jazz-Echo, Jun.1955, p. 43-44 (N: benefit collection for Parker family by Deutsche Jazz Föderation) [digi.copy]

Rolf Dötsch: Nachrichten aus Westdeutschland. Konzert des HC im Wintergarten – “In memoriam Charlie Parker”, in: Jazz Podium, 4/6 (Jun.1955), p. 22 (N) [digi.copy]

E. Jackson: Charlie Parker Memorial Album, in: Melody Maker, 9.Jul.1955, p. 7 (R)

Gene Ramey: Souvenirs de Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, #8 (Jul/Aug.1955), p. 20-21 (F)

Gene Ramey: Souvenirs de Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, #633 (Jan.2012), p. 40-41 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Jul/Aug.1955) [digi.copy]

NN: “Charlie Parker All Stars/Sextet” (Jazztone J-702), in: Jazz-Echo, Jul.1955, p. 52 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Jul.1955, p. 44 (N: “Charlie Parker Memorial”-Platten in USA) [digi.copy]

NN: Sad Case of Charlie Parker. Dead at 34, the ‘Bird’s tragic life, his early death symbolize the plight of many Negro musicians / At April benefit artists, musicians turned out to acknowledge ‘Bird’s genius / ‘Bird’s tragic life and untimely death are American Tragedy, in: Our World, Jul.1955, p. 9-10, 12 (F/O) [digi.copy] {Rutgers Papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 56-59}

Jörgen Grunnet Jepsen: Charlie Parker Diskografi, in: Orkester Journalen, 23/8 (Aug.1955), p. 34-35 (D)

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1955, p. 43 (N: Chan Parker organizes memorial sessions in Lumberville, Pennsylvania) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Deutschland, in: Jazz-Echo, Aug.1955, p. 42 (N: benefit collection by DJF results in 1.000 DM) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Oct.1955, p. 43 (N: Deutsche Jazz Föderation collects 10.698,26 Dollar for Parker’s family) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Dec.1955, p. 45 (N: biography by Bob Reisner) [digi.copy]

NN: Readers Name Charlie Parker Fourth Hall of Fame Member, in: Down Beat, 39/13 (20.Jul.1972), p. 25 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat, 28.Dec.1955)

Alun Morgan & Raymond Horricks: Parker and Gillespie – The Dominating Figures of the Post-Minton Development, in: Alun Morgan & Raymond Horricks: Modern Jazz. A Survey of Developments since 1939, Westport/CT 1977 [book; Reprint, O: London 1956], p. 43-59 (F)

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker and the Bop Movement, in: André Hodeir: Jazz. Its Evolution and Essence, New York 1956 [book: Grove Press; also: London 1956: Secker & Warburg; New York 1961: Grove Press/Black Cat], p. 99-115 (A/T) [digi.copy]

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker and the Bop Movement, in: André Hodeir & Jean-Louis Pautrot: The André Hodeir Jazz Reader, Ann Arbor/MI 2006 [book: University of Michigan Press], p. 53-67 (A/T; reprint, from: “Jazz. Its Evolution and Essence”, by André Hodeir, 1961)

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker et le mouvement “Bop”, in: André Hodeir: Hommes et Problèmes du Jazz, Paris 1954 [book: Au Portulan, chez Flammarion], p. 124-143 (A/T)

André Hodeir: Le problème de l’improvisation. La mélodie dans le jazz, in: André Hodeir: Hommes et Problèmes du Jazz, Paris 1954 [book: Au Portulan, chez Flammarion], p. 171-192 (A/T: “Cool Blues”)

André Hodeir: The Problem of Improvisation. Melody in Jazz, in: André Hodeir: Jazz. Its Evolution and Essence, New York 1956 [book: Grove Press; also: London 1956: Secker & Warburg; New York 1961: Grove Press/Black Cat], p. 139-157 (A/T: “Cool Blues”) [digi.copy]

B. Harvey: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Monthly, 2/7 (1956), p. 28, 31

Bill Coss: Charlie Parker 1920-1955, in: Metronome Yearbook 1956 (1956), p. 38-41, 76-79, 96 (F/O) [digi.copy]

Joachim Ernst Berendt: Charlie Parkers Leben zum Tode, in: Joachim Ernst Berendt: Variationen über Jazz, München 1956 [book], p. 60-72 (F)

Leonard Feather: A Bird’s – Ear View of Music, in: Metronome Yearbook 1956 (1956), p. 42-43

NN. Charlie Parker, in: Metronome Yearbook 1956 (1956), p. 80-84 (I with Teddy Charles, Kenny Clarke, J.J. Johnson, John LaPorta, Joe Maini, Charlie Mariano, Charles Mingus, Jack Montrose, Jimmy Raney, David Schildkraut, George Wallington) [digi.copy]

Orrin Keepnews: Charlie Parker, in: Orrin Keepnews: The View from Within. Jazz Writing 1948-1987, New York 1988 [book], p. 85-99 (F; reprint, from: Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff (Hgg.): The Jazz Makers, New York 1956)

Tony Scott: Tony Scott on Charlie Parker, in: Metronome Yearbook 1956 (1956), p. 44-45

Whitney Balliett: The Measure of “Bird”. The unique Charlie Parker, a year after his death, in: [unknown source], ca. 1956, p. 33-34 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 104-105}

William S. Brown: The Last Time I Saw Yardbird, in: Don Friedman & Ken Joffe (eds.): Jazz New York. The First Annual New York Jazz Festival, New York 1956 [program booklet], p. 24-25 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Jan.1956, p. 46 (N: story about saxophone used for record cover) [digi.copy]

NN: Jazz-News. Amerika, in: Jazz-Echo, Mar.1956, p. 45 (N: Charlie Parker Memorial Fund) [digi.copy]

M. Nevard: Giants of Jazz. Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 7.Apr.1956, p. 17

Mark Gardner: Bargain Bird, in: Jazz Journal, 20/6 (Jun.1956), p. 8-11 (F/D)

Horst Lippmann: “Das Quintett des Jahres 1953” (Brunswick), in: Jazz Podium, 5/7 (Jul.1956), p. 20 (R: Massey Hall Concert) [digi.copy]

Joe Brown: Charlie Parker / Dizzy Gillespie – “Das Quintett des Jahres” (Brunswick 10 050 EPB), in: Jazz-Echo, Jul.1956, p. 46-47 (R) [digi.copy]

M. Knueppel: Lover Man, in: Jazz Podium, 5/8 (Aug.1956), p. 10

Bill Coss: Charlie Parker – “All Star Sextet” (Roost), in: Jazz Today, 1/1 (Oct.1956), p. 40 (R)

Nat Hentoff: Armstrong aime Parker!, in: Jazz Hot, #115 (Nov.1956), p. 22 (short F/I)

M. Allen: Ornithology, in: Jazz Monthly, 3/6 (1957), p. 12 (poem)

Martin Williams: Collected Bird, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Changes, New York 1992 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 231-233 (R; reprint, from 1957)

Max Harrison: Aspects of an Alto, in: Jazz Monthly, 3/6 (1957), p. 5-6, 27

Max Harrison: Backlog 4. The Originators, in: Jazz Monthly, 3/7 (1957), p. 29, 31

Orrin Keepnews: Charlie Parker, in: Nat Shapiro & Nat Hentoff: The Jazz Makers. Essays on the Greats of Jazz, New York 1979 [book; Reprint, O: 1957], p. 202-217 (F)

T. Brown: The Truth About Charlie Parker, Told By His Friend, the Baroness de Koenigswarter-Rothschild, in: Melody Maker, 16.Feb.1957, p. 4-5

Barney Wilen: Charlie Parker à travers les disques, in: Jazz Hot, #119 (Mar.1957), p. 12-13 (F) [digi.copy]

Eddie Bernard: L’Albatros, in: Jazz Hot, #119 (Mar.1957), p. 10-11 (F) [digi.copy]

Jack Maher: “Jazz at Massey Hall”(Debut), in: Jazz Today, 2/4 (May 1957), p. 28 (R) [digi.copy]

Jack Maher: “The Charlie Parker Story” (Savoy), in: Jazz Today, 2/4 (May 1957), p. 31 (R) [digi.copy]

Whitney Balliett: The Measure of “Bird”, in: Jazz Journal, 10/5 (May 1957), p. 3-4 (F)

Joe Brown (= Joachim Ernst Berendt): “The Art of Charlie Parker (Vol. II)” (Jazztone J 1017), in: Jazz-Echo, Jun.1957, p. 46 (R) [digi.copy]

Ralph J. Gleason: The Rhythm Section. After Parker, Jazz Was Never the Same, in: San Francisco Chronicle, 9.Jun.1957 (F/R: Verve release of eight Parker LPs) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 60}

Leonard Feather: Leonard Feather berichtet aus USA, in: Jazz-Echo, Jul.1957, p. 46 (N: book planned by Chan Parker) [digi.copy]

Raymond Horricks: Parker Revisited, in: Melody Maker, 20.Jul.1957, p. 15

NN: Yardbird Suite, in: Jazz Podium, 6/8 (Aug.1957), p. 7, 9

Jack Maher: Moments of Genius, in: Jazz Today, 2/9 (Oct.1957), p. 19-20 (R)

Leonard Feather: “J’ai enregistré Charlie Parker Junior”, in: Jazz Magazine, #31 (Oct.1957), p. 14 (N)

Leonard Feather: Leonard Feather berichtet aus USA, in: Jazz-Echo, Oct.1957, p. 45 (N: 5-year-old Charles Baird Parker sings “Salt Peanuts” on tribute LP for Mode Records) [digi.copy]

NN: The Christmas issue…, in: [unknown source], 28.Nov.1957 (N: Adam Claton Powell couldn’t make Parker’s funeral; his assiatant Rev. Licorish garbled names and biographical data) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 55}

Arnold Shaw: Ballad of the Bird. The Legend of Charles Christopher Parker, in: Esquire, Dec.1957 (F) [digi.copy]

François Postif & Guy Kopelowicz: Les héritiers de Parker ont choisi le ténor, in: Jazz Magazine, #33 (Dec.1957), p. 25-30 (F on Parker, short features on Sonny Sitt, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Yusef Lateef, J.R. Monterose, Clifford Jordan, John Gilmore, Bobby Jaspar, Barney Wilen, James Clay, Seldon Powell, Lucky Thompson, Curtis Porter, Frank Foster, Frnk Wess, Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca)

Horst Lippmann: Charlie parker – “Early Bird” (Brunswick 10117 EPB), in: Jazz Podium, 6/12 (Dec.1957), p. 23 (R) [digi.copy]

Horst Lippmann: Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie – “The Immortal Session, Vol. 1” (Sonet SCP-2808), in: Jazz Podium, 6/12 (Dec.1957), p. 22 (R) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Leonard Feather berichtet aus USA, in: Jazz-Echo, Dec.1957, p. 44 (N: new biography by Bob Reisner and Richard Gehman) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker – “Early Bird” (Brunswick 10 117 EPB), in: Jazz-Echo, Dec.1957, p. 48, 84 (R) [digi.copy]

Alun Morgan: The Charlie Parker Story (on Savoy), in: Jazz Monthly, 3/11 (1958), p. 5-6, 32

Bill Coss: Behind the Jazz Masik. Charlie Parker. From Here to Eternity, in: Metronome Yearbook 1958 (1958), p. 43

Ralph J. Gleason: Charlie “Bird” Parker, in: Ralph J. Gleason: Celebrating the Duke…, New York 1975 [book], p. 87-95 (F; reprint, from: Hi-Fi Stereo Review, 1958; 1971)

Bob Cato: Designer’s Choice. A Statement, in: Infinity. American Sicuety of Magazine Photographers, Feb.1958, (short F/photo: Baird Parker blowing Bird’s saxophone) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 149-151}

Horst Lippmann: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker – “The Immortal Session Vol. 2” (Sonet); Charlie Parker All Stars – “Night in Tunesia” (Sonet), in: Jazz Podium, 7/2 (Feb.1958), p. 45 (R) [digi.copy]

George Hoefer: Charlie “Yardbird” Parker, in: [letter to Murray Fisher], 5.Mar.1958 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 62-67; also p. 174-179}

George Hoefer: The Hot Box, in: Down Beat, 25/7 (3.Apr.1958), p. 34 (F/R: “The Charlie Parker Story, Savoy MG-12079) [digi.copy]

François Postif & Guy Kopelewicz: Discographie de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, #132 (May 1958), p. 39-41 (D)

“S.J.”: “Charlie Parker Bigband” (Columbia-Clef LP 33CX10004), in: Schlagzeug, 3/10 (Jun.1958), p. 21 (R) [digi.copy]

François Postif & Guy Kopelewicz: Discographie de Charlie Parker. Part 2, in: Jazz Hot, #133 (Jun.1958), p. 40-42 (D) [digi.copy]

Steve Race: Immortal Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 21.Jun.1958, p. 4 (R)

François Postif & Guy Kopelewicz: Discographie de Charlie Parker. Part 3, in: Jazz Hot, #134 (Jul/Aug.1958), p. 36-38 (D)

Steve Race: Parker, in: Melody Maker, 5.Jul.1958, p. 4

François Postif & Guy Kopelewicz: Discographie de Charlie Parker. Part 4, in: Jazz Hot, #135 (Sep.1958), p. 38 (D)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Bird on 52nd Street” (Jazz Workshop Inc JWS-501), in: Jazz-Echo, Nov.1958, p. 44 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker All Star Sextet – “Air Conditioning” / “Bird Feathers” / “Quasimodo” / “Crazeology” (Sonet), in: Westjazz, 4/39 (Nov.1958), p. 7 (R) [digi.copy]

Johs Bergh: Charlie Parker Quintet – “Sewey Square” / “Embraceable You” / “Klacktoveedsedtene” / “Bongo Bop” (Sonet SXP 2826)

NN: Charlie Parker All Stars – “Night in Tunisia” / “Moose the Mooche” / “Yardbird Suite” / “Ornithology” (Sonet SXP 2815) [digi.copy]

Steve Race: Blue Bird, in: Melody Maker, 13.Dec.1958, p. 5 (R: Parker’s Mood)

E. Wiedemann: News and Views. Ornithologically Speaking, in: Jazz Review, 2/5 (1959), p. 42

H.W. Shih: Reconsiderations 3. Charlie Parker Memorial, in: Jazz Review, 2/1 (1959), p. 42-43 (R)

John S. Wilson: The Collector’s Jazz. Modern, New York 1959 [book: J.B. Lippincott], p. 220-225 (short F) [digi.copy]

Lucien Malson: Jazz d’aujourd’hui. Quatre ans après sa mort Charlie Parker demeure le plus vivant des moderns, in: Jazz Magazine, 5/49 (1959), p. 18ff.

Max Harrison: Charlie Parker, in: Nat Hentoff & Albert J. McCarthy (eds.): Jazz. New Perspectives on the History of Jazz by Twelve of the World’s Foremost Jazz Critics and Scholars, New York 1959 [book: Rinehart & Company; reprint: New York 1961: Grove Press; reprint: London 1962: The Jazz Book Club & Cassell; reprint: New York 1975: Da Capo], p. 275-286 (F)

Sadik Hakim: The Charlie Parker KoKo Date, in: Jazz Review, 2/2 (1959), p. 11

Siegfried Schmidt: Charlie Parker. Ein Porträt, Wetzlar 1959 [book: Pegasus Verlag] (F)

Max Harrison: Charlie Parker’s Savoy Recordings, in: Max Harrison: A Jazz Retrospect, London 1991 [book; Reprint, O: 1976], p. 15-22 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Monthly, Jan.1959)

Sadik Hakim: The Charlie Parker KoKo Date, in: The Jazz Review, 2/2 (Feb.1959), p. 11 (F) [digi.copy]

Erik Wiedemann: News and Views. Ornithologically Speaking, in: The Jazz Review, 2/5 (Jun.1959), p. 42 (F/R: Parker reissues) [digi.copy]

Lucien Malson: Jazz d’aujourd’hui. Quatre ans après sa mort Charlie Parker demeure le plus vivant des modernes, in: Jazz Magazine, #49 (Jun.1959), p. 18-21, 42 (F)

NN: breaks, in: Schlagzeug, 4/8 (Aug.1959), p. 25 (N: Polish biography by Jozef Balcerak, Jan Sitkowski) [digi.copy]

NN: breaks, in: Schlagzeug, 4/9 (Sep.1959), p. 14 (N: article in “Confidential” about Parker’s love life) [digi.copy]

NN: Breaks, in: Schlagzeug, #26 (Oct.1959), p. 26 (N: Richard Gehman declines cooperation in Charlie Parker biography) [digi.copy]

H.-J. Dietzel: “Jazz-Bücherei, Charlie Parker”, by Siegfried Schmidt, in: Schlagzeug, #28 (Dec.1959), p. 18 (B) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker, in: Schlagzeug, #28 (Dec.1959), p. 22-24 (F) [digi.copy]

Bill Crow: Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker – Diz ‘n’ Bird in Concert, in: Jazz Review, 3/2 (1960), p. 29-30 (R) [digi.copy]

Carlo Bohländer: Charlie Parker, in: Carlo Bohländer: Jazz. Geschichte und Rhythmus, Mainz 1960 [book: B. Schott’s Söhne], p. 49-50 (short F)

Charles Fox & Peter Gammond & Alun Morgan & Alexis Korner: Jazz on Record. A Critical Guide, London 1960 [book: Grey Arrow], p. 248-254 (F)

Leonard Feather: The Jazzman as Critic. The Blindfold Test. Reactions to Charlie Parker, in: Leonard Feather: The Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York 1960 [book: Bonanza Books], p. 480 (F/I with Charles Mingus, Sy Oliver, Bob Morse, Lennie Tristano)

Max Harrison: Charlie Parker, in: Sinclair Traill & The Hon. Gerald Lascelles (Hgg.): Just Jazz 4, London 1960 [book], p. 22-28 (F)

Max Harrison: Kings of Jazz. Charlie Parker, New York 1960 [book: A.S. Barnes and Company] (F)

Nat Hentoff: Charlie Parker, New York 1960 [booklet: BMI] [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 180-188}

NN: Norman Granz Unloads Record C. For $2 1/2 Million As Parker Heirs Sue, in: New York Amsterdam News, 1960 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 40}

Bob Dawbarn: Four New Tracks from Bird (from a concert at the Amiralen Dance Hall, Malmö, Sweden), in: Melody Maker, 12.Mar.1960, p. 14 (R)

Dizzy Gillespie: Charlie Parker tel que je l’ai connu…, in: Jazz Hot, #152 (Mar.1960), p. 38-39 (F)

R.A. Perlongo: The Real Story Behind the Charlie Parker with Strings, in: Metronome, 77/8 (Aug.1960), p. 20-21 (Satire)

John McLellan: The Jazz Scene. Time To Give Bird The Bird, in: [unknown source, Boston newspaper?], 13.Se.1960 (F/short I with Ornette Coleman) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 71}

Gene Lees: Bird et Diz, in: Jazz Magazine, 7/73 (1961), p. 29-31

Hans-Jürgen Winkler: Charlie Parker, in: Hans-Jürgen Winkler: Jazz für Jedermann, München 1961 [book], p. 271-273 (F)

J.-R. Masson: Des inédits de Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, 7/71 (1961), p. 18

Jean Amery: Im Banne des Jazz. Bildnisse grosser Jazz-Musiker, Zürich 1961 [book: A. Müller], p. 21-26 (F: chapter “Charlie Parker. Psychopathologie des Jazz”) [digi.copy]

NN: The Bird’s Family To Get Record Money After 6 Years, in: [unknown source], 1961 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 158}

Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Charlie Parker – Ich war immer in Panik [p. 44-48 (F)]; Charlie Parkers Erben [p. 263-268 (F)], in: Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Jazz. Gesicht einer Musik, Gütersloh 1961 [book]

NN: You are invited to a press conference to discuss the estates of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday, in: [invitation], 14.Feb.1961 (F: list of panelists, among them Doris Parker, Louis McKay, Marely Dufty, Aubrey Mayhew, Bernard Stillman, Florynce R. Kennedy) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 70, 95}

Philip Benjamin: Royalties Sought By Two Estates. Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker Foundations Would Use Funds From Disks, in: Time, 15.Feb.1961 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 78-79}

Lars Werner: Charlie Parker – “Historical Recordings Vol. 3” (Le Jazz Cool), in: Orkester Journalen, 29/2 (Feb.1961), p. 28 (R)

Philip Benjamin: Royalties Sought By Two Estates. Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker Foundations Would Use Funds From Disks, in: New York Times, 15.Feb.1961, p. 40 (F) [digi.copy]

Bob Dawbarn: These Bird Tracks Are Unrivalled, in: Melody Maker, 8.Apr.1961, p. 17 (R: Diz ‘n’ Bird in Concert)

NN: Two Estates Seek Royalties, in: Down Beat, 28/8 (13.Apr.1961), p. 14-15 (F: estates of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday) [digi.copy]

Edward Kosner: Charlie Parker – The Echoes Linger, in: new York Post, 16.Apr.1961 (F/I with Doris Parker: estate seeks royalties) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 85}

NN: Sidney Bechet en Charlie Parker, in: Rhythme. Nederlands enige Jazz-Periodiek, 12/139 (Apr.1961), p. 33 (photo)

Dizzy Gillespie & Gene Lees: The Years with Yard, in: Down Beat, 28/11 (25.May 1961), p. 21-23 (F)

Dizzy Gillespie & Gene Lees: The Years with Yard, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 161-167 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat, 25.May 1961)

Dizzy Gillespie & Gene Lees: The Years with Yard, in: Frank Alkyer & Ed Enright (eds.): Down Beat. The Great Jazz Interviews. A 75th Anniversary Anthology, New York 2009 [book: Hal Leonard Books], p. 82-84 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat, 25.May 1961) [digi.copy]

NN: A Charlie Parker Record Company, in: Down Beat, 28/11 (25.May 1961), p. 11 (short F) [digi.copy]

NN: Some Great Reed Solos. Charlie Parker – “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”; “Groovin’ High”, in: Down Beat, 28/11 (25.May 1961), p. 44 (T)

NN: Some Great Reed Solos. Charlie Parker – “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”; “Groovin’ High”, in: Down Beat, 36/14 (10.Jul.1969), p. 40-41 (T; reprint, from: Down Beat, 25.May 1961) [digi.copy]

Humphrey Lyttelton: Bird Was Anything But Cool, in: Melody Maker, 6.May 1961, p. 5

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker – “Historical Recordings Vol.1” (LeJazz Cool), in: Down Beat, 28/11 (1961), p. 24, 26 (R)

NN: Neue Parker-Platten, in: Jazz Podium, 10/6 (Jun.1961), p. 151 (N) [digi.copy]

NN: Pickles. Mer Parker, in: Orkester Journalen, 29/6 (Jun.1961), p. 5 (N: Charlie Parker Record Company founded)

NN: Aus dem Nachlaß, in: Bravo, 16.Jul.1961, p. 23 (N: release of unissued recordings by Charlie Parker planned by his widow) [digi.copy]

NN: Press Release, in: [press release], 18.Jul.1961 (F: estates of Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 80-84}

John Williams: Subject: Charlie Parker. revealing things nobody ever knew about the bird, in: Swank, 8/3 (Jul.1961), p. 8-9, 58-60 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 96-99}

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker – Bird Is Free, in: Down Beat, 28/20 (28.Sep.1961), p. 35-36 (R) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker – “Bird Is Free” (Charlie Parker),l in: Down Beat, 28/20 (28.Sep.1961), p. 35-36 (R) [digi.copy]

Edward Kosner: At Charlie Parker’s Grave. A Rest, in: New York Post, 4.Oct.1961 (F/I with Dizzy Gillespie at Charlie Parker’s grave in Kansas City) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 106}

Jack Cooke: The Blithe Spirit, in: Jazz Monthly, 7/9 (Nov.1961), p. 14-15 (F: Parkers Schüler)

NN: Blues for Bird in Kansas City, in: Down Beat, 28/23 (9.Nov.1961), p. 11 (short F/I with Dizzy Gillespie)

Ira Gitler: “A Handful of Modern Jazz. Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis” (Baronet); “The Early Bird” (Baronet), in: Down Beat, 28/25 (7.Dec.1961), p. 42, 44 (R: 3 1/2 stars; 4 stars) [digi.copy]

NN: Trials and Tribulations, in: Down Beat, 28/26 (21.Dec.1961), p. 13-14 (F: Charlie Parker Estate, Charlie Parker Record Co.) [digi.copy]

André Hodeir: Charlie Parker’s Solo on “Ornithology”, in: André Hodeir: Toward Jazz, New York 1962 [book: Grove Press; London 1965: The Jazz Book Club], p. 181-183 (A/T)

André Hodeir: The Bird Is Gone. A Tribute to Charlie Parker, in: André Hodeir: Toward Jazz, New York 1962 [book: Grove Press; London 1965: The Jazz Book Club], p. 15-18 (F)

André Hodeir: The Bird Is Gone. A Tribute to Charlie Parker, in: André Hodeir & Jean-Louis Pautrot: The André Hodeir Jazz Reader, Ann Arbor/MI 2006 [book: University of Michigan Press], p. 125-129 (F; reprint, from: “Toward Jazz”, by André Hodeir, 1962)

Don DeMichael: Repackaged (Charlie Parker Records), in: Down Beat, 29/24 (1962), p. 35-36

J.-L. Ginibre: Pages et plages pour Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, 8/84 (1962), p. 18

J.-R. Masson: Il y a sept ans, in: Jazz Magazine, 8/80 (1962), p. 20ff.

James Poling (ed.): Esquire’s World of Jazz, London 1962 [book: Arthur Baker], p. 90-105 (F: chapters “Segue to today” / “For Bird, an elegy”)

Leonard Feather: La légende de l’oiseau, in: Jazz Magazine, 8/85 (1962), p. 23-24

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker – The Dial Recordings, Volume 2, in: Martin Williams: Jazz in Its Time, New York 1989 [book], p. 201-206 (F: reprint of liner notes from 1962)

Martin Williams: Concert Treasures, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Changes, New York 1992 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 252-255 (R: Massey Hall Concert; reprint, from 1962)

Martin Williams: Once There Was Bird – Charlie Parker, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Heritage, New York 1985 [book], p. 184-191 (F; reprint of liner notes from 1962)

Max Harrison: Parker, Charlie, in: Stanley Dance (ed.): Jazz Era. The ‘Forties, London 1962 [book: The Jazz Book Club & MacGibbon & Kee], p. 196-198 (F)

Robert Reisner: Bird. The Legend of Charlie Parker, New York 1962 [book: Citadel Press] (F/I mit: Angelo Ascagni, Harold Baker, Ahmed Basheer, Walter Bishop Jr., Art Blakey, Rudi Blesh, August Blume, Teddy Blume, Vince Bottari, Pietro Carbone, Teddy Charles, Tutty Clarkin, Earl Coleman, Junior Collins, Al Cotton, Harvey Cropper, Ernest Daniels, Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Ralph Douglas, Tommy Douglas, Billy Eckstine, Art Farmer, Warren Fitzgerald, Lou Flanigin Jr., Jimmy Forrest, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Graye, Elliot Grennard, Gigi Gryce, Sadik Hakim, Benny Harris, Earl Hines, Cliff Jetkins, Ted Joans, Budd Johnson, Buddy Jones, Duke Jordan, Sheila Jordan, Lawrence Keyes, Henry Kier, Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter, Dave Lambert, Jerry Lloyd, Julie MacDonald, Edward Mayfield Jr., Howard McGhee, Jackie McLean, Jay McShann, Charles Mingus, Orville Minor, Alan Morrison, Bob Newman, Anita O’Day, Addie Parker, Doris Parker, Oscar Pettiford, Tommy Potter, Gene Ramey, Jimmy Raney, Teddy Reig, Jerome Richardson, Max Roach, Ross Russell, George Salano, Frank Sanderford, Dave Schildkraut, Tony Scott, Noble Sissle, Buster Smith, Sonny Stitt, Idress Sulieman, Symphony Sid Torin, Lennie Tristano, Ray Turner, Barry Ulanov, Edgar Varese, Ted Wald, Bob Wallace, George Wallington)

John S. Wilson: A History of Jazz. Part V. Boppers & Moldy Figs. While the traditionalists dug New Orleans sounds, Bird and Diz fronted a revolution aimed at the future, in: Show Business Illustrated, Apr.1962, p. 53-55, 79 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parher”, p. 100-103}

Ralph Ellison: On Bird, Bird-Watching, and Jazz, in: Ralph Ellison: Living with Music. Ralph Ellison’s Jazz Writings, New York 2001 [book: Modern Library], p. 65-76 (F; reprint, from: Saturday Review, 28.Jul.1962)

Max Jones: Chasing the Bird – In Print, in: Melody Maker, 7.Jul.1962, p. 11

Alun Morgan: Bird & the Lover Man Session, in: Jazz Monthly, 8/6 (Aug.1962), p. 3-6 (F)

Victor Schonfield: Rare Bird, in: JazzJournal, 15/9 (Sep.1962), p. 19, 22 (F), p. 1

Alun Morgan: Le commencement de la fin, in: Jazz Magazine, 9/93 (1963), p. 32-35

Bill Coss: Charlie Parker, in: Dom Cerulli & Burt Korall & Mort Nasatir (Hg.): The Jazz Word, London 1963 [book], p. 90-94 (F)

Jack Kerouac: Charlie Parker, in: Dom Cerulli & Burt Korall & Mort Nasatir (eds.): The Jazz Word, London 1963 [book], p. 76-78 (poem) [digi.copy]

Pete Welding: Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, Sutherland Lounge, Chicago, in: Down Beat, 30/12 (1963), p. 36 (C)

Eric T. Vogel: The Legend of Charlie Parker – Bird, von Robert Reisner, in: Jazz Podium, 12/2 (Feb.1963), p. 44 (B)

Leonard Katz. New Battle On Over Charley Parker Estate, in: New York Post, 5.Apr.1963 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 107}

NN: Parker Records Sued for Alleged Past-Due Royalties, in: [unknown source], 9.May 1963 (short F) [digi.copy]

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker Made Easy, in: Martin Williams: Jazz Masters in Transition, 1957-1969, New York 1970 [book], p. 106-107 (R: Lou Donaldson, Cannonball Adderley; reprint, from: Saturday Review, 11.May 1963)

Walther Hein: Bird und Dizz, in: Jazz Podium, 12/6 (Jun.1963), p. 128-129

Claes Dahlgren: Minnesfond för Parker. Amerikanska nyheter, in: Orkester Journalen, 31/7-8 (Jul/Aug.1963), p. 8 (short F: Charlie Parker Award)

Philip Larkin: On the Wing. “Bird. The Legend of Charlie Parker”, by Robert H. Reisner, in: Richard Palmer & John White (eds.): Reference Back. Philip Larkin’s Uncollected Jazz Writings 1940-84, Hull 1999 [book: University of Hull Press], p. 59-60 (B; reprint, from: Guardian, 6.Sep.1963)

Benny Green: Charlie Parker, in: Benny Green: The Reluctant Art. The Growth of Jazz, London 1964 [book: The Jazz Book Club & MacGibbon & Kee], p. 159-191 (F)

M. Delorme & P. Koechlin: Les paroles du Bird, in: Jazz Hot, 30/200 (1964), p. 24-30

Ralph Gervin: Charlie Parker (“Bird”), in: John Henrik Clarke (Hg.): Harlem. A Community in Transition, New York 1970 [book; Reprint, O: 1964], p. 76 (poem)

Ross Russell: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, in: Martin Williams (Hg.): Jazz Panorama. From the Pages of Jazz Review, New York 2/1967 [book, O: New York 11964], p. 180-186 (F/R)

Wilfrid Mellers: From art back to jazz. Modern jazz and the composing improviser. Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, in: Wilfrid Mellers: Music in a New Found Land. Themes and Developments in the History of American Music, London 1964 [book], p. 331-350 (F/A) [digi.copy]

NN: 1. lament. For Parker & 2. hope. For Coleman, in: Jazz Monthly, 9/11 (Jan.1964), p. 6 (poems) [digi.copy]

Peter S. Friedman: Chords and Discords. New Bird Is Old Bird, in: Down Beat, 31/3 (30.Jan.1964), p. 4, 6 (letter) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: Old Wine, New Bottles. Charlie Parker – “Bird on 52nd Street” (Fantasy); “Bird at St. Nick’s” (Fantay), in: Down Beat, 31/10 (23.Apr.1964), p. 31-32 (R) [digi.copy]

Don DeMichael & Pete Welding: Jazz Basics. Charlie Parker – “Jazz at Massey Hall” (Fantasy); “Bird Symbols” (Charlie Parker); “The Genius of Charlie Parker, Vol. 2” (Savoy), in: Down Beat, 31/9 (9.Apr.1964), p. 24-5, 40 (R)

M. Gardner: The Bird Speaks, in: Jazz Journal, 17/5 (May 1964), p. 25-27 (I/D) [digi.copy]

NN: A Discography of the “Live” Recordings of Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 17/5 (May 1964), p. 29 (D)

Walther Hein: Re-Boppers-Session vom 26.11.1945/Bird Sessions 1947/1951, in: Jazz Podium, 13/7 (Jul.1964), p. 160-162 (R)

Michel Delorme: Les paroles du Bird. Interview par Mark Gardner, in: Jazz Hot, #200 (Jul/Aug.1964), p. 24-26 (I)

NN: A Discography of the “Live” Recordings of Charlie Parker. Part 3, in: Jazz Journal, 17/7 (Jul.1964), p. 25 (D)

Homer Brown: Chords & Discords. Worry About Bird Film, in: Down Beat, 31/31 (3.Dec.1964), p. 6-7 (letter) [digi.copy]

Max Jones: Bird – Unquestionably the Greatest Ever, in: Melody Maker, 19.Dec.1964, p. 19 (R: Historical Masterpieces, Vol.1-3/Memorial Album Vol.6)

D. Lemery: Les enfants du Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, #116 (1965), p. 16-27

Don Heckman: Bird in Flight. Parker the Improviser, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 22-24

Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), passim (Charlie Parker memorial issue)

Leonard Feather: Blindfold Test. Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 32 (BT)

M.T. Cohen: With Care and Love, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 19-20

Martin Williams: The Listener’s Legacy, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 20-21, 35

NN: Parker’s Mood, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (1965), p. 25

Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Bird. The Genius of Charlie Parker, in: Jazz, 4/6 (1965), p. 8-9

Whitney Balliett: Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Such Sweet Thunder. 49 Pieces on Jazz, Indianapolis 1966 [book: Bobbs-Merrill], p. 249-251 (C: Tribute to Parker; reprint, from 1965)

Whitney Balliett: Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin’s Press], p. 238-239 (C; reprint, from 1965)

Bob Dawbarn: Bird Flies High in Sweden, in: Melody Maker, 20.Feb.1965, p. 15 (R: In Sweden)

John S. Wilson: Charlie Parker, Saxophonist, Recalled in ‘Legends’ at Café, in: New York Times, 17.Feb.1965, p. 39 (C: tribute play at Café au Go Go) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker 1920-1955. A Fist at the World, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (11.Mar.1965), p. 15-18 (F) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather: Charlie Parker 1920-1955. A Fist at the World, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 83-88 (F; reprint, from: Down Beat, 11.Mar.1965)

Joe Segal: Bird in Chicago, in: Down Beat, 32/6 (25.Mar.1965), p. 18-19 (F)

Bob Dawbarn: The Pick of Parker, in: Melody Maker, 3.Apr.1965, p. 10 (R)

Don DeMichael: “The World of Charlie Parker” (Roost 2257), in: Down Beat, 32/11 (20.May 1965), p. 28-29 (R: 5 stars) [digi.copy]

Guy Warren: Chords & Discords, in: Down Beat, 32/13 (17.Jun.1965), p. 10 (letter; response to Joe Segal’s article “Bird in Chicago”, Down Beat, 25.Mar.1965) [digi.copy]

Harvey Pekar: “Charlie Parker 10th Memorial Concert” (Limelight), in: Down Beat, 32/16 (29.Jul.1965), p. 32 (R)

D.C. Washington: Chords & Discords, in: Down Beat, 32/19 (9.Sep.1965), p. 10 (letter; response to Harvey Pekar’s review of “Charlie Parker’s 10th Memorial Concert”, Down Beat, 29.Jul.1965) [digi.copy]

“J.A.”: Parker. Tenth memorial concert in Chicago, in: Melody Maker, 11.Sep.1965, p. 6 (N: plans for concert) [digi.copy]

J.A.: Parker. Tenth Memorial Concert in Chicago, in: Melody Maker, 11.Sep.1965, p. 6

Alun Morgan: Charlie Parker – “Bird Is Free” (Egmont AJS-5); “Bird Symbols” (Verve VLP 9105 / Egmont AJS-3), in: Jazz Monthly, 11/10 (Dec.1965), p. 11 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Potpourri: Opera dedicated to Charlie Parker scheduled to be premiered, in: Down Beat, 32/27 (30.Dec.1965), p. 16 (N) [digi.copy]

André Francis: Jazz, Bourges 1958 [book: Solfèges / Éditions du Seuil; reprint: Bourges 1966: Solfèges / Éditions du Seuil], p. 106-111 (F)

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker and the Alto and Baritone Saxophonists, in: Ira Gitler: Jazz Masters of the Forties, New York 1966 [book: Macmillan; reprint, New York 1974: Collier Books], p. 15-57 (F)

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker and the Alto and Baritone Saxophonists, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 23-58 (F; reprint, from: “Jazz Masters of the Forties”, by Ira Gitler, 1966)

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker and the Alto and Baritone Saxophonists, in: Ira Gitler: The Masters of Bebop. A Listener’s Guide, New York 2001 [book: Da Capo], p. 15-57 (F; updated reprint, from: “Jazz Masters of the Forties”, by Ira Gitler, 1966)

Martin Williams: Eight Recorded Solos. Embraceable You / Ornithology, by Charlie Parker, in: Martin Williams: Where’s the Melody? A Listener’s Introduction to Jazz, New York 1966 [book], p. 44-47 (F)

Martin Williams: Now’s the Time / Billie’s Bounce, by th Charlie Parker Quintet, in: Martin Williams: Where’s the Melody? A Listener’s Introduction to Jazz, New York 1966 [book], p. 52-54 (F)

NN: Potpourri. Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, in: Down Beat, 33/6 (24.Mar.1966), p. 16 (C) [digi.copy]

Herb Levinson & George P. Godwin & Charles Preston & George Fox & James McCormick III & Baird Parker: Chords & Discords. Bird Issue Huzzahs… And One Disappointment, in: Down Beat, 32/9 (22.Apr.1965), p. 8, 10 (letters) [digi.copy]

J.C. Farquhar, John Periam: Chords & Discords. More on the Bird Issue, in: Down Beat, 32/10 (6.May 1965), p. 8 (letters) [digi.copy]

NN: Seven Steps in Jazz, in: Melody Maker, 7.May 1966, p. 8 (Kurzbiographie)

Richard Chesmore: Caught in the Act. An Opera for the Bird – “Without Memorial Banners”, Atkins Auditorium, Kansas City, Mo., in: Down Beat, 33/9 (5.May 1966), p. 13 (C) [digi.copy]

Bob Dawbarn: New Bird Plus Old Greats, in: Melody Maker, 18.Jun.1966, p. 12 (R: Ornithology)

Bob Dawbarn: Great Jazz Solos. Parker’s Mood, by Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 9.Jul.1966, p. 6

B. Houston: More Parker, But Watch the Duplication, in: Melody Maker, 15.Oct.1966, p. 14 (R: Charlie Parker, Vol.1/2 / The World of Charlie Parker)

Bill Quinn: Caught in the Act. Charlie Parker Memorial Concert, Either/Or Club, Chicago, in: Down Beat, 33/21 (20.Oct.1966), p. 22-23 (C)

Charlie Parker: Sketch-Orks, New York 1967 [sheet music] (T: lead sheets of “Au Privave”; “Back Home Blues”; “Ballade”; “The Bird”; “Bloomdido”; “Blues for Alice”; “Cardboard”; “Celebrity/Celerity”; “Chi Chi”; “Confirmation”; “Cosmic Rays”; “Dewey Square”; “Diverse”; “K.C. Blues”; “Kim”; “Laird Baird”; “Leap Frog”; “Mohawk”; “Moose the Mooche”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Ornithology”; “Passport”; “Relaxin’ with Lee”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Segment”; “She Rote”; “Si Si”; “Visa”; “Yardbird Suite”)

Jens Gerlach: Jazz. Gedichte, Berlin 1967 [book: Aufbau-Verlag], p. 46-47 (poem: “Charlie Parker”) [digi.copy]

B. Houston: A Bird Collection – And All for Fifty Bop, in: Melody Maker, 1.Jul.1967, p. 11 (R: Charlie Parker, Vol.1-4)

André Hodeir: Ceci n’est pas le jazz, in: Jazz Hot, 34/243 (1968), p. 6-7

Barry Witherden: Charlie Parker – Ballads and Birdland, in: Jazz Studies (British Institute of Jazz Studies), 2/2 (1968), p. 30-31 (R)

Denes Agay: The Joy of Jazz. Easy to Medium Grade Piano Solos, London 1968 [sheet music], p. 44-45 (piano solo arrangement of “Anthropology”)

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker. The Burden of Innovation, in: Barney Rossett (ed.): The Evergreen Review. A Ten-Year Anthology, Secaucus/NJ 1968 [book: Castle Books], p. 317-321 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 73-77}

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker. The Burden of Innovation, in: Martin Williams: The Jazz Tradition, New York 2/1983 [book; New York 1/1970], p. 135-153 (F; reprint, from: The Evergreen Review, 1968)

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker. The Burden of Innovation, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 10-23 (F; reprint, from: The Evergreen Review, 1968)

Martin Williams: Charlie Parker. The Burden of Innovation, in: Steven C. Tracy (ed.): Write Me a Few of Your Lines. A Blues Reader, Amherst/MA 1999 [book: University of Massachusetts Press], p. 509-513 (F; reprint, from: The Evergreen Review, 1968)

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker. A discography, [no place] 1968 [book: Discographical Forum] (D)

Ira Gitler: “Tribute to Charlie Parker” (RCA Victor 3783), in: Down Beat, 35/13 (27.Jun.1968), p. 31 (R: 4 stars) [digi.copy]

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker. A Discography, in: Discographical Forum, #8 (Sep.1968), p. Parker/1-Parker/5 (D)

B. Houston: Second Opinion. Charlie Parker, in: Melody Maker, 26.Oct.1968, p. 10

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker. A Discography. Part 2, in: Discographical Forum, #9 (Nov.1968), p. Parker/6-Parker/11 (D)

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Hot, 35/255 (1969), p. 22-25

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker. A Discography. Part 3, in: Discographical Forum, #10 (Jan.1969), p.Parker/12-Parker/17 (D)

Siegfried Schmidt-Joos: Grenzen zwischen den Zeiten. Improvisationen über den Tod Charlie Parkers nach einem Thema von Archibald McLeish, in: Jazz Podium, 18/3 (Mar.1969), p. 82-83 (F) [digi.copy]

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker Discography. Part 4, in: Discographical Forum, #11 (Mar.1969), p. 18-23 (D)

Barry McRae: Jazz Basics. Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 22/4 (Apr.1969), p. 17 (F)

Tony Williams: Charlie Parker Discography. Part 5, in: Discographical Forum, #12 (May 1969), p. 24-29 (D)

Jim Burns: Bird in California, in: Jazz Journal, 22/7 (Jul.1969), p. 10-12 (F) [digi.copy]

Barry Tepperman: Budget Bird, in: Coda, 9/8 (1970), p. 10-11

Barry Witherden: Charlie Parker – “10th Memorial Concert” (Mercury SMWL 21040), in: Pieces of Jazz, 1970, p. 82-83 (R)

C. Paris: Charlie Parker in Time, in: Jazz Hot, 36/261 (1970), p. 16-19

Derrick Stewart-Baxter: Comment, in: Pieces of Jazz, 1970, p. 38a (letter; response to Pete Moon’s review of “Bird on 52nd Street”, Pieces of Jazz, 1970)

NN: Charlie Parker Memorial Concerts (in Chicago), in: Jazz & Pop, 9/9 (1970), p. 12

Pete Moon: Bird Still Lives, in: Pieces of Jazz, 1970, p. 87-88 (F)

Pete Moon: Charlie Parker All Stars – “Bird on 52nd Street” (America 30 AM 6061), in: Pieces of Jazz, 1970, p. 15 (R)

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 2: At Billy Berg, in: Jazz Hot, 36/257 (1970), p. 15-17

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 3: Moose the Mooche, in: Jazz Hot, #258 (1970), p. 18-20

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 4: Rumeurs dans la nuit, in: Jazz Hot, 36/259 (1970), p. 26-28

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 5: Ornithology, in: Jazz Hot, #260 (1970), p. 26-28

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 6: Hollywood, in: Jazz Hot, 36/262 (1970), p. 16ff.

Ross Russell: Yardbird in Lotus Land. Les souvenirs de Ross Russell sur Charlie Parker. Part 7: Lover Man, in: Jazz Hot, 36/264 (1970), p. 24-25

Owen Peterson: The Massey Hall Concert, in: Jazz Journal, 23/3 (Mar.1970), p. 8-10 (F) [digi.copy]

Martin Williams: Music Workshop. A Charlie Parker Masterpiece, in: Down Beat, 37/7 (2.Apr.1970), p. 34-35 (A/T: “Embraceable You”) [digi.copy]

Barry Tepperman: Budget Bird, in: Coda, 9/8 (Jul/Aug.1970), p. 10-11 (F)

Mark Gardner: Chords & Discords. Bird Lore, in: Down Beat, 37/13 (9.Jul.1970), p. 8 (letter: “Klact-oveesedstene”) [digi.copy]

Martin Williams: Legendarne nagranie. Charlie Parkera, in: Jazz. Rythm i piosenka, #167/168 (Jul/Aug.1970), p. 22 (F/T)

David Amram: Bird in Washington, in: Jazz Journal, 23/8 (Aug.1970), p. 4-5 (F)

Mark Gardner: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 23/8 (Aug.1970), p. 2-3 (F)

NN: Bird Month in Chicago Honors Jazz Immortal, in: Down Beat, 37/17 (3.Sep.1970), p. 7 (short F) [digi.copy]

Peter Keepnews: Chords & Discords. On Bird, in: Down Beat, 37/17 (3.Sep.1970), p. 6 (letter) [digi.copy]

Burt Korall: The Pop and Jazz Scene. Salute to Bird, in: International Musician, 69/4 (Oct.1970), p. 6 (C)

NN: Charlie Parker Memorial (à Kansas City), in: Jazz Magazine, #186 (1971), p. 15

Ross Russell: The Last Apprentice [p. 179-186 (F)]; Charlie Parker [p. 196-205 (F)], in: Ross Russell: Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest, Berkeley 1971 [book: University of California Press] [digi.copy]

NN: Bird Lives. K.C. Plans Art Center, Memorial, in: Down Beat, 38/2 (21.Jan.1971), p. 11 (F) [digi.copy]

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen, in: Jazz Podium, 20/2 (Feb.1971), p. 72-73 (A/T; “Donna Lee”)

NN: Charlie Parker Jahr in Kansas City, in: Jazz Podium, 20/2 (Feb.1971), p. 48 (N)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 2, in: Jazz Podium, 20/3 (Mar.1971), p. 104-105 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Burt Korall: “Bird”, in: International Musician, 69/9 (Mar.1971), p. 9 (N: plans for monument in Kansas City)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 3, in: Jazz Podium, 20/4 (Apr.1971), p. 144-146 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 4, in: Jazz Podium, 20/5 (May 1971), p. 178-180 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 5, in: Jazz Podium, 20/7 (Jul.1971), p. 251-253 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

R. Williams: Essential Parker, in: Melody Maker, 17.Jul.1971, p. 28 (R: Charlie Parker, Vol.2, on Xtra)

Owen Peterson: Early Bird, in: Jazz Journal, 24/4 (Apr.1971), p. 34-36 (F/R)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 6, in: Jazz Podium, 20/9 (Sep.1971), p. 322-323 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 7, in: Jazz Podium, 20/10 (Oct.1971), p. 358-359 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 8, in: Jazz Podium, 20/11 (Nov.1971), p. 398-399 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 9, in: Jazz Podium, 20/12 (Dec.1971), p. 440-441 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Lucien Malson: Charlie Parker, in: Lucien Malson: Que sais-je? Les maitres du jazz, Paris 1972 [book], p. 74-87 (F)

Jim Burns: The Charlie Parker Ko Ko Date, in: Jazz & Blues, 1/9 (Jan.1972), p. 10 (F) [digi.copy]

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 10, in: Jazz Podium, 21/2 (Feb.1972), p. 51-52 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 11, in: Jazz Podium, 21/3 (Mar.1972), p. 80-81 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker – “Charlie Parker on Dial, Vol. 1-6” (Spotlite 101-106; “Lullaby in Rhythm” (Spotlite 107), in: Jazz & Blues, 2/1 (Apr.1972), p. 28-29 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Charlie Parker auf Dial, in: Jazz Podium, 21/5 (May 1972), p. 150-151 (F/R)

Paul Warren: Charlie Parker. Holding up all sorrow for heaven to see, in: The Village Voice, 6.Jul.1972 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 109-110}

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 12, in: Jazz Podium, 21/6 (Jun.1972), p. 200-201 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 13, in: Jazz Podium, 21/7 (Jul.1972), p. 240-242 (A/T: “Donna Lee”)

Alfred Rosenberg: Jazzstruktur-Analysen. Part 14: Harmonik, in: Jazz Podium, 21/8 (Aug.1972), p. 37, 36 (A)

Benny Green: Virtuosi. Bird 1966 / Bird 1968, in: Benny Green: Drums in My Ears, London 1973 [book], p. 128-131 (R)

Hildred Roach: Charlie (Bird) Parker, in: Hildred Roach: Black American Music. Past and Present, Boston 1973 [book], p. 89-90 (F)

Max Harrison: Ross Russel’s “Bird Lives”, in: Jazz & Blues, 3/4 (1973), p. 4-5

Ross Russell: Bird Lives! The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie ‘Yardbird’ Parker, New York 1973 [book: Charterhouse; London 1973: Quartet; London 1980] (F)

Ted Joans: Bird Lives!, in: Jazz Magazine, #216 (1973), p. 44-45 (B)

NN: Potpourri. Charlie Parker tribute at Boston’s Jordan Hall, produced by Jaki Byard, in: Down Beat, 40/4 (1.Mar.1973), p. 12 (N)

Ed Steane: “Bird Lives! The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker”, by Ross Russell, in: Jazz Digest, 2/4 (Apr.1973), p. 2 (B) [digi.copy]

Gary Giddins: “The Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie Years” (Roulette); “The Best of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane” (Roulette), in: Down Beat, 40/9 (10.May 1973), p. 25-26, 29-30 (R) [digi.copy]

NN: Potpourri, in: Down Beat, 40/12 (21.Jun.1973), p. 12 (N: tribute to Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

Philip Larkin: Birdlife. “Bird Lives!”, by Ross Russell, in: Richard Palmer & John White (eds.): Reference Back. Philip Larkin’s Uncollected Jazz Writings 1940-84, Hull 1999 [book: University of Hull Press], p. 95-96 (B; reprint, from: Guardian, 28.Jun.1973)

Ross Russell: Parker, The Man Who Changed Music, in: Melody Maker, 16.Jun.1973, p. 30-31 (Vorabdruck)

Steve Voce: It Don’t Mean a Thing. Bird and Bits, in: Jazz Journal, 26/8 (Aug.1973), p. 18-19 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Potpourri, in: Down Beat, 40/15 (13.Sep.1973), p. 45 (N: Parker marathon, WKCR-FM, New York) [digi.copy]

B. Palmer: Charlie Parker. Post-Flight, in: Rolling Stone, #164 (1974), p. 22

Dan Morgenstern: Charlie Parker, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 352-358 (F; originally published as liner notes for “First Recordings!”, Onyx, 1974)

J. Isaacs: The Comprehensive Charlie Parker – Live Performances Vol.1/2, in: Rolling Stone, #156 (1974), p. 64-65 (R)

Leonard Feather: Bop and Bird, in: Leonard Feather: From Satchmo to Miles, London 1974 [book: Quartet; originally published in New York, 1972: Stein and Day], p. 129-145 (F)

Piet Koster & Dick M. Bakker: Charlie Parker Vol. One: 1940-1947; Volume Two: 1948-1950; Volume Three: 1951-1954; Volume Four: 1940-1955, Alphen aan de Rijn/NL 1974-1976 [book: Micrography] (D) [digi.copy]

Thomas Owens: Charlie Parker. Techniques of Improvisation, Los Angeles 1974 [PhD thesis: University of California] (F/A/T: “Anthropology”; “Au Privave”; “Barbados”; “Bebop”; “Bernie’s Tune”; “Big Foot”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “The Bird”; “Bird Gets the Worm”; “Bluebird”; “The Bluest Blues”; “Blues for Norman”; “Body and Soul”; “Carvin’ the Bird”; “Chasin’ the Bird”; “Cherokee”; “Cheryl”; “Chi Chi”; “The Closer”; “Constellation”; “Cool Blues”; “Dark Shadows”; “Dewey Square”; “Dexterity”; “Diverse”; “Dizzy Atmosphere”; “Dizzy Boogie”; “Donna Lee”; “Don’t Blame Me”; “Embraceable You”; “Fifty-Second Street Theme”; “4-F Blues”; “Funky Blues”; “G.I. Blues”; “Groovin’ High”; “Home Cooking”; “Honeysuckle Rose”; “Hootie Blues”; “Hot House”; “The Hymn”; “I Can’t Get Started”; “I Got Rhythm”; “I Love Paris”; “Indiana”; “I’ve Found a New Baby”, “Jump the Blues”; “Kim”; “Koko”; “Lady Be Good”; “Laird Baird”; “Little Willie Leaps”; “Lover Come Back to Me”; “Mango Mangue”; “Meandering”; “Mohawk”; “Moose the Mooche”; “Moten Swing”; “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “Night in Tunesia”; “Now’s the Time”; “Okiedoke”; “The Opener”; “Ornithology”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Out of Nowhere”; “Parker’s Mood”; “Perhaps”; “Quasimodo”; “”Red Cross”; “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”; “Relaxin’ with Lee”; “Round About Midnight”; “Salt Peanuts”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Segment”; “Sepian Bounce”; “Sippin’ at Bells”; “Slim Slam Blues”; “The Squirrel”; “Street Beat”; “Swingmatism”; “That’s the Blues”; “Thriving From a Riff”; “Tico Tico”; “Tiny’s Tempo”; “Twentieth-Century Blues”; “Warming Up a Riff”; “Wee (Allen’s Alley)”; “What Is This Thing Called Love”) [digi.copy]

Bill Esposito: Homage to Bird. Buddy Tate, Budd Johnson and Seldon Powell talk about the genius of Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 27/3 (Mar.1974), p. 4-5 (F)

Neil Tesser: Charlie Parker – “First Recordings” (Onyx 221), in: Down Beat, 41/13 (18.Jul.1974), p. 32 (R: 35 stars) [digi.copy]

C. Welch: Parker Genius, in: Melody Maker, 6.Jul.1974, p. 59 (R: Charlie Parker on Dial)

André Fonteyne: Jazzologie. 92 – Charlie Parker en Okidoke, in: Le Point du Jazz, #10 (Oct.1974), p. 104-105 (short F/D)

Henri Robberechts: Jazzologie. 100 – Charlie Parker ou John Jackson?, in: Le Point du Jazz, #10 (Oct.1974), p. 109-110 (short F)

Max Jones: Flight of the Bird, in: Melody Maker, 19.Oct.1974, p. 52 (B: Robert Reisner)

Burt Korall: Jazz View. Charlie Parker Still Has a Lot of Sax Appeal, in: New York Times, 24.Nov.1974 (F: on Charlie Parker, and recent Supersax albums) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 111}

Burnett James: “Bird. The Legend of Charlie Parker”, by Robert Reisner, in: Jazz Journal, 27/11 (Nov.1974), p. 25 (B) [digi.copy]

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music. Part 1, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/1 (Dec.1974), p. 61-87 (A)

Patrick Sullivan: Charlie Parker on Dial. Spotlite Set, in: Jazz Forum, #32 (Dec.1974), p. 61, 63-64 (F/R)

Graham Collier: Charlie Parker, in: Graham Collier: Jazz. A Student’s and Teacher’s Guide, London 1975 [book: Cambridge University Press], p. 40-48 (F)

Henryk Cholinski: Charlie Parker on LP, in: Jazz Forum, #35 (1975), p. 49-54 (F/D)

Henryk Cholinski: Charlie Parker on LP. Part 2: Studio Recordings, in: Jazz Forum, #36 (1975), p. 49-53 (F/D)

Henryk Cholinski: Charlie Parker on LP. Part 3: Live Recordings, in: Jazz Forum, #37 (1975), p. 56-61 (F/D)

Hugues Panassié: Une déclaration de Charlie Parker, in: Hugues Panassié: Monsieur Jazz, Paris 1975 [book: Stock], p. 353-362 (F)

J. Patrick: Charlie Parker and harmonic sources of Bebop composition. Thoughts on the repertory of new jazz in the 1940s, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (1975), p. 3-23 (A)

Studs Terkel: Charlie Parker. Yardbird!, in: Studs Terkel: Giants of Jazz, New York 1975 [Thomas Y. Crowell], p. 163-172 (F); German translation as “Giganten des Jazz”, Frankfurt am Main 2005 [book: Zweitausendeins], p. 179-188 (F)

W.L. Fowler: Music Workshop. Bird Motives, in: Down Beat, 42/16 (1975), p. 43 (Ornithology)

Harry Miedema: Music Workshop. “Now’s the Time”, in: Down Beat, 42/4 (27.Feb.1975), p. 35 (T)

Chris Sheridan: Chasin’ the Bird, in: Jazz Journal, 28/3 (Mar.1975), p. 6, 8-10 (F) [digi.copy]

Mark Gardner: Bird. Twenty years after, in: Jazz Journal, 28/3 (Mar.1975), p. 4-5 (F) [digi.copy]

Mark Gardner: Bird. Twenty Years After, in: Jazz Journal, 28/3 (Mar.1975), p. 4-6, -10 (F)

James Patrick: Charlie Parker and Harmonic Sources of Bebop Composition. Thoughts on the Repertory of New Jazz in the 1940s, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (Jun.1975), p. 3-23 (F)

Lawrence O. Koch: A Numerical Listing of Charlie Parker’s Recordings, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (Jun.1975), p. 86-95 (D)

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music. Part 2, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (Jun.1975), p. 61-85 (A/T: “Embraceable You”)

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music. Part 1, errata, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 2/2 (Jun.1975), p. 115-119 (T: corrections)

J.H. Alexander: McLean to Play in Parker Tribute, in: new York Post, 22.Aug.1975 (F/I with Jackie McLean) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 116}

John S. Wilson: Sound of Charlie Parker Still Echoes in Jazz World. Musical Identity Was Sudden Discovery to Bird, in: New York Times, 22.Aug.1975, p. 33, 44 (F/I with Jackie McLean, Red Rodney, Roy Haynes, Tommy Potter, Al Haig) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 113-114}

Patricia O’Haire: A mute salute, in: new York Daily News, 28.Aug.1975 (F: tribute to Charlie Parker at Avery Fisher Hall cancelled) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 115}

NN: Parker Tribute. Fiasco at Fisher, in: [unknown source], Aug.1975 (F: tribute to Charlie Parker at Avery Fisher Hall cancelled) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 168}

John Litweiler: Old Wine, New Bottles. “Charlie Parker on Dial, Vol.1-6” (Spotlite), in: Down Beat, 42/17 (23.Oct.1975), p. 30, 32-34 (R: “Charlie Parker on Dial”) [digi.copy]

William L. Fowler: Bird Motives, in: Down Beat, 42/16 (9.Oct.1975), p. 43 (T: “Ornithology”) [digi.copy]

Loren Schoenberg: Chords & Discords, in: Down Beat, 42/20 (4.Dec.1975), p. 8 (letter; response to John Litweiler’s review “Charlie Parker on Dial”, Down Beat, 23.Oct.1975) [digi.copy]

Carl Strommen: Insight. Bird’s Oboe Player Remembers the Man, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/1 (Summer 1976), p. 30-31 (F/I with Martin Sperber) [digi.copy]

Gary Giddins: The Charlie Parker Reissue Parade, in: Gary Giddins: Riding On a Blue Note. Jazz & American Pop, New York 1981 [book; reprint, New York 2000: Da Capo Press], p. 111-119 (F/R; reprint, from: Village Voice, 1976-1978)

Nat Hentoff: The Great Speckled Bird, in: Nat Hentoff: Jazz Is, New York 1976 [book: Ridge Press/Random House; reprint: 1984], p. 169-195 (F)

Tom Stites: Memorial for Bird, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/1 (Summer 1976), p. 15 (F) [digi.copy]

Mark Gardner: “Charlie Parker Discograph. Volume 2, 1948-1950”, by Piet Koster & Dick M. Bakker, in: Coda, #144 (Jan/Feb.1976), p. 37 (B) [digi.copy]

Tom Owens: Parker at the Trade Winds – Bootleg Jazz, in: Jazz Journal, 29/1 (Jan.1976), p. 7 (F/R) [digi.copy]

David Behrens: Where ‘The Bird’ Still Soars. “Charlie Parker was a musical genius who helped to bring about the music you listen to today … [It was revolutionary…”, in: Newsday, 9.Dec.1976 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 117-118}

Dan Morgenstern: One Night at Birdland, in: Dan Morgenstern: Living with Jazz. A Reader, New York 2004 [book: Pantheon], p. 483-491 (F; originally published as liner notes for “One Night at Birdland”, Columbia, 1977)

NN: Charlie Parker – Ein Gigant des Bebop, in: Werkstatt Info [DDR], 1/1977, p. 8-11 (F) [digi.copy]

Sy Johnson: Bird Lives, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 1/4 (Summer 1977), p. 31 (F) [digi.copy]

Alun Morgan: How Garner tried to provide a nest egg for Bird, in: Jazz Journal, 30/7 (Jul.1977), p. 34 (F)

André Hodeir: Le Bird n’est plus, in: Philippe Adler (Hg.): Les grandes signature, Paris 1987 [book], p. 59-60 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Hot, Apr.1955)

Carl Strommen: Woodshed. “Embraceable You”, take 1/2, in: Jazz (Magazine) [USA], 2/3 (Spring 1978), p. 84-85, 87 (A/T)

James Lincoln Collier: Charlie Parker. An Erratic Bird in Flight, in: James Lincoln Collier: The Making of Jazz. A Comprehensive History, London 1978 [book], p. 362-376 (F)

Jamey Aebersold & Michael H. Goldsen (eds.): Charlie Parker Omnibook. Transcribed Exactly from His Recorded Solos, Lynbrook NY, 1978 [sheet music: Goldfeder], passim (T for Eb instruments / C clef instruments: “Ah-Leu-Cha”; “Another Hairdo”; “Anthropology”; “Au Privavce”; “Back Home Blues”; “Ballade”; “Barbados”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “The Bird”; “Bird Gets the Worm”; “Bloomdido”; “Blue Bird”; “Blues (fast)”; “Blues for Alice”; “Buzzy”; “Card Board”; “Celerity”; “Chasing the Bird”; “Cheryl”; “Chi Chi”; “Confirmation”; “Constellation”; “Cosmic Rays”; “Dewey Square”; “Diverse”; “Donna Lee”; “K.C. Blues”; “Kim”; “Klaun Stance”; “Ko Ko”; “Laird Baird”; “Leap Frog”; “Marmaduke”; “Merry-Go-Round”; “Mohawk”; “Moose the Mooche”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “Now’s the Time”; “Ornithology”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Parker’s Mood”; “Passport”; “Perhaps”; “Red Cross”; “Relaxing with Lee”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Segment”; “Shaw ‘Nuff”; “She Rote”; “Si Si”; “Steeplechase”; “Thriving from a Riff”; “Visa”; Warming Up a Riff”; “Yardbird Suite”)

Jerry Coker: Charlie Parker, in: Jerry Coker: Listening to Jazz, Englewood Cliffs/NJ 1978 [book], p. 104-114 (F/A: “Don’t Blame Me”)

John McDonough: Charlie Parker – One Night at Birdland/Bird with Strings, in: Down Beat, 45/4 (1978), p. 27-28 (R)

Kirk L. Bjornsgaard & Russ SHor: The Spirit of Bird Still Flying, in: IAJRC Journal, 11/1 (Winter 1978), p. 12-13 (F)

Mark White: The Observer’s Book of Jazz, London 1978 [book: Frederick Ware], p. 145-147 (F: short lexicon entry)

Philippe Baudoin: Compositions de C. Parker, in: Le Jazzophone, #1 (1978), p. 21-22 (F)

Michael Zwerin: Bird Dies, in: Black Music and Jazz Review, 1/5 (Aug.1978), p. 9 (F)

Barney Kessel: Recording with Charlie Parker, in: Guitar Player, 12/9 (Sep.1978), p. 16, 133-134 (F) [digi.copy]

Günther Buhles: Charlie Parker – “Summit Meeting at the Birdland” (CBS 82 291); “Bird with Strings. Live at the Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland” (CBS 82 292), in: Jazz Podium, 27/10 (Oct.1978), p. 35-36 (R) [digi.copy]

Rüdiger Böttger: Charlie Parker – “The Very Best of Bird” (Warner Bros. WB 3198), in: Jazz Podium, 27/10 (Oct.1978), p. 34-35 (R) [digi.copy]

Björn Fremer: Charlie Parker in Sweden. The Beautiful Dream That Came True, in: Jazz Journal, 31/11 (Nov.1978), p. 33 (F)

Bernard Cash: Bird of Paradise, in: Chris Goddard: Jazz Away from Home, New York 1979 [book: Paddington Press], p. 103-104 (T)

Dizzy Gillespie & Al Fraser: Bird and Diz, in: Dizzy Gillespie & Al Fraser: To Be or Not to Bop. Memoires, New York 1979 [book], p. 391-404 (F)

H.A. Reed: The Black Bar in the Making of a Jazz Musician. Bird, Mingus, and Stan Hope, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 5/2 (1979), p. 76-90

Kitty Grime: Hearing Bird, in: Kitty Grime: Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s, London 1979 [book], p. 31-39 (I mit diversen Musikern)

Tom Piazza: Bird’s Rainbow, in: Jazz Magazine (USA), 3/2 (Spring 1979), p. 30-35 (F)

Mike Healy: UB Jazz Scholar Explores Genius of Charlie Parker, in: Buffalo Courier-Explorer, 2.Apr.1979 (F/I with James Patrick) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 120}

Daniel Soutif: Parker chez Dial, in: Jazz Magazine, #273 (Mar.1979), p. 36-39 (F/R)

Al Haig & Duke Jordan: High Voltage. Ornithology. Charlie Parker, in: Black Music & Jazz Review, 2/2 (May 1979), p. 13 (F)

Bart Becker: Jay McShann Interview, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 139-142 (F; reprint, from: Cadence, Sep/Oct.1979)

Alan Rich (ed.): The Simon & Schuster Listener’s Guide to Jazz, New York 1980 [book: Simon & Schuster], p. 46-48 (F)

Harry Meidema: Bloomdido – Charlie Parker Plays the Blues, in: Down Beat Music ’80 (1980), p. 51-52 (T) [digi.copy]

Harry Meidema: Charlie Parker’s Embraceable You Solo, in: Down Beat Music ’80 (1980), p. 51 (T) [digi.copy]

Al Levitt: Parkeriana. Chasing the Bird, in: Jazz Magazine, #284 (Mar.1980), p. 26-29 (F)

Jacques Réda: La coupure de Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Magazine, #284 (Mar.1980), p. 25 (F)

Jacques Réda: La coupure de Charlie Parker, in: Jacques Réda: L’improviste. Une lecture du jazz, Paris 1980 [book], p. 85-89 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Mar.1980)

Jacques Réda: La coupure de Charlie Parker, in: Jacques Réda: L’improviste. Une lecture du jazz, Paris 1990 [book: Folio Essais], p. 130-134 (F; reprint, from: Jazz Magazine, Mar.1980)

Marshall Stearns: Het Charlie Parker Interview, in: Jazz Nu, 2/6-7 (Mar/Apr.1980), p. 266-268 (I)

Pierre Rigaud: Parkeriana. Romance à clés, in: Jazz Magazine, #284 (Mar.1980), p. 2-24 (F)

Ross Russell: Parkeriana. Ouverture chez Billy Berg, in: Jazz Magazine, #284 (Mar.1980), p. 18-21, 58, 60, 62 (F; extract from “Bird Lives!”)

Chan Parker: Now’s the Time, in: Jazz Hot, #373 (May 1980), p. 31-41 (F) [digi.copy]

Piet Koster: Charlie Parker. The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions, in: Micrography, #53 (Jul.1980), p. 13-14 (D) [digi.copy]

Al Levitt: Chasing the Bird, in: Jazz Journal, Aug.1980, p. 6-7 (F) [digi.copy]

David Knight: The Night Charlie Parker Died, in: Down Beat, 47/8 (Aug.1980), p. 22-25 (F) [digi.copy]

Leonard Feather & Conrad Silvert: Jazz World Remembers Bird, in: Down Beat, 47/8 (Aug.1980), p. 26-28, 60-61 (F/I with Max Roach, Art Blakey, Sonny Rollins, Jimmy Heath, Leonard Feather, J.J. Johnson, Johnny Griffin, Jackie mcLean, Norman Granz, Charles Owens, Med Flory, Benny Carter) [digi.copy]

Arrigo Polillo: Charlie Parker, in: Arrigo Polillo: Jazz. Geschichte und Persönlichkeiten, München 1981 [book: Herbig], p. 482-502 (F)

Arrigo Polillo: Charlie Parker, in: Arrigo Polillo (ed. Hans-Jürgen Schaal): Jazz. Die neue Enzyklopädie, München 2003 [book: Herbig], p. 520-540 (F; reprint, from: “Jazz. Geschichte und Persönlichkeiten”, by Arrigo Polillo, 1981)

Denis Levaillant: Le Jeu, in: Denis Levaillant: L’improvisation musicale. Essai sur la puissance du jeu, Paris 1981 [book], p. 132-133 (A/T: Parker’s Mood)

Joachim Ernst Berendt: Charlie Parkers und Dizzy Gillespie, in: Joachim Ernst Berendt: Das große Jazzbuch. Von New Orleans bis Jazz Rock, Frankfurt/Main 1981 [book], p. 100-112 (F)

Lee Bash: The Historical and Pedagogical Implications of Motivic Formulas as Supplied by the Charlie Parker Recordings of “Cherokee”, in: Jazz Research Papers, 1 (1981), p. 1-9 (A/T)

NN: Charlie Parker on Dial, in: Tzaz, 13 (1981), p. 84-87 (F – auf griechisch)

Paul O.W. Tanner & Maurice Gerow: Five Out of Many. Charlie Parker (1921-1955), in: Paul O.W. Tanner & Maurice Gerow: A Study of Jazz, 4/1981 [book, 1/1963], p. 161-164 (F)

Whitney Balliett: New Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Goodbye and Other Messages. A Journal of Jazz 1981-1990, New York 1991 [book], p. 18-22 (Film-R: “To Bird with Love”; reprint, from 1981)

Whitney Balliett: New Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin’s Press], p. 593-597 (Film-R: “To Bird with Love”; reprint, from 1981)

Chris Goddard: Jazz Oral History Project. Buster Smith, January 13, 1981, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 142-151 (F)

Chan Parker: Dear Mrs. Sneed…, in: [letter to Judy Sneed], 19.Jul.1981 (letter: about Parker’s home on 151 Aveue B, NYC) [digi.copy]

Lee Jeske: To Bird with Love, by Chan Parker and Francis Paudras, in: Down Beat, 48/9 (Sep.1981), p. 65 (B) [digi.copy]

Chan Parker: To Bird with Love…, in: Coda, #181 (Dec.1981), p. 4-7 (F)

Gene DiNovi: Bebop Forever, in: Coda, #181 (Dec.1981), p. 20-21 (F)

Sadik Hakim: My Experiences with Bird and Prez, in: Coda, #181 (Dec.1981), p. 16-19 (F)

Ted Joans: Bird and the Beats, in: Coda, #181 (Dec.1981), p. 14-15 (F)

Alfons Michael Dauer: Day lydisch-chromatische Tonsystem von George Russell und seine Anwendung, in: Jazzforschung/jazz research, #14 (1982), p. 106-107 (A/T: “Lady Be Good”)

André Francis: Jazz (nouvelle édition), Malesherbes 1982 [book: Microcosme / Seuil], p. 116-122 (F)

Charles Fox: Seven Steps to Jazz. Benny Carter, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, Anthony Braxton, in: The Wire, #2 (Winter 1982/1983), p. 12-14 (F) [digi.copy]

Ian Carr: Bird Land, in: Ian Carr: Miles Davis. A Biography, New York 1982 [book], p. 12-30 (F)

Ira Gitler: Jazz Oral History Project. Howard McGhee (1982), in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 151-161 (F)

Mike Zwerin: Remembering Bird, in: Michael Zwerin: Broken Up and Dances, Paris 41982 [book], p. 53-55 (F)

Jack Sohmer: Charlie Parker – One Night in Washington / Jazz Perennial. The Genius Vol.7, in: Down Beat, 49/8 (Aug.1982), p. 31-32 (R)

John Clare: Charlie Parker: Two Perspectives. The Artist (1), in: Jazz (Australien), 2/11 (Sep/Oct.1982), p. 8-10 (F)

Niels Nielsen: Charlie Parker: Two Perspectives. The recordings (2), in: Jazz (Australien), 2/11 (Sep/Oct.1982), p. 11-13 (F/R)

Brian Priestley: Mingus. A Critical Biography, New York 1983 [book: Da Capo Press], passim (F) [digi.copy]

G. Arnaud & J. Reese: Charlie Parker fait danser le P.C., in: Jazz Hot, 49/398 (1983), p. 31

Hanns-Werner Heister: How High the Moon/Ornithology, in: Hanns-Werner Heister: Jazz, Kassel 1983 [book: Bärenreiter], p. 79-85 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Joe Chambers: Ornithology, 1947-8, in: Joe Chambers: Milestones 1. The Music and Times of Miles Davis to 1960, New York 1983 [book], p. 58-89 (F)

Michael S. McLaughlin: African Music, Rhythm, and Jazz, in: Jazz Research Papers, 3 (1983), p. 74-91 (A/T)

Vittorio Castelli & Luca Cerchiari: Jazz su disco, Milano 1983 [book: Oscar Mondadori], p. 275-280 (R: “The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions”, Savoy; “On Dial Vol. 1”, Spotlite; “On Dial Vol. 4”, Spotlite; “On Dial Vol. 5”, Spotlite; “The Verve Years”, Verve)

N. Nielsen: Charlie Parker in Retrospect, in: Jazz Journal, 36/5 (May 1983), p. 16-18

Sadik Hakim: Dinosaure du Bop, in: Jazz Hot, #405 (Nov.1983), p. 48 (F)

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker, Tunbridge Wells 1984 [book]

Brian Priestley: Parker – ‘Embraceable You’, in: The Wire, #7 (Summer 1984), p. 26-27 (F/R: Parker on Dial Vol. 4) [digi.copy]

Michael James: Another Reading. The Parker Dials, in: The Wire, #7 (Summer 1984), p. 28-30 (F/R) [digi.copy]

Xavier Prévost: L’oiseau retrospectif, in: Jazz Magazine, #329 (1984), p. 62-63 (R: Bird on Verve, Vol.1-8)

A. Leonardi: Charlie Parker. Mito di una generazione, in: Musica Jazz, 40/2 (Feb.1984), p. 43

Chan Parker: Dear Judy…, in: [letter to Judy Sneed (Rhode)], 19.Mar.1984 (letter: about the Parker home on 151 Avenue B, NYC) [digi.copy]

Renze de Vries: Bird Lives – zes jazzvogels, in: Jazz Nu, 6/66 (Apr.1984), p. 242-245 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Bird and Diz, in: Jazz Podijm, 33/10 (Oct.1984), p. 15-18 (B: To be or Not to Bop von Dizzy Gillspie)

Günther Buhles: Charlie Parker, von Brian Priestley, in: Jazz Podium, 33/11 (Nov.1984), p. 58 (B)

A. Vulbeau & A. Legido: Si Parker s’etait présenté…, in: Jazz Magazine, #337 (1985), p. 24-27

Benny Waters: Lester Young and Other Musicians I Admire, in: Benny Waters: The Key to a Jazzy Life, Toulouse 1985 [book], p. 77-79 (F)

Charles Delaunay: Delaunay’s Dilemma. De la peinture au jazz, Macon/F 1985 [book], p. 173-175 (F)

Gérard Moreau: Signé Jazz, Bordeaux 1985 [book: Editions du Ponant], p. 114-115 (very short F/drawing of the artist)

Günther Buhles: “Charlie Parker will always remain a master for me.” Ein Gespräch mit Lee Konitz über den vor 30 Jahren verstorbenen Altsaxophonisten und Bebop-Innovator C.P., in: Jazz (Schweiz/A3), 4/1985, p. 50-51 (F/I with Lee Konitz)

I. Böcker: Charlie Parker – Loverman, in: Musikern, 1/1985, p. 18-19

John Norris: Ornithology. The Continuing World of Charlie Parker, in: Coda, #202 (1985), p. 1

Max Harrison: Charlie Parker, by Brian Priestley, in: Jazz Forum, #92 (1985), p. 57-59 (B)

NN: Bird Lives!, in: Jazz Forum, #94 (1985), p. 56-57 (R) [digi.copy]

Albrekt von Konow: Den unge Charlie Parker, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/3 (Mar.1985), p. 10-13 (F) [digi.copy]

Brian Davis: Bird on Verve, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 33-35 (F/R) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker (1920-1955). The Brilliance of Bird, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 25-27 (F) [digi.copy]

Charles Fox: Early Bird. Charles Fox surveys Parker’s background and hears from Jay McShann about the days when Parker toured with his big band, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 27-28 (F/I with Jay McShann) [digi.copy]

Göran Sonnevi & Svante Foerster & Gunnar Möllerstedt & Jack Kerouac: Charlie Parker, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/3 (Mar.1985), p. 14-16 (poems) [digi.copy]

Greg Murphy: Bird – Studio Versus Live. Greg Murphy indulges in a session of fascinating and, ultimately, enlightening listening…, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 31-32 (F) [digi.copy]

Jan Jansson: Cryology, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/3 (Mar.1985), p. 17-18 (short story) [digi.copy]

Jeff Tempo: Up Against the Wall. Jeff Tempo opens a text book and finds that, in jazz, things are never quite as “black and white” as they seem, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 29-30 (F: photo forgery) [digi.copy]

Joe Kienemann: Das Jazz-Portrait – Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Zeitung, 10/3 (Mar.1985), p. 2-4 (F) [digi.copy]

Keith Shadwick: Under the Influence. Keith Shadwick looks at the startling effect Bird’s music had immediately on his contemporaries but asks who was to carry the legacy forward?, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 35-37 (F) [digi.copy]

Olle Snismarck: Vem fan är Charlie Parker?, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/3 (Mar.1985), p. 19 (F) [digi.copy]

Stan Britt: Bird Rappin’. Musicians talk about Charlie Parker, in: The Wire, #13 (Mar.1985), p. 39-41, 43 (F/I with Red Holloway, Sonny Stitt, Horace Silver, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Mary Lou Williams, Ruby Braff, Jimmy Witherspoon, Johnny Griffin, Art Pepper, Arnett Cobb, George Coleman, Harry Edison, Slim Gaillard, Hampton Hawes, Lee Konitz, B.B. King, Dexter Gordon, Joe Zawinul, Ernie Wilkins, Tony Scott, Peter King, Red Rodney, Jackie McLean, Thad Jones, Sonny Rollins, Jay McShann) [digi.copy]

B. Räftegård: Parkers mästarballader, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/4 (Apr.1985), p. 15-17

Marcello Piras: Charlie Parker, in: Musica Jazz, 41/4 (Apr.1985), p. 35-50

O. Snismarck: “Bird” i stan, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/4 (Apr.1985), p. 19

R. Dahlgren: Charlie Parker i Sverige, in: Orkester Journalen, 53/4 (Apr.1985), p. 18, 20-22

John Norris: Ornithology. Publisher John Norris investigates the continuing world of Charlie Parker, in: Coda, #202 (Jun/Jul.1985), p. 18-19 (F)

Toby Byron & Gunnar Lindqvist: Chords & Discords. Bird hunt, in: Down Beat, 52/8 (Aug.1985), p. 47 (letters: public querries about Parker) [digi.copy]

Yusef Lateef: Pro Session. The Genius fo Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 52/8 (Aug.1985), p. 56 (F) [digi.copy]

Yusef Lateef: The Genius of Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 52/8 (Aug.1985), p. 56 (F)

Günther Buhles: Ross Russell . Bird lebt!, in: Jazz Podium, 34/11 (Nov.1985), p. 52 (B)

Al van Starrex: Charlie Parker, by Brian Priestley, in: Coda, #207 (1986), p. 18 (B)

Henry Martin: Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie – “Koko” [p. 67-69 (A)]; Charlie Parker [p. 125-127 (A)]; Charlie Parker – “Shaw ‘Nuff'” [p. 242-243 (A/T), in: Henry Martin: Enjoying Jazz, New York 1986 [book]

J. Cooke: Charlie Parker – Birth of the Bebop, in: The Wire, #29 (1986), p. 37-38 (R)

Juergen Abi Schmitt: Von Strömen wird die Rede sein, vom Fliessen, von Wüsten innen und außen. Essay über Charlie Parker und Edgar Varèse, in: Ingrid Karl (Hg.): Jazz op. 3. Die heimliche Liebe des Jazz zur europäischen Moderne, Wien 1986 [book], p. 17-35 (F)

N. Coleman: Charlie Parker – The Complete Savoy Sessions, Vol.2, in: The Wire, #24 (1986), p. 45 (R)

Richard Cook: Charlie Parker – At Storyville, in: The Wire, #25 (1986), p. 50-51 (R)

Robert Gordon: Diz and Bird in Lotusland, in: Robert Gordon: Jazz West Coast. The Los Angeles Jazz Scene of the 1950s, London 1986 [book], p. 5-22 (F)

Scott Yanow: Charlie Parker – The Complete Roost Performances, in: Coda, #206 (1986), p. 33 (R)

Scott Yanow: Charlie Parker – The Cole Porter Songbook, in: Coda, #206 (1986), p. 34 (R)

, in: Nathan W. Pearson, Jr.: Goin’ to Kansas City, Urbana 1987 [book: University of Illinois Press], passim (F)

Amiri Baraka: A Tribute to Bird, in: LeRoi Jones & Amina Baraka: The Music. Reflections on Jazz and Blues, New York 1987 [book], p. 277-278 (F)

Gary Giddins: Bird Lives!, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 3-9 (F/I with Jay McShann, Dizzy Gillespie, Red Rodney, Buddy De Franco, Joe Newman, Thad Jones; reprint, from: “Celebrating Bird”, by Gary Giddins, 1987)

Gary Giddins: Celebrating Bird. The Triumph of Charlie Parker, New York 1987 [book: Beech Tree Books], passim (F) [digi.copy]

Paul Smith & Morris Feldman (eds.): Charlie Parker for Piano, Book One, New York 1987 [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangements of “Yardbird Suite”; “Confirmation”; “Au Privave”; “Chi Chi”; “Kim”; “Moose the Mooche”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “Ornithology”; “Visa”; “Segment”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Back Home Blues”; “Card Board”; “Blues for Alice”; “The Bird”)

Javier Coma: Charlie Parker. La esclavitud del libertador, in: Quartica Jazz, #17 (Mar.1987), p. 26-27 (F)

J.C: Diaz: Pentagrama. Maestros del Be Bop. Charlie Parker, in: Quartica Jazz, #18 (Apr.1987), p. 54-56 (A)

Michael Bourne: Ad lib. Celebrating Bird, in: Down Beat, 54/4 (Apr.1987), p. 63 (F)

Michael Bourne: Celebrating Bird, by Gary Giddins, in: Down Beat, 54/4 (Apr.1987), p. 63 (B)

Martin Isherwood: Bird Film Bio, in: Down Beat, 54/12 (Dec.1987), p. 12 (Film-R)

Graham Lock: Forces in Motion. Anthony Braxton and the Meta-Reality of Creative Music, London 1988 [book], p. 64-67 (F)

Iron Werther: Charlie Parker, in: Iron Werther: Bebop. Die Geschichte einer musikalischen Revolution und ihrer Interpreten, Frankfurt/Main 1988 [book], p. 78-99 (F)

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music, in: Lawrence O. Koch: Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker, Bowling Green 1988 [book: The Popular Press], p. 289-232 (A/T)

Lawrence O. Koch: Ornithology. A Study of Charlie Parker’s Music, in: Lawrence O. Koch: Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker, revised edition, Boston 1999 [book: Northeastern University Press], p. 311-342 (A/T; reprint, from: “Yardbird Suite”, by Lawrence O. Koch, 1988)

Lawrence O. Koch: Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker, Bowling Green 1988 [book: The Popular Press] (F/A/D)

NN: Doin’ Bird. The Clint Eastwood Interview, in: Straight No Chaser, #2 (1988), p. 22-24 (I mit Eastwood)

NN: Play Ornithology for Me… Charlie Parker, in: The Jazz Rag, #7 (1988), p. 3 (Film-R)

Paul Smith (ed.): Charlie Parker for Piano, Book Two, New York 1988 [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangements of “Au Privave”; “Bloomdido”; “Blues (Fast)”; “Celebrity/Celerity”; “Cosmic Rays”; “Dewey Square”; “K.C. Blues”; “Laird Baird”; “Leap Frog”; “Mohawk”; “Passport”; “Relaxing with Lee”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “She Rote”; “Si Si”)

Peter Niklas Wilson & Ulfert Goeman: Charlie Parker. Sein Leben, seine Musik, seine Schallplatten, Schaftlach 1988 [book: Oreos] (F/A/D)

Coen de Jonge: Charlie Parker op tenor. Nog net niet op ellepijp en spaakbeen, in: Jazz Nu, #114 (Apr.1988), p. 274-275 (F/R)

Christer Nilsson: Chan nöjd med Eastwood, in: Orkester Journalen, 56/5 (May 1988), p. 17 (F/I with Chan Parker)

Leonard Feather: In un film capolavoro. Parker vive!, in: Musica Jazz, 44/7 (Jul.1988), p. 7 (Film-R)

Jaap Lüdeke: Rolprent over Charlie Parker. Het regent veel in film Bird, in: Jazz Nu, #118 (Sep.1988), p. 432-433 (Film-R)

Scott Yanow: Bird – The Movie, in: Down Beat, 55/9 (Sep.1988), p. 24-26 (Film-R)

Didier Deutsch: Cinemusic – “Bird”, in: Jazziz, 5/6 (Oct/Nov.1988), p. 61, 76 (Film-R)

Gary Giddins: Birdman of Hollywood, in: Gary Giddins: Faces in the Crowd. Musicians, Writers, Actors, and Filmmakers, New York 2/1996 [book: Da Capo; O: New York 1992: Oxford University Press], p. 39-51 (F/Film-R; reprint, from: Esquire, Oct.1988)

Günter Buhles: Ein Universum musikalischer Schönheit. Zur Stilentwicklung und Konzeption von Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Podium, 37/10 (Oct.1988), p. 3-4, 6-7 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Claudio Sessa & Giuseppe Piacentino & Giacomo Battistella: Bird com’era, in: Musica Jazz, 44/11 (Nov.1988), p. 35-46 (F/D)

Francis Davis: Bird on Film. Charlie Parker gets lost in a fan’s new movie, in: Atlantic Monthly, Nov.1988 (F/Film-R) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Francis Davis: Birdland, Mon Amour, in: Francis Davis: Jazz and Its Discontents. A Francis Davis Reader, New York 2004 [book: Da Capo Press], p. 272-278 (Film-R: “Bird”; originally published in Nov.1988)

Giuseppe Piacentino & Pino Candini & Marzio Castagnedi: Bird. Un cult-movie che fa discutere, in: Musica Jazz, 44/11 (Nov.1988), p. 12-18 (Film-R)

Günter Buhles: Zur Stilentwicklung und Konzeption von Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Podium, 37/11 (Nov.1988), p. 16-18, 20, 22 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Horst Kruse: 2 Filme über Charlie Parker (Clint Eastwood, Marc Huraux), in: Jazzthetik, 2/11 (Nov.1988), p. 24-25 (Film-R) [digi.copy]

Peter Watrous: The Man Who Defined Modern Jazz. Charlie Parker’s music remains the primer for musicians who are serious about their art, in: New York Times, 13.Nov.1988, p. 26, 28 (F) [digi.copy] {also in: Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 135-137}

Chan Parker: Rare Bird. Charlie Parker’s great love relives her years with a tumultuous jazz giant, in: People Magazine, 1.Dec.1988, p. 79-80, 82 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 132-134}

Günter Buhles: Charlie Parker. Der Prototyp des Bebopkünstlers, in: Jazz Podium, 37/12 (Dec.1988), p. 8, 10, 12, 15-16 (F) [digi.copy]

Helmut Weihsmann: Bird. Kurzkritik über den Charlie Parker Film von Clint Eastwood, in: Jazz Podium, 37/12 (Dec.1988), p. 17 (Film-R) [digi.copy]

Richard B. Woodward: The Year of the Bird. Charlie Parker paid his dues, as jazz players say. Now he gets his due, with a big film and a burst of CDs honorin one of the world’s great musicians, in: World Monitor, Dec.1988, p. 78-81 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 121-124}

Laurent Cugny: Las Vegas Tango. Une vie de Gil Evans, Paris 1989 [book: P.O.L./Collection Birdland], passim (F)

Mark Miller: Cool Blues. Charlie Parker in Canada 1953, London/Ontario 1989 [book: Nightwood Editions] (F)

Norman Saks & Leonard Bukowski & Robert M. Bregman: The Charlie Parker Discography, Toronto 1989 [book: B.B.S.] (D)

Paul Smith: Charlie Parker for Piano, Book Three, Lynbrook/NY 1989 [sheet music] (T: piano solo arrangements by Paul Smith of “Ah-Leu-Cha”; “Anthropology”; “Barbados”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “Cheryl”; “Constellation”; “Donna Lee”; “Ko Ko”; “Marmaduke”; “Now’s the Time”; “Perhaps”; “Red Cross”; “Shawnuff”; “Steeplechase”; “Thriving From a Riff”)

Philippe Koechlin & Filips & Artur & Patrice Narès & Alain Leroi: Oncle Ornicar presente Jazz Cartoon, Paris 1989 [book: Art Moderne], p. 50-51 (cartoon)

Raymond Federman: Erinnerung an Charlie Parker oder Wie wird man es wieder los, in: Lettre International, 3/6 (1989), p. 46-48 (F) [digi.copy]

Stan Britt: On the Street Where You Bop (with Bird, Miles, Bud, et al), in: Stan Britt: Dexter Gordon. A Musical Biography, New York 1989 [book], p. 63-69 (F)

Tony Scott: La mia vita nel mondo deineri, in: Blu Jazz, 1/3 (1989), p. 15-34 (F)

Val Wilmer: Bird Lies? Vi brakte I forrige utgave en fyldig omtale av filmen Bird I utlandet raser nå debatten im filmen. Nazznytt har derfor valgt å presentere den følgende artikkelen av Val Wilmer for å rette søkelyset på en side av filmen som i liten grad har vaert omtalt her til lands…, in: Jazz Nytt, 1/1989, p. 6-7 (F)

Whitney Balliett: Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: Barney, Bradley, and Max. 16 Portraits in Jazz, New York 1989 [book], p. 181-189 (F)

Whitney Balliett: Bird, in: Whitney Balliett: American Musicians II. Seventy-One Portraits in Jazz, New York 1997 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 276-282 (F; reprint, from: “Barney, Bradley, and Max”, by Whitney Balliett)

Günter Buhles: Über das musikalische Umfeld von Charlie Parker, IV, in: Jazz Podium, 38/1 (Jan.1989), p. 3-4, 6, 8, 10-11 (F) [digi.copy]

Sandy Carter: Slippin’ & Slidin’. Bird. Chasing the Legend, in: Zeta Magazine, Jan.1989, p. 61-64 (F/Film-R: “Bird”) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 138-141}

Stanley Crouch: Bird Land. Charlie Parker, Clint Eastwood, and America, in: The New Republic, 27.Feb.1989, p. 25-31 (F/Film-R) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 142-148}

Stanley Crouch: Bird Land. Charlie Parker, Clint Eastwood, and America, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 251-262 (F/Film-R; reprint, from: The New Repiblic, 27.Feb.1989)

Buddy Collette & Elaine Cohen: Bird, from Someone to Watch Over Jazz, in: Coda, #224 (Feb/Mar.1989), p. 6-8 (F)

Kevin Whitehead: Messy Life, Perfect Art, in: Down Beat, 56/2 (Feb.1989), p. 6 (Film-R)

Scott Yanow: Retrospectives. Charlie Parker, in: Jazziz, 6/2 (Feb/Mar.1989), p. 37, 63 (F/R)

Dave Helland: Parker Postage, in: Down Beat, 56/3 (Mar.1989), p. 3 (F: Parker-Briefmarke)

Kevin Whitehead: Ornithology. The Complete Savoy Studio Sessions / The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve / The Savoy Years. The Complete Royal Roost Performances / The Bird You Never Heard / Bebop and Bird Vol.1/2, in: Down Beat, 56/3 (Mar.1989), p. 37-39 (F/R) [digi.copy]

Peter Rüedi: Stolen Moments. 1522 Jazzkolumnen, Basel 2013 [book: Echtzeit Verlag], p. 259-260 (R: chapter “Besichtigung eines Genies. Bird – Complete Charlie Parker on Verve (Polygram, 10 CDs)”)

Paul Smith: Charlie Parker’s Solo on Dewey Square. A Piano Arrangement, in: Down beat, 56/4 (Apr.1989), p. 56-57 (T)

Helmut Weihsmann: Jazz im Film. Bird Now. Geschichten vom Bird. Bemerkungen zur Semidokumentation, in: Jazz Podium, 38/5 (May 1989), p. 27 (Film-R)

Aad Lohman: Camarillo over Charlie Parker. ‘Een vrijwel ondoordringbare persoonlijkheid’, in: Jazz Nu, 11/127 (Jun.1989), p. 333-336 (F/B/R)

John Fordham: Chan, in: John Fordham: Shooting from the Hip. Changing Tunes in Jazz, London 1996 [book: Kyle Cathie Limited], p. 203-206 (F; reprint, from: The Guardian, Jul.1989)

Harry Gibson: The Bird Is on the Wing, in: Village Voice, 29.Aug.1989, p. 6, 13-14 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 153-155}

Bernard Maury: Transcription – “What Is This Thing Called Love”, in: Jazz Hot, # 468 (Nov.1989), p. 58 (T)

Becca Pulliam: The Benedetti Tapes Parker Solos, in: Down Beat, 57/12 (Dec.1990), p. 60 (R)

Carl Woideck: Charlie Parker. Student of Jazz, in: Jazz Research Papers, 10 (1990), p. 181-183 (A/T)

Giampiero Cane: Il metodo progressivo di Charlie Parker, in: Blu Jazz, 2/8 (1990), p. 27-33 (F/A/T)

John Webb: A Study of the Stylistic Innovations of Five Major Saxophonists, in: Jazz Research Papers, 10 (1990), p. 171-183 (F)

NN: Charlie Parker. Due foto inedite, in: Blu Jazz, 2/10 (1990), p. 33-36 (F)

Wolfram Knauer: Komposition in der Jazzgeschichte. Charlie Parker und das Verständnis von Improvisation als Spontankomposition, in: Wolfram Knauer: Zwischen Bebop und Free Jazz. Komposition und Improvisation des Modern Jazz Quartet, Mainz 1990 [book, 2 vols.], p. 73-76 (F)

Albrekt von Konow: aöanserad Parker-box. “Celebrating the Bird. The Triumph of Charlie Parker”, by Gary Giddins, in: Orkester Journalen, 58/2 (Feb.1990), p. 2 (B)

Ric Gentry: Solo Flight. Restoring the Alto Saxophone for the Music to Charlie Parker’s “Bird” Soundtrack, in: Saxophone Journal, 14/6 (May/Jun.1990), p. 38-41 (F/I mit Lennie Niehaus)

Paul Smith: Charlie Parker – “My Little Suede Shoes”, in: The Piano Stylist & Jazz Workshop, Jun/Jul.1990, p. 23-25 (T)

Stephanie Stein: Parker Tribute Benefits Drug Rehab Program, in: Down Beat, 57/6 (Jun.1990), p. 12 (C: tribute to Parker)

Mark Gardner: Chasin’ Charlie. Mark Gardner catches the earliest Bird and marvels at the enduring appeal of his genius, in: Jazz Journal, 43/11 (Nov.1990), p. 14-15 (F)

Bob Davis: Golden Bird. The Rediscovery of Charlie Parker’s 1st Recordings 50 Years After the First Took Flight, in: Down Beat, 57/12 (Dec.1990), p. 16-20, 60 (F/I)

Bernard Cash: Trumbauer, Parker, and Young, in: Lewis Porter (Hg.): A Lester Young Reader, Washington 1991 [book], p. 264-276 (A)

Mark Gardner: Bop and Related Styles. Charlie Parker – “The Charlie Parker Story” (Savoy MG 12079); “Charlie Parkeron Dial, vol. 1” (Spotlite 101), in: Barry Kernfeld (ed.): The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Jazz, Cambridge/MA 1991 [book: Basil Blackwell], p. 245-253 (R)

Michael Bourne: Memories of Charlie Parker, in: Hennessy Jazz Notes, Spring 1991, p. 3 (I mit Roy Haynes, Red Rodney)

Roy Porter: There and Back, Oxford 1991 [book], passim

Jean-Pol Schroeder: Digital Bird. Charles Christopher Parker à l’heure du CD, in: Jazz in Time, #20/21 (Feb/Mar.1991), p. 30-32 (F/R)

Buddy DeFranco & Clancey Burchfield: Chords & Discords, in: Down Beat, 58/3 (Mar.1991), p. 8 (letters; responses to Bob Davis’
article “Golden Bird”, Down Beat, Dec.1990)

Ira Gitler: Aperto lo scrigno dei tesori di Parker, in: Musica Jazz, 47/3 (Mar.1991), p. 12-15 (F/R: Dean Benedetti Recordings)

Kevin Whitehead: Dean’s List. The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 58/3 (Mar.1991), p. 46 (R)

Lars Westin: Parker I koncentrat. “The Compete Benedetti Recordings” (Mosaic MD7-121), in: Orkester Journalen, 59/3 (Mar.1991), p. 34-36 (R)

Paul Desmond: “Blygsamhet leder ingenstans.” Charlie Parker intervjuad av Paul Desmond, in: Orkester Journalen, 59/4 (Apr.1991), p. 18-19, 34 (I)

Jack Sohmer: Charlie Parker – “The Complete ‘Birth’ of the Bop” (Stash ST-CD-535), in: Down Beat, 58/8 (Aug.1991), p. 44-45 (R: 5 stars) [digi.copy]

Coen de Jonge: Benedetti ving Bird in zijn natuurlijke staat. De erfenis van een doorgeslagen Parker-adept, in: Jazz Nu, #153 (Sep.1991), p. 528-530 (F)

Trevor Tolley: In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee. The Dean benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker, in: Coda, #240 (Nov/Dec.1991), p. 38-40 (R)

Jean-Pol Schroeder: La légende de l’oiseau. Le Chainon Manquant, in: Jazz in Time, #29 (Dec.1991), p. 26-27 (F/D)

Bill Crow: Bird, in: Bill Crow: From Birdland to Broadway. Scenes from a Jazzy Life, New York 1992 [book], p. 129-133 (F)

David H. Rosenthal: Hard Bop. Jazz & Black Music 1955-1965, New York 1992 [book], passim (F)

Philippe Baudoin: I grandi standard del jazz, in: Blu Jazz, 4/26 (1992), p. 62-63 (F/T: My Little Suede Shoes)

Ruud Kuyper: Jazz in stijl. Handboek voor musici en liefhebbers, Rijswijk 1992 [book: Uitgeverij Elmar], p. 188-190 (F: biographical entry)

Scott Sandvik: Polyharmony, Polymeter and Motivic Development in Charlie Parker’s “Klactoveseeds-Tene” (Take 1) Solo, in: Jazzforschung/jazz research, #24 (1992), p. 83-98 (A/T)

Ted Gioia: The Bird in the Basket, in: Ted Gioia: West Coast Jazz. Modern Jazz in California, 1945-1960, New York 1992 [book], p. 16-29 (F)

Tom Reed: Charlie Parker, in: Tom Reed: The Black Music History of Los Angeles. Its Roots, Los Angeles 1992 [book], p. 203-204 (F)

Whitney Balliett: Bird Lives, in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book: St.Martin’s Press], p. 772-775 (F; reprint, from 1992)

Max Salazar: Afro-Cubop History, in: Latin beat, 2/2 (Mar.1992), p. 20-25 (F)

Tony Dagradi: Linear Compositional Styles of Charlie Parker, in: Saxophone Journal, 16/6 (May/Jun.1992), p. 46-47 (F/A)

Frank Tirro: The Bird – Charlie Parker [p. 293-296 (F)]; More About Bird [p. 309-315 (A/T: Klacktoveedsedstene / Parker’s Mood)]; Dizzy Gillespie – Groovin’ High [Anhang, p. 24-28 (A/T)]; Charlie Parker – Confirmation [Anhang, p. 33-35 (A/T)]; Embraceable You / Little Benny / Parker’s Mood [Anhang, p. 72-77 (T)], in: Frank Tirro: Jazz History, New York ²1993 [book]

Lewis Porter & Michael Ullman: Charlie Parker [p. 218-233 (F/A/T: Hootie Blues / The Jumpin’ Blues / Koko / Parker’s Blues / Rocker No.2)]; Embraceable You [p. 457-458 (A/T)], in: Lewis Porter & Michael Ullman: Jazz. From Its Origins to the Present, Englewood Cliffs/NJ 1993 [book]

Mark Gridley: Charlie Parker, in: Mark C. Gridley: Jazz Styles. History and Analysis, Englewood Cliffs 51993 [book], p. 143-144, 155-157 (F/A: Shaw Nuff)

Paul De Barros: Jackson Street After Hours. The Roots of Jazz in Seattle, Seattle 1993 [book: Sasquatch Books], passim (F)

Robert Earl Price: Yardbird’s Vamp, in: African American Review, 27/1 (Spring 1993), p. 79-91 (play about Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

Robert M. Bregman & Leonard Bukowski & Norman Saks: The Charlie Parker Discography, Redwood/NY 1993 [book: Cadence Jazz Books] (D)

José Maria García Martinez: El verdadero amor de Charles Christopher Parker. Charlie Parker/Omar Jayyam. La relación entre un saxofonista de jazz y un mistico del siglo XII, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #14 (Jan/Feb.1993), p. 27-38 (F)

NN: Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Nu, #169 (Feb.1993), p. 48 (Foto)

Claudio Gabis: Blues for Alice. Analisis musical del tema de Parker, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #15 (Mar/Apr.1993), p. 77-78 (A/T)

Giampiero Cane: Doctor Dizzy & Mr. Bird, in: Blu Jazz, #30 (Mar.1993), p. 28-31 (F)

NN: Gillespie-Parker Discography, in: Blu Jazz, #30 (Mar.1993), p. 32-35 (D)

Gianfranco Salvatore: Video. Charlie Parker – The Bird, in: Blu Jazz, 5/33 (Jun.1993), p. 62-63 (Film-R)

Judy Sneed: Dear Dan…, in: [letter to supporters, here to Dan Morgenstern], 21.Jul.1993 (F: letter requesting support to place Parker’s former home on Avenue B on the National Register of Historic Places) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 126}

David Bradbury: Charlie Parker on Dial. The Complete Sessions, in: Jazz on CD, 1/4 (Aug.1993), p. 12-16 (F/R)

Jeffrey Beaumoel: Charlie Parker Residence Nominated for National Register of Historic Places, in: [press notice], ca. 1994 (F) [digi.copy]

John Fordham: Jazz. Geschichte / Instrumente / Musiker / Aufnahmen, München 1994 [book: Christian Verlag], p. 110-111 (F)

Paul F. Berliner: Thinking in Jazz. The Infinite Art of Improvisation, Chicago 1994 [book: University of Chicago Press], passim (F)

Russ Shor: Bird on the Block. Charlie Parker’s “Life Story” memorabilia brings £200,000 1t Christie’s sale in September, in: VJM’s Jazz & Blues Mart, #96 (Winter 1994), p. 9 (F) [digi.copy]

Ebbe Traberg: Un nido escandinavo para Charlie Parker, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #21 (Mar/Apr.1994), p. 40-41 (F)

Nat Hentoff: Looking Bird in the Face. Nat Hentoff recalls the tragic dichotomy of Charles Parker Jr. and a man they called “Bird”, in: Icon Thoughtstyle Magazine, Apr.1994, p. 118, 122 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 130-131}

Hank O’Neal: The Discovery. Hank O’Neal tells the story behind finding hundreds of unknown photographs of a 1952 Charlie Parker, in: Jazz on CD, 1/7 (Jul.1994), p. 27-31 (F)

NN: ‘Bird’. The Chan Parker Collection Auction, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 31/4 (Aug/Sep.1994), p. 10-11 (F)

Dave Gelly: What Charlie didn’t blow. Charlie Parker even pawned his saxes, but, says Dave Gelly, he still left his widow plenty to auction, in: The Guardian, 4.Sep.1994 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 128}

Andrew Simons: Charlie Parker – A Bird’s Eye View of the Private Genius, in: NN: Pop, Including Bird – The Chan Parker Collection, London, 8.Sep.1954 [auction catalogue] (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 2-3}

NN: Pop, Including Bird – The Chan Parker Collection, London, 8.Sep.1954 [auction catalogue] (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 2-16}

Leonard Weinreich: Bidding for Bird. Great Charlie Parker Auction in London, in: Jazz on CD, 1/10 (Nov.1994), p. 31-33 (F)

Nina J. Hodgson: The Christie’s Auction of Bird’s Memorabilia, in: (California) Jazz Now, 4/8 (Dec/Jan.1994/95), p. 9 (F)

NN: Bird Auchtion Exceeds Expectations, in: Jazz Times, Dec.1994 (short F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 129}

Esther Bubley: Charlie Parker, Levallois/France 1995 [book: Filipacchi] (F/photos)

François & Yves Billard: Histoires du Saxophone: Castelnau-le-Lez/France 1995 [book: Climats], p. 165-176 (F)

Herman Leonard: Jazz Memories, Levallois-Perret/France 1995 [book: filipacchi], p. 144-149 (photos)

Nat Hentoff: The Onliest Bird, in: Nat Hentoff: Listen to the Stories. Nat Hentoff on Jazz and Country Music, New York 1995 [book: Harper Collins Publishers], p. 75-78 (F)

Thomas Owens: The Parker Style, in: Thomas Owens: Bebop. The Music and the Players, New York 1995 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 28-45 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: “Bird”, il suo genio sorprendeva ogni giorno, in: Musica Jazz, 51/3 (Mar.1995), p. 44-49 (F)

Stefano Zenni: Charlie Parker. 40 anni dopo, in: Musica Jazz, 51/3 (Mar.1995), p. 35-43 (F)

Ton Ouwehand: Grooves. 1995 is het jaar van Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, in: Jazz Nu, #192 (Mar.1995), p. 6 (F)

Bernhard Jäger: Charlie “Bird” Parker. Vor 40 Jahren starb der große Jazzsaxophonist und Hauptvertreter des Bebop, in: Concerto, Apr/May 1995, p. 19 (F) [digi.copy]

Big Mama: Bluebird, Bluebird, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 46 (F)

Carles Montblanc: Espero NO decir NADA sobre Charlie Parker, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 47-48 (F)

Ebbe Traberg: El concierto de Massey Hall, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 40-41 (F)

Francesc J. Peleato & Tonet Rufié & Josep Ramon Jové: Les migracions discogràfiques de Bird, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 37-39 (F)

Javier Domínguez: A Charlie Parker “El Pájaro” y también a Julio Cortázar, su amigo y el mío, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 49 (poem)

José Miguel Sanchez Carros: El heredero de Charlie Parker, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 44 (F)

Kandido Huarte: Un mito, más allá del jazz y de la música, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 42 (F)

Max Sunyer: Negre amb saxo, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 45 (F)

Rexach: Pocas nubes en el cielo de California, in: Jazzology, #8 (Jun.1995), p. 43 (F)

Alain Presencer: The Massey Hall Concert, in: Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s, #94 (Jul/Aug.1995), p. 10-11 (F); review, by Jim Godbolt (ed.): Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Farrago. Compilation of Features from Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s Magazine, London 2008 [book: Hampstead Press], p. 48-49 (F)

Ira Gitler: Reflections of Bird. On the 75th anniversary of his birth Charlie Parker’s legacy burns strong, in: Down Beat, 62/8 (Aug.1995), p. 16-20 (F/I mit Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, Jackie McLean, Phil Woods, Max Roach, Michael Weiss, Peter Delano, Jesse Davis)

Remo Palmier: Charlie Parker’s Sax Solo on ‘Parker’s Mood’, in: Down Beat, 62/8 (Aug.1995), p. 62-63 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Bill Milkowski: 25 Who Mattered. Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Times, 25/7 (Sep.1995), p. 54 (F)

Giuseppe Barazzetta: Promemoria per Charlie Parker, in: Ritmo, #695 (Sep.1995), p. 26-27 (F)

Günter Buhles: Charlie Parker 1920-1955, oder: Wie wahr ist der Slogan “Bird lives!” 40 Jahre nach seinem Tod?, in: Jazz Podium, 44/9 (Sep.1995), p. 3-4 (F) [digi.copy]

Vicente Ménsua: Kok. Cumple anos, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #31 (Nov/Dec.1995), p. 38-42 (F)

Marc-Édouard Nabe: Les mille et une métamorphoses de Charlie Parker, in: Jazzman, #9 (Dec.1995), p. 20-21 (F)

Mark Koster: Nederlandse jazzmusici blikken terug op Bird. Een Rembrandt, groter dan Mozart, een Jezus-figuur, in: Jazz Nu, #200 (Dec.1995), p. 26-29 (F/I mit Ben Herman, Piet Noordijk, Pierre Courbois, Mischa Mengelberg, Candy Dulfer)

Martin Schrouten: Requiem voor Charlie Parker. Wat je hoort als je hem hoort, in: Jazz Nu, #200 (Dec.1995), p. 22-25 (F)

Carl Woideck: Charlie Parker. His Music and Life, Ann Arbor 1996 [book] (F/I/A/T: several excerpts, complete transcriptions of “Honey & Body”; “Oh! Lady Be Good”; “Parker’s Mood”; “Just Friends”); p. 63-103, p. 152-159, p. 228-241 [digi.copy]; review, by Al Van Starrex, in: Coda, #283 (Jan/Feb.1999), p. 33-34 (B); review, by Andy Hamilton, in: The Wire, #182 (Apr.1999), p. 90-91 (B)

Chip Deffaa: Charlie Parker, in: Chip Deffaa: Jazz Veterans. A Portrait Gallery, Fort Bragg/CA 1996 [book: Cypress House], p. 138-139 (F)

Chip Deffaa: Doris Parker, in: Chip Deffaa: Jazz Veterans. A Portrait Gallery, Fort Bragg/CA 1996 [book: Cypress House], p. 140-141 (F/I)

Dave Oliphant: The Jay McShann Orchestra, 1938-1942, in: Dave Oliphant: Texan Jazz, Austin 1996 [book], p. 123-131 (F)

David Perry: Charlie Parker, in: David Perry: Jazz Greats, London 1996 [book: Phaidon], p. 145-168 (F)

Duncan Schiedt: Twelve Lives in Jazz, Parma 1996 [book], p. 164-75 (F/photos)

Francis Davis: Bebop and Nothingness, in: Francis Davis: Bebop and Nothingness. Jazz and Pop at the End of the Century, New York 1996 [book], p. 27-35 (F; reprint, from Apr.1990)

Francis Davis: Bebop and Nothingness, in: Carl Woideck: The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 174-178 (F; reprint, from Apr.1990)

Guy Reynard & Yves Sportis: Birdography. Charlie Parker en compacts, in: Jazz Hot, #special (1996), p. 38-41 (D: CD’s)

Henry Martin: Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation, Lanham/MD 1996 [book: Scarecrow Press] (A/T: “Red Cross”; “Shaw ‘Nuff”; “Thriving On a Riff”; “Crazeology”; “Wee”; “Lester Leaps In”; “Embraceable You”; “Just Friends”; “Cherokee”; “Koko”; “Star Eyes”, “Cool Blues”; “Au Privave”; “Blues for Alice”; “Bongo Bop”; “Now’s the Time”; “Cheryl”; “Parker’s Mood”)

Ken Vail: Bird’s Diary. The Life of Charlie Parker 1945-1955, Chessington/Surrey 1996 [book] (F/I/letters; chronological listing)

Kent J. Engelhardt: Young Charlie Parker and Side-Slipping. The Efferge Ware Connection, in: Jazz Research Papers, 16 (1996), p. 177-188 (A/T: excerpts from “Honeysuckle Rose”; “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”; “St. Louis Mood”)

Scott Reeves: From Pops to Miles. The Evolution of the Jazz Vocabulary, in: Jazz Research Papers, 16 (1996), p. 113-122 (F/T: alto saxophone transcription of “Shaw ‘Nuff”)

Stefaan Debevere: Melodisch denken in jazz, in: Tijdschrift voor Muziektheorie, 1/3 (1996), p. 181-189 (A/T: Charlie Parker: “Donna Lee”; Chet Baker: “Line for Lyons”, “Look for the Silver Lining”; Sarah Vaughan: “All of Me”) [xerox]

Juan Pascual Gay: Contrapunto y fuga, in: Jazzology, #9 (Jan.1996), p. 34 (F: Jacks Pollock & Charlie Parker)

Michael Holbek: Charlie Parker. “Yardbird” ville være blevet 75 ar den 29. august 1995, in: Jazz Special, #26 (Feb/Mar.1996), p. 26 (F)

Sadik Hakim: Reflections of an Era. My Experiences with Bird and Prez, in: Jazz Journal, 49/8 (Aug.1996), p. 16-18, 35 (F)

Ssirus W. Pakzad & Christian Stolberg: Könner an der Kanne, in: WOM Journal, Aug.1996, p. 44 (short F)

Zoë Anglesey: Jazz on Campus. Brooklyn Conservatory Celebrates the Brighter Side of Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 63/11 (Nov.1996), p. 74 (F)

Catherine Bowman: “Charlie Parker Memorial Birthday Celebration, Tompkins Square Park”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/1 (Winter 1997), p. 8-9 (poem)

Eric Nisenson: Blue. The Murder of Jazz, New York 1997 [book: St. Martin’s Press], passim (F)

John Gennari: Pulp Addiction. Charting the Bird. Obsession in Ross Russell’s “The Sound”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/1 (Winter 1997), p. 38-51 (F)

Leslie Gourse: Straight, No Chaser. The Life and Genius of Thelonious Monk, New York 1997 [book: Schirmer Books], passim (F)

Mark S. Haywood: Order and Chaos in Bird and Trane, in: Annual Review of Jazz Studies, #9 (1997/1998), p. 133-143 (A)

Paul Zimmer: “But Bird”, in: Brilliant Corners, 1/2 (Summer 1997), p. 70-71 (poem)

Philippe Adler & Pierre de Chocqueuse: Passeport pour le jazz. Les grands CD du jazz moderne 1944-1997, Paris 1997 [book: Balland], p. 308-313 (F/R: “The Savoy Recordings”; “The Dial Masters”; “Bird and Diz”)

Preston Love: A Thousand Honey Creeks Later. My Life in Music from Basie to Motown – and Beyond, Hanover/NH 1997 [book: Wesleyan University Press], passim (F)

Sandy Evans & Christopher Williams: French Flowers Blooming. The Music for “Testimony”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/1 (Winter 1997), p. 80-85 (F: musical about Charlie Parker)

Sascha Feinstein: Jazz Poetry from the 1920s to the Present, Westport/CT 1997 [book: Praeger], p. 89-114 (F: chapter “Chasin’ the Bird. Charlie Parker and the Enraptured Poets of the Fifties”)

William Claxton: A Note on the Cover Art. Detail from the Image “Charlie Parker and Fans, Pasadena, 1952”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/1 (Winter 1997), p. 4-7 (F)

Rudie Kagie: Immortal sessons. De schoonheid van Parkers dieptepunten, in: Jazz Nu, #216 (May 1997), p. 40-41 (F)

Alain Tercinet: Parker’s Mood, Marseille 1998 [book: Éditions Parenthèses] (F/D)

Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books] (F); review, in: Jazz Notes, 10/3 (1999), p. 17-19 (B)

Carl Woideck: Charlie Parker Chronology, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 263-268 (F)

Carl Woideck: Charlie Parker’s Apprenticeship Recordings 1940-1943, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 188-205 (F)

Don Glanden: Bebop and Blues from Bird to Barron, in: Jazz Improv, 1/4 (1998), p. 119-121 (A/T: “Billie’s Bounce”)

Edward M. Komara: The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker. A Discography, Westport/CT 1998 [book: Greenwood Press] (D)

Gary Giddins: Visions of Jazz. The First Century, New York 1998 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 261-283 (F: chapter Charlie Parker. Flying Home”; T: “Jumpin’ the Blues”; “Koko”; “A Night in Tunesia”; “Lady Be Good”; “Embraceable You”; “Parker’s Mood”)

Harry A. Reed: Yardbird Suite 1. Charlie “Yardbird” Parker (1920-1955) and the Convergence of Kansas City and New York City Nightclubs in the Birth of Bebop, in: Western Journal of Black Studies, 22/1 (Spring 1998), p. 1-10 (F) [digi.copy]

Jack Kerouac: Three Chorusses from ‘Mexico City Blues’, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 171-173 (poem)

Juha Henriksson: Chasing the Bird. Functional Harmony in Charlie Parker’s Bebop Themes, Helsinki 1998 [book: Suomen Musiikkitieteellinen Seura] (A: “Ah-Leu-Cha”; “Another Hairdo”; “Anthropology”; “Au Privave”; “Back Home Blues”; “Barbados”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “Bloomdido”; “Blue Bird”; “Blues”; “Blues for Alice”; “Buzzy”; “Cardboard”; “Chasing the Bird”; “Cheryl”; “Chi Chi”; “Confirmation”; “Dewey Square”; “K.C. Blues”; “Laird Baird”; “Marmaduke”; “Mohawk”; “My Little Suede Shoes”; “Now’s The Time”; “Ornithology”; “An Oscar for Treadwell”; “Passport”; “Perhaps”; “Red Cross”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Segment”; “Shaw Nuff”; “Si Si”; “Steeplechase”; “Visa”; “Yardbird Suite”)

Kent Engelhardt: The Influence of Young Charlie Parker on John Jackson, in: Jazz Research Proceedings Yearbook, #18 (1998), p. 27-35 (F)

Max Harrison: A Rare Bird, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 204-225 (F)

NN: “Anthropology”, in: Jazz Improv, 1/4 (1998), p. 215-216, 218 (A)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Confirmation”, in: Jazz Improv, 1/4 (1998), p. 143-147 (A/T)

NN: Charlie Parker – “Ornithology”, in: Jazz Improv, 1/4 (1998), p. 148-153 (A/T)

Phil Schaap: The Verve Sessions, in: Carl Woideck (ed.): The Charlie Parker Companion. Six Decades of Commentary, New York 1998 [book: Schirmer Books], p. 225-238 (F)

Philippe Baudoin: Charlie Parker, compositeur, in: Alain Tercinet: Parker’s Mood, Marseille 1998 [book: Éditions Parenthèses], p. 123-128 (F: listing of Parker compositions with identification of formal bass)

William J. Moody: “Bird Lives!”, in: Brilliant Corners, 2/2 (Summer 1998), p. 25-34 (excerpt from poem/short story)

Ken Burns: Chan Parker, interview transcript for “Jazz. A Film by Ken Burns”, May 1998 (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

“PIP”: Il “Camarillo” sta chiudendo (e un ricordo di Charlie Parker svanisce), in: Ritmo, #726 (Jun.1998), p. 25 (F)

Lee Hill Kavanaugh: Charlie Parker’s Grave May Relocate, in: Down Beat, 65/7 (Jul.1998), p. 15 (F)

Michael J. Renner: Prelude. A New Nest for Bird’s Bones, in: Jazziz, 15/8 (Aug.1998), p. 14 (F: Parker’s grave to be moved)

Colin Moynihan: Will Bird’s House Fly As a City Landmark?, in: New York Times, 20.Dec.1998 (F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 127}

Alain Gerber: Charlie Parker. “Au moment de sa mort, il y a eu un formidable coup de tonnerre” (Baronne Pannonica de Koenigswarter), in: Alain Gerber: Fiesta in Blue. Textes de Jazz, Tome 2, Paris 1999 [book: Editions Alive], p. 98-102 (F)

Alain Gerber: Charlie Parker. Louis et Charlie, in: Alain Gerber: Fiesta in Blue. Textes de Jazz, Tome 2, Paris 1999 [book: Editions Alive], p. 103-113 (F)

Alyn Shipton: Groovin’ High. The Life of Dizzy Gillespie, New York 1999 [book: Oxford University Press], passim (F)

Chan Parker: My Life in E-Flat, Columbia/SC 1999 [book: University of South Carolina Press], passim (F)

Edward Komara: The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker, in: Dave Oliphant (ed.): The Bebop Revolution in Words and Music, Austin/TX 1994 [book: Harry Ransom Humanity Research Center], p. 78-103 (F)

Gary Giddins: Charlie “Bird” Parker, in: Charles Graham & Dan Morgenstern (eds.): The Great Jazz Day, Emeryville/CA 1999 [book: Woodford Press], p. 107-110 (F)

Gary Giddins: Charlie Parker. An Overview, in: Dave Oliphant (ed.): The Bebop Revolution in Words and Music, Austin/TX 1994 [book: Harry Ransom Humanity Research Center], p. 52-77 (A/T: “Koko”; “Lady Be Good”; “Embraceable You”; “Paker’s Mood”)

J. Bernlef: In gesprek met Charlie Parker, in: J. Bernlef: Haalt de jazz de eenentwintigste eeuw?, Amsterdam 1999 [book: Querido], p. 7-12 (F: fictional interview)

Keith Shadwick: Charlie Parker. Bird Lives!, in: Jon Newey (ed.): Tower Jazz Guide 2000/01, London 1999 [book: Tower Records], p. 40 (F)

Kenny Mathieson: Giant Steps. Bebop and the Creators of Modern Jazz 1945-65, Edinburgh 1999 [book: Payback Press], p. 40-75 (F)

Konrad Heidkamp: Elvis, Bird und Tipp-Kick, in: Konrad Heidkamp: It’s All Over Now. Musik einer Generation – 40 Jahre Rock und Jazz, Berlin 1999 [book: Alexander Fest Verlag; 2nd edition: Reinbek bei Hamburg 2007: ro-ro-ro], p. 28-44 (F)

Kwatei Jones-Quartey: “Parker’s Mood” Revisited, in: Annual Review of Jazz Studies, #10 (1999), p. 221-235 (A) [digi.copy]

Lawrence O. Koch: Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker, revised edition, Boston 1999 [book: Northeastern University Press] (F/A/D)

Leonard Brown: Jazz Masters. Charlie Parker, in: Leonard Brown & Claude Page (eds.): Kansas City and All That Jazz, Kansas City 1999 [book: Andrews McMeel Publishing], p. 12-13 (F)

Martin Gray: Parker at His Peak, in: Lenox Avenue, #5 (1999), p. 113 (poem)

Paul Bley & David Lee: Stopping Time. Paul Bley and the Transformation of Jazz, Canada 1999 [book: Véhicule Press], passim (F)

Rick Helzer: Charlie Parker’s Solo on “Shaw ‘Nuff”, in: Jazz Improv, 2/2 (1999), p. 213-214 (A/T)

Ross Russell: Symposium Keynote Address, in: Dave Oliphant (ed.): The Bebop Revolution in Words and Music, Austin/TX 1994 [book: Harry Ransom Humanity Research Center] (F)

Russ Chase: “The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker. A Discography”, by Edward M. Komara, in: IAJRC Journal, 32/1 (Winter 1999), p. 107 (B)

Thomas Owens: Bird’s Children and Grandchildren. The Spread of Charlie Parker’s Musical Language, in: Jazzforschung/jazz research, #31 (1999), p. 75-88 (A/T: “Kim”; “Scrapple from the Apple”; “Donna Lee”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “I Got Rhythm”)

Leslie Sabina: Woodshedding. Charlie Parker’s “Don’t Blame Me”, in: Jazz UK, #25 (Jan/Feb.1999), p. 14-15 (A/T)

NN: Jazz musician’s grave to stay, in: [unknown source] (Associated Press), Feb.1999 (short F) [digi.copy] {Rutgers papers “Charlie Parker”, p. 125}

Jason Koransky: Riffs. Bird Memorial to Be Unveiled Without Bones, in: Down Beat, 66/4 (Apr.1999), p. 16 (F)

Thomas Conrad: Charlie Parker – “The Complete Live Performances on Savoy” (Savoy), in: Down Beat, 66/4 (Apr.1999), p. 66 (R)

Michael J. Renner: Prelufe. Bird Remains, in: Jazziz, 16/6 (Jun.1999), p. 16 (F: plans to move Parker’s remains)

Bret Primack: We All Learn from Bird. Charlie Parker & Jazz Education, in: Jazz Educators Journal, 32/1 (Jul.1999), p. 36-38, 40-42 (F)

Leonard Brown: Charlie Parker Memorial Unveiled at Kansas City’s 18th & Vine District, in: Jazz Educators Journal, 32/1 (Jul.1999), p. 45 (F)

Leonard Brown: The Charlie Parker Symposium. Reflections on a Tribute to a Master, in: Jazz Educators Journal, 32/1 (Jul.1999), p. 44-47 (F/C: tribute to Parker in Kansas City)

John F. Szwed: “My Life in E-Flat”, by Chan Parker, in: Jazziz, 16/8 (Aug.1999), p. 30-31 (B)

Ed Hazell: Prelude. Bird Caught, But Uncaged, in: Jazziz, 16/9 (Sep.1999), p. 14 (Film-R)

Ira Gitler: Live. Remembering Bird with Strings, Symphony Space, in: Jazz Times, 29/8 (Oct.1999), p. 55 (C: tribute to Charlie Parker)

Mark Gardner: “My Life in E-Flat”, by Chan Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 52/10 (Oct.1999), p. 14-15 (B)

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker, in: Dave Gelly (ed.): Masters of Jazz Saxophone. The Story of the Players and Their Music, London 2000 [book: Balafon Books], p. 46-53 (F)

Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns: Jazz. A History of America’s Music, New York 2000 [book: Alfred A. Knopf; German translation as: “Jazz. Eine Musik und ihre Geschichte”, München 2001 (Econ)], p. 305-311 (F: chapter “Reach”); p. 323 (F: chapter “Now’s the Time”); p. 334-337 (F: chapter “So Tough”); p. 354-358 (F: chapter “Drastic Stuff”); p. 381-386 (F: chapter “My Name Is Bird”)

Henri Robberechts: Parker’s Mood, in: Record Memory Club Magazine, #50 (2000), p. 31-45 (F)

James Patrick: Charlie Parker, in: Bill Kirchner (ed.): The Oxford Companion to Jazz, New York 2000 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 316-331 (F/A)

Kent John Engelhardt: Musical and Cultural Factors in the Musical Development of Young Charlie Parker as Demonstrated Through Transcription and Analysis of the Improvised Solos of Young Charlie Parker with the Jay McShann Orchestra, Pittsburgh/PA 2000 [PhD thesis: University of Pittsburgh] (F/A/T: Charlie Parker’s solos on: “I Found a New Baby”; “Body and Soul”; “Moten Swing”; “Coquette”; “Oh, Lady Be Good”; “Honeysuckle Rose”; “Swingmatism”; “Hootie Blues”; “Lonely Boy Blues”; “The Jumpin’ Blues”; “Sepian Bounce”; “I Got Rhythm”; “St. Louis Mood”; “I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles”) [digi.copy]

Mark C. Gridley: Jazz Styles. History and Analysis, Upper Saddle River/NJ 7/2000 [book: Prentice Hall], p. 151-152, 163-165 (F/A: “Shaw Nuff”)

Michael Herbert: New Directions in Jazz Composition As Evidenced in the Works of Three Composers. Kenny Wheeler, Don Grolnick, and Russell Ferrante, Pittsburgh/PA 2000 [MA thesis: Duquesne University], p. 11-13 (F/A/T: “Ko-Ko”); p. 20-22 (A: “Blues for Alice”) [digi.copy]

Robert Dean Hodson: Interaction and Improvisation. Group Interplay in Jazz Performance, Madison/WI 2000 [PhD thesis: University of Wisconsin], p. 39-52 (A: “Now’s The Time”; chapter “Musical Roles and Behaviors”); p. 53-62 (A: “Now’s the Time”; “Musical Relationships within the Rhythm Section”); p. 65-97 (A: “Now’s the Time”; chapter “Harmony and Interaction”); p. 115-128 (A: “Now’s the Time”; chapter “Form and Interaction”) [digi.copy]

Rolf Ljungquist: Some Notes on Charlie Parker and Sweden, in: IAJRC Journal, 33/2 (Spring 2000), p. 26-29 (F)

William Karlen: Anthologie du Jazz Classique. La synthèse d’un demisiècle de swing, Sierre/Switzerland 2000 [book: Editions à la Carte], p. 157-161 (F)

Andy Hamilton: “Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker”, revised edition, by Lawrence O. Koch, in: Jazz Review, #5 (Feb.2000), p. 43 (B)

Brian Dale: Bird Gets the Bootleg, in: Jazz Journal, 53/1 (Jan.2000), p. 17-18 (F)

David Firestone: Bird Lives. Parker’s Still in the Groove, in: New York Times (Internet), 10.May 2000 (F) [vert.file]

Hans-Jürgen Schaal: Charlie Parker. Der Erfinder des modernen Jazz, in: Fono Forum, Aug.2000, p. 85-87 (F) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: Charlie Parker – “New Bird” (Swan), in: Jazz Times, 30/6 (Aug.2000), p. 101-102 (R)

Hans-Jürgen Schaal: Krebskanon-Blues. Aus dem aktuellen Nachleben von Charlie Parker und J.S. Bach, in: Jazz Thing, #35 (Sep/Oct.2000), p. 20 (parody)

Werner Stiefele: Charlie Parker. Freier Vogel, in: Scala, Sep/Oct.2000, p. 86-89 (F) [digi.copy]

Belinda Thom: BoB. An Improvisational Music Companion, Pittsburgh/PA 2001 [PhD thesis: Carnegie Mellon University], p. 162-175, 223-236, 253-255, 260-264, 265-271 (F/A/T: computer simulation of a Charlie Parker solo) [digi.copy]

Frank Marshall Davis: Charlie Parker, in: Brilliant Corners, 6/1 (Winter 2001), p. 27-28 (poem)

Hans-Jürgen Schaal (ed.): Jazz-Standards. Das Lexikon, Kassel 2001 [book: Bärenreiter], p. 38-39 (F: “Anthropology”); p. 44-45 (F: “Au Privave”); p. 61.-62 (F: “Billie’s Bounce”); p. 99-100 (F: “Confirmation”); p. 360-361 (F: “Now’s the Time”); p. 377-378 (F: “Ornithology”); p. 388-390 (F: “Parker’s Mood”); p. 555-556 (F: “Yardbird Suite”)

Henry Martin & Keith Waters: Jazz. The First 100 Years, Belmont/CA 2001 [book: Wadsworth/Schirmer], p. 183-184 (A: “Salt Peanuts”); p. 189-190 (A: “Bloomdido”)

Horace A. Porter: Jazz Country. Ralph Ellison in America, Iowa City 2001 [book: University of Iowa Press], p. 42-48 (F: chapter “Mocking Entertainers. Ellison on Louis Armstrong and Charlie Parker”)

Ilse Storb: Jazz und Neue Musik im Unterricht, Münster 2001 [book: LIT Verlag], p. 91-96 (F/A: “Ornithology”)

Jacques Aboucaya & Jean-Pierre Peyrebelle: Du Be-Bop au Free Jazz. Formes et techniques d’improvisation chez C. Parker, M. Davis et O. Coleman, Toulouse 2001 [book: Presses Universitaires du Mirail] (F/A)

Lars Bjorn & Jim Gallert: Before Motown. A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-1960, Ann Arbor 2001 [book: University of Michigan Press], passim (F)

Nicholas Gebhardt: Charlie Parker. The Virtuosity of Speed, in: Nicholas Gebhardt: Going for Jazz. Musical Practices and American Ideology, Chicago 2001 [book: University of Chicago Press], p. 77-122 (F)

Robert Bregman: “Thou Was Not Born for Death, Immortal Bird”, in: IAJRC Journal, 34/3 (Summer 2001), p. 35 (F)

Jean-Louis Chautemps: Triptyque pour Charlie Parker, in: Les Cahiers du Jazz, #1 (Jan.2001), p. 261-264 (F)

Martin Westin & Lars Westin: Sista natten met gängen. Charlie Parker i Sverige (2). De sista timmarna i Stockholm blev internsiva och händelserika, in: Orkester Journalen, 69/1 (Jan.2001), p. 24-26 (F)

Ted Panken: Bountiful Bird, in: Down Beat, 68/1 (Jan.2001), p. 42 (R: “The Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Recordings”) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: Chasin’ the Bird. One of the few critically applauded films about jazz Clint Eastwood’s “Bird” works, despite some drawbacks, on a number of levels, says Brian Priestley, in: Jazzwise, #43 (Jun.2001), p. 19 (F) [digi.copy]

Richard Cook: Reclaiming the Jazz Age. Charlie Parker, “KoKo” (1945), in: Jazz Review (GB), #21 (Jun.2001), p. 23 (short F)

Doug Ramsey: Charlie Parker – “The Washington Concerts” (Blue Note), in: Jazz Times, 31/6 (Aug.2001), p. 134-135 (R)

Mark Stefani: Bird “Magic”. Sax on Guitar: Parker’s “Outside” Tricks, in: Just Jazz Guitar, #29 (Nov.2001), p. 54-57 (F/A)

Alun Morgan: Lost in Meditation. Bird Jottings, in: Jazz Journal, 54/12 (Dec.2001), p. 7 (F: short discographical remarks)

David Amram: Offbeat. Collaborating with Jack Kerouac, New York 2002 [book: Thunder’s Mouth Press], passim (F)

David Ritz: Faith in Time. The Life of Jimmy Scott, Cambridge/MA 2002 [book: Da Capo Press], passim (F)

Fabrice Zammarchi & Sylvie Mas: A Life in the Golden Age of Jazz. A Biography of Buddy DeFranco, Seattle/WA 2002 [book: Parkside Publications], p. 47-48, p. 123-129, passim (F)

Frederick J. Spencer: Jazz and Death. Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats, Jackson/MS 2002 [book: University of Mississippi Press], p. 133-141 (F: drug abuse, cause of death)

Geoffrey Haydon: Quintet of the Year, London 2002 [book: Aurum Press] (F); review by Brian Priestley, in: Jazzwise, #57 (Sep.2002), p. 63 (B); review by Bob Weir, in: Jazz Journal, 55/10 (Oct.2002), p. 18 (B); review by Raymond Horricks, in: Crescendo & Jazz Music, 39/5 (Oct/Nov.2002), p. 27-28 (B); review by Ron Simpson, in: The Jazz Rag, #74 (Winter 2002), p. 11 (B); review by James Hale, in: The Jazz Report, 16/1 (Winter 2003), p. 33 (B); review by Vic Hall, in: IAJRC Journal, 36/2 (Spring 2003), p. 52 (B); review, by Greg Buium, in: Coda, #309 (May/Jun.2003), p. 10 (B); review by Brian Priestley & Peter Vacher, in: Jazz UK, #54 (Nov/Dec.2003), p. 21 (B); review by Steve Futterman, in: Jazz Times, 34/10 (Dec.2004), p. 121-122 (B) [digi.copy]

Gregory Djanikian: Listening to Charlie Parker in Northern Vermont, in: Brilliant Corners, 6/2 (Summer 2002), p. 30-32 (poem)

Herbert Hellhund: Parker Revisited, in: Jazzforschung / jazz research, #34 (2002), p. 149-163 (F/A/T: “Now’s the Time”; “Ah Leu Cha”; “Koko”)

James Gavin: Deep in a Dream. The Long Night of Chet Baker, New York 2002 [book: Alfred A. Knopf], passim (F)

John Szwed: So What. The Life of Miles Davis, New York 2002 [book: Simon & Schuster], passim (F)

Lewis MacAdams: Birth of the Cool. Beat, Bebop & The American Avant-Garde, London 2002 [book: Scribner’s], passim (F)

Noal Cohen & Michael Fitzgerald: Rat Race Blues. The Musical Life of Gigi Gryce, Berkeley/CA 2002 [book: Berkeley Hills Books], passim (F)

Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Odyssey. The Life of Oscar Peterson, London/New York 2002 [book: Continuum; German translation, as: “Meine Jazz-Odyssee”, Höfen/A 2003, book: hannibal], passim, especially p. 207-208, 212-213 (F)

Paolo Vitolo: Guida al jazz. Gli autori e le musiche dal bebop alla creative music, Milano 2002 [book: Bruno Mondadori], p. 181-186 (F)

Peter J. Martin: Spontaneity and organisation, in: Mervyn Cooke & David Horn (eds.): The Cambridge Companion to Jazz, Cambridge 2002 [book: Cambridge University Press], p. 133-152 (F)

Steve Larson: Musical Forces, Melodic Expectation, and Jazz Melody, in: Music Perception, 19/3 (Spring 2002), p. 351-385 (F/A/T: “Confirmation”) [digi.copy]

Gianmichele Taormina: Charlie Parker. La grande luce di un mito, in: Jazzit, 4/9 (Mar/Apr.2002), p. 78-81 (F)

Olivier Kociubinska: Charlie Parker – “The Complete Dial and Savoy Recordings”, in: Jazz Notes, #68 (May 2002), p. 38-40 (F/R)

Bob Weir: Charlie Parker Discography, in: Names & Numbers, #23 (Oct.2002), p. 32 (B: “Bird Lore – A Revised Charlie Parker”)

Bob Weir: “Bird Lore. A Revised Charlie Parker Discography”, by Piet Koster, in: Jazz Journal, 55/11 (Nov.2002), p. 18 (B)

Ettore Ulivelli: Il Testimone. Rivisitazione due, in: Ritmo, #774/775 (Nov/Dec.2002), p. 40-41 (F/I; excerpts from Parker interview in Down Beat, 9.Sep.1949)

Egbert de Bloeme: “Bird Lore. A Revised Charlie Parker Discography”, compiled by Piet Koster, in: NJA Bulletin, #46 (Dec.2002), p. 41 (B)

Ben Sidran: A Life in the Music, New York 2003 [book: Taylor Trade Publishing], passim (F)

Dempsey J. Travis: Norman Granz. The White Moses of Black Jazz, Chicago/IL 2003 [book: Urban Research Press], p. 244-259 (F)

Eddie S. Meadows: Bebop to Cool. Context, Ideology, and Musical Identity, Westport/CT 2003 [book: Praeger], passim, esp. p. 173-218 (F/A: chapter “The Musical Language of Charlie Parker”)

Finn Slumstrup: Gyldendals bog om jazz, Copenhagen 2003 [book: Gyldendal], p. 268-269 (F: short biography)

George Wein & Nate Chinen: Myself Among Others. A Life in Music, New York 2003 [book: Da Capo], passim (F)

Leonardo Acosta: Cubano Be, Cubano Bop. One Hundred Years of Jazz in Cuba, Washington/DC 2003 [book: Smithsonian Press], passim (F)

Martin Westin: Charlie Parker i Sverige, in: Steinar Kristiansen (ed.): Nordisk Jazzforskning. Rapport fra den sjette konferansen i Oslo, 9. – 10. August 2002, Oslo 2003 [book: Norsk Jazzarkiv], p. 37-45 (F)

Philip Martin James Ford: American Popular Music in the Cold War. The Hip Aesthetic and the Countercultural Idea, Minneapolis 2003 [PhD thesis: The University of Minnesota], p. 281-289 (F/A: chapter “Gip Irony Revisited. Perspective of Perspectives”) [digi.copy]

Sonya Ruth Lawson: The Origins and Development of the Use of Violins, Violas, and Cellos in Jazz in the United States of America, Eugene/OR 2003 [PhD thesis: University of Oregon], p. 106-112 (F/A: Charlie Parker with Strings) [digi.copy]

Sonya Ruth Lawson: The Origins and Development of the Use of Violins, Violas, and Cellos in Jazz in the United States of America, Eugene/OR 2003 [PhD thesis: University of Oregon; published through UMI], p. 106-120 (F: Charlie parker and strings)

Sundar Viswanathan: An Analysis of the Jazz Improvisation and Composition in Selected Works from the Blue Note Records Period of Tenor Saxophonist Joe Henderson from 1963-1966, New York 2003 [PhD thesis: New York University], p. 70-80 (F: chapter “Important Contributions to Jazz Music. Charlie Parker”)

Terry Gibbs & Cary Ginell: Good Vibes. A Life in Jazz, Lanham/MD 2003 [book: Scarecrow Press], passim (F)

William Walker Pace: Jazz Saxophone and Trumpet Improvisations Transcribed and Annotated for Double Bass, Coral Gables/FL 2003 [PhD thesis: University of Miami], p. 14-22, 92-93 (F/A/T: “Relaxin’ at Camarillo”) [digi.copy]

Several authors: More Bird Lore. Part 2, in: Names & Numbers, #24 (Jan.2003), p. 26-28 (D)

Nat Hentoff: Music. ‘Bird’ Rules the Roost On Live Recordings, in: The Wall Street Journal, 13.Mar.2003 (F) [digi.copy]

Several authors: More Bird Lore. Part 3, in: Names & Numbers, #25 (Apr.2003), p. 29-30 (D) [digi.copy]

Mark Miller: Jazz at Massey Hall, in: Coda, #309 (May/Jun.2003), p. 6-9 (F)

NN: Canada Marks ‘Greatest’ Jazz Concert 50 Years Later, in: New York Times, 12.May 2003 (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Greg Buium: Massey Hall, 50 Years Later, in: Down Beat, 70/6 (Jun.2003), p. 28 (F/I with Max Roach) [digi.copy]

Several authors: More Bird Lore. Part 4, in: Names & Numbers, #26 (Jul.2003), p. 39-40 (D) [digi.copy]

Patrick Pommier: Une histoire de sax. Si le jazz est souvent un roman, il peut arriver qu’un de ses héros soit un instrument…, in: Jazz Magazine, #541 (Oct.2003), p. 24-25 (F)

Andrew Lindemann Malone: Thriving on a Remix. ‘Bird Up’ reimages Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Times, 33/10 (Dec.2003), p. 36, 38 (F)

Chuck Denison: The Great American Songbook. The Stories Behind The Standards, Bendon/OR 2004 [book: Rober D. Reed Publishers], p. 28-30 (F: “Ornithology”)

Duncan Schiedt: Jazz in Black & White. The Photographs of Duncan Schiedt, Bloomington/IN 2004 [book: Indiana University Press], p. 74-75 (F/photo)

Herbert Hellhund: Logik der Linie – Strukturkomponenten der Improvisation im modernen Jazz, in: Jazzforschung / jazz research, #36 (2004), p. 61-72 (F/A/T: excerpts from: Jim Hall: “Echo”; Charlie Parker: “Now’s the Time”; Clifford Brown: “Confirmation”; John Coltrane: “Giant Steps”; Chet Baker: “Down”)

NN: Biography. Charlie Parker, in: Jazz dünyasi, #1 (fall 2004), p. 24-26 (F)

Norman Weinstein: A Sentence Based on a Riff of Charlie Parker’s, in: Brilliant Corners, 9/1 (Winter 2004), p. 38 (poem)

Several authors: More Bird Lore. Part 5, in: Names & Numbers, #28 (Jan.2004), p. 44-45 (D) [digi.copy]

Martin Westin: Charlie Parker in Sweden 1950, in: [jazz research list], Feb.2004 (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Les Sabina: Woodshedding. ‘Hootie Blues’. Improvised Solo by Charlie Parker, in: Jazz UK, #56 (Mar/Apr.2004), p. 38 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Gerard J. Hoogeveen & Joop van der Leij & Chris Sellers: More Bird Lore. Part 6, in: Names & Numbers, #29 (Apr.2004), p. 27-29 (D)

Kathy Dyson: Early Musical Development of Lester Young, Joe Pass, Charlie Parker and Bill Evans. How they learned to improvise, [manuscript, Leeds Jazz Conference, 2.Apr.2004] (F) [vert.file] [digi.copy] (“Improvisation”)

Scott Yanow: Beyond the (bebop) revolution. Even as he neared his end, Charlie Parker was still searching, in: Jazziz, 21/4 (Apr.2004), p. 47 (F)

Thomas Phleps: Transcription. “Yardbird Suite” – as played by The Charlie Parker Septet, in: Jazz Research News, #11 (Apr.2004), p. 552-556 (T) [digi.copy]

Thomas Phleps: Transcription. “Red Cross” – as played by the Tiny Grimes Quintette, in: Jazz Research News, #13 (Jun.2004), p. 670-673 (R) [digi.copy]

Ted Panken: Wayne Shorter on Charlie Parker, in: Down Beat, 71/7 (Jul.2004), p. 16-17 (F) [digi.copy]

Gerard J. Hoogeveen & Joop van der Leij: More Bird Lore. Part 7, in: Names & Numbers, #31 (Oct.2004), p. 27-30 (D)

John Corbett: “Charlie Parker acetates” (no label, early 1950s), in: Down Beat, 71/11 (Nov.2004), p. 18 (F/R)

Bert Vuijsje: Bebop Business. Onbegrijpelijk stil rond Bird. Waarom stond – bijna – niemand stil bij de vijftigste sterfdag van Charlie Parker? Bert Vuijsje stelt de vraag aan de Nederlandse media én aan zichzelf, in: Jazz Nu, 28/3 (summer 2005), p. 97 (F)

Bill Crow: Jazz Anecdotes. Second Time Around, New York 2005 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 331-342 (F: collection of anecdotes)

Brian Priestley: Chasin’ the Bird. The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker, London 2005 [book: equinox] (F/A/D); review, by Mark Gardner, in: Jazz Journal, 58/12 (Dec.2005), p. 16 (B); review, by Greg Murphy, in: The Jazz Rag, #89 (Winter 2005), p. 29 (B); review, by Keith Shadwick, in: Jazzwise, #93 (Dec/Jan.2005/2006), p. 66 (B) [digi.copy]

Donald L. Maggin: Dizzy. The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie, New York 2005 [book: Harper Collins], passim (F)

Doug Ramsey: Take Five. The public and private lives of Paul Desmond, Seattle 2005 [book: Parkside Publications], passim (F)

Frank Driggs & Chuck Haddix: Kansas City Jazz. From Ragtime to Bebop – A History, New York 2005 [book: Oxford University Press], passim (F)

Gabriele Comeglio: Gunslinging Bird. If Charlie Parker was a Gunslinger, There’d Be a Lot of Dead Copycats, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 93-107 (F/A: )

Gianni M. Gualberto: “Bird with Strings”. Casualità o intenzionalità?, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 108-120 (F/A/T)

Henry Martin: Charlie Parker as Composer, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 28-43 (F/A)

Jean-Pierre Jackson: Charlie Parker, Arles 2005 [book: Actes Sud] (F)

Jen-Kuang Chang: Charlie Parker. The Analytical Study of Twenty-Two Performance Versions of “Now’s the Time”, Emporia/KS 2005 [MA thesis: Emporia State University], passim (A/T) [digi.copy]

Joachim-Ernst Berendt (& Günther Huesmann): Das Jazzbuch. Von New Orleans bis ins 21. Jahrhundert, Frankfurt am Main 2005 [book: S. Fischer], p. 136-149 (F)

Lewis Porter: Charlie Parker on Film and Television, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 121-136 (F)

Marcus A. Woelfle: Charlie Parker, in: Peter Niklas Wilson (ed.): Jazz Klassiker, Stuttgart 2005 [book: Reclam], p. 289-302 (F)

Maurizio Franco: parker e gli altri. Il mito Parkeiano e la realità del bebop, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 17-27 (F)

Michael Segell: The Devil’s Horn. The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool, New York 2005 [book: Farrar, Straus and Giroux], passim (F)

Paul Thomas Musser: Me, Myself and Mingus, Urbana/IL 2005 [PhD thesis: University of Illinois], p. 13-19 (F: chapter “Ellington and Parker. Two Vital Sources”) [digi.copy]

Peter Ind: Jazz Visions. Lennie Tristano and his Legacy, London 2005 [book: equinox], passim (F)

Ralf Dombrowski: Basis-Diskothek Jazz, Stuttgart 2005 [book: Reclam], p. 169-170 (R: “Jazz at Massey Hall”, Original Jazz Classics)

Richard Cook: It’s About That Time. Miles Davis On and Off Record, London 2005 [book: Atlantic Books], passim (F)

Scott DeVeaux: Multiphrenia. A New Approach to Charlie Parker, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 5-16 (F/A/T: “Out of Nowhere”)

Vincent Périer & Pierre Fargeton: Techniques. De l’un Charlie à l’autre. ‘Thriving from a riff’, in: Les cahiers du jazz, #2 (2005), p. 171-182 (A)

Vincenzo Caporaletti: Evoluzione du un volo. Il “Famous Alto Break” nelle 24 incisioni Parkeriane di “Nighg in Tunesia”, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 44-64 (F/A)

Wolfram Knauer: “Parker’s Mood”. Genesis of a Blues Improvisation, in: Musica Oggi, #24 (2005/2006), p. 65-92 (A/T)

Gerard J. Hoogeveen & Joop van der Leij: More Bird Lore. Part 8, in: Names & Numbers, #32 (Jan.2005), p. 34 (D)

Brian Priestley & Alyn Shipton: The Sound. Fifty years ago on 12 March Charlie Parker died. His music has changed the directon and sound of jazz and remains as influential today as it was revolutionary in his lifetime…, in: Jazzwise, #84 (Mar.2005), p. 24-31 (F/short I with Jay McShann, Charlie Watts, Clark Terry, Percy Heath, Hank Crawford, Dave Green, Peter King) [digi.copy]

Carlos Sampayo: La creación del caos, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 18-21 (F)

Chris Parker: Charlie Parker, 1920-1955, in: Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s, #153 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 19 (F)

Christian Gauffre: Charlie Parker Story, in: Jazz Magazine, #557 (Mar.2005), p. 4-6, 9-10, 14-15, 17, 20-23, 25-26, 31-33 (F)

David Romero: El mejor quinteto de la historia. The Massey Hall Concert, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 30-33 (F)

Félix W. Sportis: Charlie Parker. L’oiseau de feu, in: Jazz Hot, #618 (Mar.2005), p. 31-38 (F)

Fernando Ortiz de Urbina: Nows the Time. Génesis de un tiempo, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 14-17 (F)

Fernando Ortiz de Urbina: Testimonios. En recuerdo de Bird, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 22-29 (F/I with George Avakian, Billy Bauer, Ozzie Cadena, Jimmy Heath, Ira Gitler, André Hodeir, Bill Crow, Hal McKusick, Nat Hentoff)

Franck Bergerot: Birdology. Discographie. Précis d’ornithologie, in: Jazzman, #111 (Mar.2005), p. 24-27 (F)

Jean-Louis Chautemps: Parker Moods, in: Jazz Magazine, #557 (Mar.2005), p. 7, 11-12, 18-19, 24, 28 (F/short I with Steve Coleman, Rosario Giuliani, Rob Brown, Daniel Huck, Michel Portal, Guillaume Orti, Maceo Parker, Sonny Rollins, Oliver Lake)

Jennifer Odell: Jazz fans still flock to Charlie Parker 50 years later, in Houston Chronicle, 9.Mar.2005 (F/short I with Charles McPherson, Von Freeman, Christian McBride, Kurt Elling) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Marc-Edouard Nabe: Birdology. L’Oiseau de Dieu, in: Jazzman, #111 (Mar.2005), p. 14-15 (F)

Miguel Garrido Munoz:Auge y caída de un mito americano. Tocata y fuga en la noche, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #87 (Mar/Apr.2005), p. 34-37 (F)

Mike Zwerin: Listening to Bird, still flying, in: International Herald Tribune, 9.Mar.2005 (F) [digi.copy]

Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Bird We Heard. Charlie Parker died 50 years ago this month, but his sound and surviving music remain an essential part of what we call modern jazz. Richard Cook and Brian Morton look back at some of Bird’s best flights, and offer a pick of Parker from his sprawling discography, in: Jazz Review, #66 (Mar.2005), p. 22-24 (F)

Thierry Péremarti & Vincent Bessières: Birdology. “Je me souviens de Charlie Parker…”, in: Jazzman, #111 (Mar.2005), p. 16-19 (F/short I with Ray Barretto, Billy Bauer, Paul Bley, Terry Gibbs, Barry Harris, Percy Heath, Dick Hyman, Hank Jones, Lee Konitz, Mundell Lowe, Hal McKusick, Frank Morgan, Lennie Niehaus, Jack Nimitz, Jimmy Scott)

Vincent Bessières & Pierrick Pedron: Birdology. Le bec et la plume, in: Jazzman, #111 (Mar.2005), p. 20-23 (F)

Björn Englund: Parker in Sweden – Another Gap Filled, in: Names & Numbers, #33 (Apr.2005), p. 27 (short F: drummer at Helsingborg session is Eric Saxell)

Franck Médioni: Souvenirs de l’oiseau. Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Notes, #83 (May 2005), p. 28-29 (F/short I with Jean-Luc Guionnet, Donald Harrison, Steve Lehman, Philippe Lemoine, Anthony Ortega, Pierrick Pédron, Steve Potts, Jef Sicard, Sonny Simmons, John Tchicai, Sébastien Texier, Claude Tissendier, André Villéger)

John Evers: As Time Goes By. Bird Lives, in: Jazzzeit, #54 (May/Jun.2005), p. 90 (F)

John Janowiak: Stars Allign. 25 Great Moments in Jazz Festival History. Charlie Parker et al., Bird Slays French, Paris Jazz Festival, 1949, in: Down Beat, 72/5 (May 2005), p. 96 (F) [digi.copy]

Dan Ouellette: The Question Is … Why does Bird still fly?, in: Down Beat, 72/6 (Jun.2005), p. 21 (F/short I with Claire Daly, Roy Hargrove, Hank Jones, John Pizzarelli) [digi.copy]

Flemmijn Larsen: Parker’s Mood – om relationen mellem stor kunst oh psykisk ustabilitet, in: Jazz Special, #83 (Jun/Jul.2005), p. 32-36 (F)

Ed Enright: Charlie Parker – “Liveology” (RE 545 450663), in: Down Beat, 72/7 (Jul.2005), p. 66 (R: 3 1/2 stars) [digi.copy]

Fred Kaplan: Bird Lives! The Birth of Bebop, Captured on Disc, in: New York Times, 31.Jul.2005 (F: new recordings discovered of Town Hall concert, 1945) [vert.file] [digi.copy]

Les Sabina: Woodshedding. Charlie Parker on ‘Half Nelson’. Charlie Parker didn’t play tenor saxophone often, but he demonstrated a fascinatingly different, more laid-back persona with the heavier horn. Les Sabina investigates a classic Bird solo on Miles Davis’ ‘Half Nelson’, in: Jazz UK, #64 (Jul/Aug.2005), p. 28 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Llew Walker: The Wyandotte Parkers, in: [manuscript] < www.birdlives.co.uk>, Sep.2005 (F: short article commissioned by Historical Journal of Wyandotte County about Charlie’s early years in Wyandotte County, Kansas) [digi.copy]

Benjamin Moussay: Charlie Parker. 22 écoutes de “Now’s the Time”, in: Jazzman, #117 (Oct.2005), p. 80-81 (F/A/T)

Chris Kelsey: Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker – “Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945” (Uptown), in: Jazz Times, 35/9 (Nov.2005), p. 115-116 (R)

John McDonough (& Jim Macnie & John Corbett & Paul de Barros): Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker – “Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945” (Uptown 2751), in: Down Beat, 72/11 (Nov.2005), p. 58-59 (R: 5 stars; 5 stars; 4 stars; 5 stars) [digi.copy]

Larry Blumenfeld: Auditions. Seeds of change, unearthed, in: Jazziz, 22/12 (Dec.2005), p. 50 (R: “Dizzy Gillespie / Charlie Parker, Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1045”, Uptown)

Martin Westin: Parker långa väg till Sverige. Länge var Charlie Parker och bebop något bara för de mest hänhivna och nyfikna i vårt land. Först 1950 fanns Charlie Parkers skivor att få i Sverige i någon större omfattning, och med sitt turnébesök etablerade han sig verkligen som den stora stjärnan inom jazzen, in: Orkester Journalen, 73/12 (Dec.2005), p. 20-25 (F)

Chad Jenkins: Charlie Parker. Koko, in: Columbia Jazz Resources , 2006 (F/A) [digi.copy]

David Yaffe: Fascinating Rhythm. Reading Jazz in American Writing, Princeton 2006 [book: Princeton University Press], passim (F) [digi.copy]

Jens Kjeldsen: Charlie Parker – The Bird, Århus 2006 [book: Husets Forlag] (F/A)

John Gennari: Blowin’ Hot and Cool. Jazz and Its Critics, Chicago 2006 [book: University of Chicago Press], p. 299-338 (F: chapter “Race-ing the Bird. Ross Russell’s Obsessive Pursuit of Charlie Parker”)

John Gennari: Blowin’ Hot and Cool. Jazz and Its Critics, Chicago 2006 [book: University of Chicago Press], passim (F)

Kim Parker (& Phil Woods, Pat Dorian, Jesse Green): From an ESU Jazz Masters Seminar. Kim Parker, in: The Note, 15/2 (summer 2006), p. 6-13 (F)

Marc Danval: Toots Thielemans, Bruxelles 2006 [book: Éditions Racine], p. 103-110 (F: chapter “La complicité avec Charlie Parker et le depart aux USA”)

Michael Fitzgerald: “Chasin’ the Bird. The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker”, by Brian Priestley, in: ARSC Journal, 37/2 (Fall 2006), p. 240-242 (B)

NN: Charlie Parker. Embraceable You, in: Columbia Jazz Resources , 2006 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Philippe Baudoin: La valse des vilains copieurs. ‘My Little Suede Shoes’ est-il de la plume de Charlie Parker, in: Les cahiers du jazz, #3 (2006), p. 88-95 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Stanley Crouch: Considering Genius. Writings on Jazz, New York 2006 [book: Basic Civitas Books], p. 66-76 (F: chapter “Bird Land. Charlie Parker, Clint Eastwood, and America”)

Brian Priestley: Chasin’ the Bird. American critic Gary Giddins has called Brian Priestley’s “Chasin’ the Bird” ‘an indispensable gem’ – mixing Charlie Parker biography with musical and discographical scrutiny. This is an extract from the chapter ‘Celebrity’, in: Jazz UK, #67 (Jan/Feb.2006), p. 12-13 (F: book excerpt) [digi.copy]

NN: [Letters to the editor], in: Jazz Times, 36/1 (Feb.2006), p. 55 (R) [digi.copy]

Tommy Ludwig: Hörsturz (1). Charlie Parker – “Star Eyes” (1951), in: Jazzthetik, 20/3 (Mar.2006), p. 98 (F) [digi.copy]

Whitney Balliett & Chris Kelse: Letters. Whitney Strikes, in: Jazz Times, 36/3 (Apr.2006), p. 17 (letters; responses to Chris Kelsey’s review of “Town Hall, New York City, Junbe 22, 1945”, Jazz Times, Nov.2005)

Fernando Ortiz de Urbina: Brian Priestley atrapa al pájaro, in: Cuadernos de Jazz, #94 (May/Jun.2006), p. 16-17 (B: “Chasin’ The Bird”, by Brian Priestley)

Hugh Gregory: Charlie Parker’s Story Revisited, in: Down Beat, 73/5 (May 2006), p. 74 (B: “Chasin’ the Bird. The Life and Legacy of Charlie Parker”, by Brian Priestley)

Kirk Silsbee: Bronzeville Gypsy. How Charlie Parker Lit Up Little Tokyo, in Los Angeles Downtown News, (22.May 2006), p. 1, 7, 8 (F) [digi.copy] {manuscript, sent by Kirk Silsbee. 15.Dec.2010}

Pieter Boersma: Jazzstraat (4). Rotterdam, Charlie Parkersingel, in: NJA Jazz Bulletin, #60 (Jul.2006), p. 15 (F)

Roxana Hadadi: In Bird’s Name. Benefit concert battles substance abuse and helps young mothers and childrens, in: Jazz Times, 36/7 (Sep.2006), p. 28 (F/short I with Jimmy Heath, Clark Terry, Shannon Gibbons) [digi.copy]

Han Enderman: Charlie Parker on 78. Part 1: Savoy, in: Names & Numbers, #39 (Oct.2006), p. 2-9 (D)

Andy Hamilton: Lee Konitz. Conversations on the Improviser’s Art, Ann Arbor 2007 [book: University of Michigan Press], p. 21-25 (F)

Eunmi Shim: Lennie Tristano. His Life in Music, Ann Arbor 2007 [book: University of Michigan Press], passim (F)

Jan Bruér: Guldår & Krisår. Svensk Jazz under 1950- och 60-talen, Stockholm 2007 [book: Svensk Visarkiv], passim (F)

Michael S. Harper: Bird Lives. Charles Parker in St. Louis, in: Brilliant Corners, 12/1 (Winter 2007), p. 46-47 (poem)

Morris B. Golbrook: When bad things happen to great musicians. The role of ambi-diegetic jazz in three tragedepictions of artistic genius on the silver screen, in: Jazz Research Journal, 1/1 (2007), p. 99-128 (F: “Lady Sings the Blues”; “‘Round Midnight”; “Bird”)

Vincenzo Caporeletti: Esperienze di analisi del jazz. Armstrong, Parker, Cesàri, Monk, Mingus, Intra, Soft Machine, Lucca 2007 [book: Libreria Musicale Italiana], p. 35-56 (A: chapter “Miniature audiotattili. I break di Charlie parker nelle 24 incisioni di ‘Night in Tunisia'”)

Geoffrey Wheeler: Savoy’s Early Birds. The First Recordings by Charlie Parker on the New Jersey Label, in: IAJRC Journal, 40/1 (Feb.2007), p. 32-45 (F)

Ole Mogensen: Parkers Plastik! – hvem siger der ikke er penge i jazz?, in: Jazz Special, #94 (Feb/Mar.2007), p. 52-53 (F)

Martin Westin: Parker i funrummet. “Charlie Parker. The Bird”, by Jens Kjeldsen, in: Orkester Journalen, 75/3 (Mar.2007), p. 29 (B)

Han Enderman: Charlie Parker on 78. Part 2: Guild (1945), in: Names & Numbers, #41 (Apr.2007), p. 20-23 (D)

Tommy Ludwig: Hörsturz (12). Charlie Parker Jam Session. “Funky Blues” (1952), in: Jazzthetik, 21/4 (Apr.2007), p. 102 (F)

Nate Chinen: Music. Charlie Parker, Uptown and Down, in: New York Times, 24.Aug.2007 (F) [digi.copy]

Steve Penn: KC needs to do more to honor Parker, in: The Kansas City Star, 22.Aug.2007 (F) [digi.copy]

Tony Kofi: Turning Point. Bird watching. Tony Kofi on the album that changed his life Charlie Parker’s ‘Complete Dial Sessions’, in: Jazzwise, #111 (Aug.2007), p. 34 (F) [digi.copy]

William H. Smith: K.C.’s Pendergast and Parker, in: The Wall Street Journal, 14.Aug.2007 (F) [digi.copy]

Geoffrey A. Wheeler: Gaillard-Gillespie-Parker Bel-Tone Date, in: Names & Numbers, #43 (Oct.2007), p. 15-17 (F)

Han Enderman: Charlie Parker on 78. Part 3: Decca, in: Names & Numbers, #43 (Oct.2007), p. 29-30 (D)

Jørgen Siegumfeldt: I mindste musikalske detalje. Jens Kjeldens Charlie Parker-vaerk stiller store krav til laeseren – men trods mange irritationsmomenter er den fuld af fascinerende analyser, in: Jazz Special, #99 (Oct/Nov.2007), p. 62-65 (F)

Kirk Silsbee: Yardbird in Lotusland: A new recording captures Charlie Parker’s wild idyll at Altadena’s Zorthian Ranch in 1952, in Arroyo Monthly, (Nov.2007), p. 20-22 (F) [digi.copy] {manuscript, sent by Kirk Silsbee. 15.Dec.2010}

Marc Rice: “Yardbird Suite. A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker”, by Lawrence O. Koch, in: Journal of the Society for American Music, 1/4 (Nov.2007), p. 526-528 (B) [digi.copy]

Alexander Kraus: “Home Cooking I” / “Groovin’ High”, in: [unpublished manuscript], Dec.2007 (T) [vert.file]

Alain Gerber: Vive critique des troubadours – éloge résolu de Thelonious, Chet et Charlie sur le bord du cratère, in: Les Cahiers du Jazz, #5 (2008), p. 74-79 (poem)

Barry Fox: Bird, the film, in: Jim Godbolt (ed.): Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Farrago. Compilation of Features from Jazz at Ronnie Scott’s Magazine, London 2008 [book: Hampstead Press], p. 182-183 (Film-R)

Chris Searle: Forward Groove. Jazz and the Real World from Louis Armstrong to Gilad Atzmon, London 2008 [book: Northway Publications], p. 88-90 (F: chapter “NowJaap van de Klomp: Jazz Lives. Till We Shall Meet and Never Part, Utrecht 2008 [book: A.W. Bruna Uitgebers], p. 58-59 (F: biography and photo of tombstones) [digi.copy]

Sascha Feinstein: Rearview Mirror, in: The Note, #46 (Summer 2008), p. 20-25 (F: autobiographical essay with Parker references) [digi.copy]

Wolfram Knauer: Parker’s Mood. Genese einer Bluesimprovisation, in: Ole Kongsted & Niels Krabbe & Michael Kube & Morten Michelsen (eds.): A due. Musical Essays in Honour of John D. Bergsagel & Heinrich W. Schwab, Copenhagen 2008 [book: The Royal Library], p. 322-345 (F/A) [digi.copy]

Wynton Marsalis & Geoffrey C. Ward: Moving to Higher Ground. How Jazz Can Change Your Life, New York 2008 [book: Random House; German translation as: “Jazz, mein Leben. Von der Kraft der Improvisation”, München 2010: Siedler Verlag], p. 147-149 (F: chapter “Lessons from the Masters. Charlie Parker”)

David Remnick: Bird-Watcher. Thinking about Charlie Parker, every day, in: The New Yorker, 19.May 2008, p. 58-67 (F/I with Phil Schaap) [digi.copy]

Brian Glasser: Turning Point. Scrapple from the apple. Saxophonist Chris Biscoe on the album that changed his life, Charlie Parker’s “Bird on 52nd Street”, in: Jazzwise, #122 (Aug.2008), p. 30 (F) [digi.copy]

John McDonough: Charlie Parker & Arne Domnerus – “In Sweden. November 22, 1950” (Oktav 1164), in: Down Beat, 75/10 (Oct.2008), p. 80 (R: 2 1/2 stars) [digi.copy]

Brian Glasser: Turning Point. Chasing the bird. Gilad Atzmon on the album that changed his life, ‘Charlie Parker with Strings’, in: Jazzwise, #125 (Nov.2008), p. 40 (F) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: Charlie Parker and Popular Music, in: Annual Review of Jazz Studies, #14 (2009), p. 83-99 (F/A)

Gary Giddins & Scott DeVeaux: Jazz, New York 2009 [book: W.W. Norton], p. 301-318 (F/A: chapter “Charlie Parker. ‘Ko Ko’ / ‘Embraceable You’ / ‘Now’s the Time'”) [digi.copy]

Hans Offringa (& Jack McCray): Whisky & Jazz, Charleston/SC 2009 [book: Evening Post Publishing Company], p. 86-89 (F: short biographical essay)

John Gennari: Blaxploitation Bird. Ross Russell’s Pulp Addiction, in: Graham Lock & David Murray (eds.): Thriving On A Riff. Jazz & Blues Influences in African American Literature and Film, New York 2009 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 163-183 (F)

Leif Bo Petersen & Theo Rehak: The Music and Life of Theodore “Fats” Navarro. Infatuation, Lanham/MD 2009 [book: Scarecrow Press], passim (F)

Mark Laver: “The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever”. Critical Discourse, European Aesthetics, and the Legitimization of Jazz, in: Critical Studies in Improvisation, 5/1 (2009) (F) [digi.copy]

Peter Bölke & Rolf Enoch: Roads of Jazz, Hamburg 2009 [book: Edel Books], p. 72-83 (F: chapter “Charlie Parker”)

Robin D.G. Kelley: Thelonious Monk. The Life and Times of an American Original, New York 2009 [book: Free Press], passim (F)

Ted Panken: Charlie Parker – “Washington, D.C., May 23, 1948” (Uptown 27.55), in: Down Beat, 76/2 (Feb.2009), p. 80 (R: 4 stars) [digi.copy]

John Fordham: 50 great moments in jazz: Charlie Parker. One of the most influential improvisational soloists in jazz, and a pioneer of bebop, Parker was able to move away from a tune’s ‘home’ key and back without losing the thread, in: The Guardian, 20.Jul.2009 (F) [digi.copy]

Ethan Iverson: Lester Young Centennial. 2) Oh, Lady!, in: , 27.Aug.2009 (A/T: “Lady be Good” as recorded by Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Herschel Evans, Chu Berry) [digi.copy] {filed under Lester YOUNG}

John Fordham: 50 great moments in jazz: Charlie Parker’s first recordings. Writtten hastily during rehearsals, these songs contain some of the most memorable melodies in 20th-century music, in: The Guardian, 13.Aug.2009 (F) [digi.copy]

John Fordham: 50 great moments in jazz: Charlie Parker teams up with Ross Russell. Parker’s deal with the record shop-owner was a defining moment for the saxophonist, as it led him to create some of the most memorable jazz improvisation of all time, in: The Guardian, 24.Sep.2009 (F) [digi.copy]

Barry Witherden: The Yardbird and the jazz child. Barry Witherden examines the special relationship between Sheila Jordan and Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Journal, 62/8 (Oct.2009), p. 6-8 (F) [digi.copy]

John Fordham: 50 great moments in jazz: The Quintet – Jazz At Massey Hall. Charlie Parker’s final collaboration, featuring bebop’s biggest stars, is one of the greatest recorded live shows in jazz, in: The Guardian, 23.Oct.2009 (F) [digi.copy]

Hans-Joachim Heßler: Der zornige Baron. Das Prinzip Diskontinuität im Leben und konzept-kompositorischen Schaffen des Charles Mingus jr., Duisburg 2010 [book: United Directions of Music], p. 246-272 (F: chapter “Charlie Parker. 1946, 1952-53 und 1955”)

Jimmy Heath & Joseph McLaren: I Walked With Giants. The Autobiography of Jimmy Heath, Philadelphia 2010 [book: Temple University Press], passim (F)

Juan C. Zagalaz: Innovaciones melódico armónicas en la improvisación jazzistica. Un recorrido a través de Body and Soul (1935-1945), Jaén/Spain 2010 [PhD thesis: Universidad de Jaén], p. 191-194 (A); p. 207-210 (A); p. 243-250 (A); p. 258-260 (A); p. 342-343 (T: “Body and Soul”); p. 351-353 (T: “Body and Soul”); p. 367-370 (T: “Body and Soul”) [digi.copy]

Ralf Dombrowski: Portrait Saxofon. Kultur, Praxis, Repertoire, Interpreten, Kassel 2010 [book: Bärenreiter], p. 32-35 (FTom Nolan: Artie Shaw. King of the Clarinet. His Life and Times, New York 2011 [book: W.W. Norton], passim (F; reprint of “Three Chords for Beauty. The Life of Artie Shaw”, by Tom Nolan, 2010)

Tom Nolan: Three Chords for Beauty’s Sake. The Life of Artie Shaw, New York 2010 [book: W.W. Norton], passim (F)

Marcus A. Woelfle: Aber die Kunst kennt Grenze. Zum 90. Geburtstag des Bebop-Genies Charlie Parker,in: Jazz Zeitung, 35/3 (Jun/Aug.2010), p. 22-23 (F)

Alun Morgan: Lost in Meditation. Bird at Carnegie, in: Jazz Journal, 63/7 (Jul.2010), p. 20 (F)

Marc Myers: Ira Gitler on Parker’s Mood, in: , 7.Jul.2010 (F/I with Ira Gitler about song titles by Charlie Parker and the story behind them: “Another Hair-Do”; “Barbados”; “Billie’s Bounce”; “Bloomdido”; “Cheryl”; “Constellation”; “Dewey Square”; “Donna Lee”; “Half Nelson”; “Kim”; “Klactovedsteen”; “Klaunstance”; “Laird Baird”; “Marmaduke”; “Quasimodo”; “Sippin’ at Bells”)

Marc Myers: Charlie Parker and McKusick’s Suit, in: , 31.Aug.2010 (F/I with Hal McKusick about how Charlie Parker ended up wearing his suit while performing at Billy Berg’s in 1946) [digi.copy]

Marc Myers: Phil Schaap. Charlie Parker, in: , 23-26.Aug.2010 (F/I with Phil Schaap) [digi.copy]

Berthold Klostermann: Der Pyrotechniker. Der Altsaxophonist Charlie Parker, genannt “Bird”, war die erste Ikone des modernen Jazz. Sein Leben und seine Musik boten Stoff für Filme und Romane. Anlässlich seines 90. Geburtstags erinnert Berthold Klostermann an den charismatischen Innovator, in: Fono Forum, Oct.2010, p. 50-52 (F) [digi.copy]

Corey Kilgannon: Where a Bird Played Sax, Now Others Find Refuge, in: New York Times, 23.Nov.2010 (F: Charlie Parker’s old New York East Village row house) [digi.copy]

René de Hilster: Stijlbepalende albums, deel 6. Charlie Parker. The Dial & Savoy Sessions, in: Jazz Nu, 33/6 (Winter 2010), p. 122-125 (F)

Allen Forte: The Development of Diminutions in American Jazz, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 7/1 (2011) , p. 7-27 (F/A: Lester Young: “Blues ‘n’ Bells” / “These Foolish Things”; Modern Jazz Quartet: “Bluesology”; Charlie Parker: “Blues” / “I’m In the Mood for Love”) [digi.copy]

Jacques Réda: Autobiographie du Jazz, Paris 2011 [book: Climats], p. 197-204 (F)

Jim Austin: A Day with a Jazz Musician, in: Brilliant Corners, 16/1 (Winter 2011), p. 42-59 (short story)

Karl Lippegaus: John Coltrane. A Love Supreme, Hamburg 2011 [book: edel:vita], p. 25-28 (F: chapter “Bird”) [digi.copy]

Kevin Whitehead: Why Jazz? A Concise Guide, New York, 2011 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 59-62 (F: chapter “Why did bebop sound so radical when it was new? Did it break with earlier styles? Why is Charlie Parker so important?”)

Tad Hershorn: Norman Granz. The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice, Berkeley 2011 [book: University of California Press], passim (F)

Ted Gioia: The History of Jazz, New York 2011 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 185-200 (F: mentioned in chapter “The Birth of Bebop”); p. 200-216 (F: mentioned in chapter “The Mainstreaming of Bebop”)

Jody Espina: Jazz School. Woodshed. Paraphrasing the Greats, in: Down Beat, 78/1 (Jan.2011), p. 64-65 (A: Charlie Parker’s “Biellie’s Bounce”) [digi.copy]

Stig Linderoth: The Quintet at Massey Hall, in: Orkester Journalen, 79/1 (Feb/Mar.2011), p. 22-25 (F)

Daniel M. Gold: Theater Review. ‘Cool Blues’. A Jazzman Encounters His Life and Death, in: New York Times, 30.Mar.2011 (C: drama “Cool Blues” at the New Federal Theater) [digi.copy]

Ira Gitler: Bird With Strings, Ute Lemper, in: Jazz Inside, Apr.2011, p. 4 (C: Jazz at Lincoln Center tribute concert)

Wolfram Knauer: “The Complete Charlie Parker. Vol. 2: Now’s the Time 1945-1946” (Frémeaux & Associés FA 1332), in: Jazz Podium, 60/6 (Jun.2011), p. 79 (R) [digi.copy]

Larry Blumenfeld: Birdwatching in Manhattan. Charlie Parker’s Musical Descendants Gather in the City for His 91st Birthday, in: Wall Street Journal, 26.Aug.2011 (F/I with Toots Thielemans, Archie Shepp, Tia Fuller, James Carter) [digi.copy]

Michael Weston: Chords & Discords. Bird Flew with Soupy, in: Down Beat, 78/11 (Nov.2011), p. 10 (letter) [digi.copy]

William A. Pryor: Charlie Parker at Camarillo, in: IAJRC Journal, 44/4 (Dec.2011), p. 9-10 (F)

Christoph Voß: “Something like a Bird”. System 4plus4. Saxophon / Querflöte. Das ergonomisierte Griff-System, entwickelt und patentiert von Dr. Christoph Voß, Heidelberg 2012 [booklet: privately published], passim (A: new saxophone developed according to Parker’s instrumental technique) [digi.copy]

Classy Koehler: Jazz History. Short Takes, in: The Jassman, 6/1 (2012), p. 6-7 (short F) [digi.copy]

Derek Ansell: Sugar Free Saxophone. The Life and Music of Jackie McLean, London 2012 [book: Northway Publications], passim (F)

John Howland: Jazz with Strings. Between Jazz and the Great American Songbook, in: David Ake & Charles Hiroshi Garrett & Daniel Goldmark (eds.): Jazz / Not Jazz. The Music and Its Boundaries, Berkeley 2012 [book: University of California Press], p. 111-147 (F/A: Paul Whiteman: “Clap Yo’ Hands”; Artie Shaw: “Blues In the Night”; Frank Sinatra: “I’m Walking Behind You”; George Handy: “Bloos”; Stan Kenton & Pete Rugolo: “Lonesome Road”; Charlie Parker & Jimmy Carroll: “Just Friends”)

Maurizio Franco: Oltre il Mito. Scritti sul linguaggio del Jazz, Lucca 2012 [book: Libreria Musicale Italiana], p. 55-67 (F: chapter “Il mito Parker e la realtà del bebop”)

Paul Combs: Dameronia. The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron, Ann Arbor 2012 [book: University of Michigan Press], passim (F)

Peter Pullman: Wail The Life of Bud Powell, New York 2012 [book: Bop Changes], passim (F)

Stefano Zenno: Storia del Jazz. Una prospettiva globale, Viterbo 2012 [book: Stampa Alternativa], p. 289-294 (F: chapter “Maestri del bebop. Charlie Parker”)

Stephen Cottrell: The Saxophone, New Haven 2012 [book: Yale University Press], p. 206-212 (F/T: “Donna Lee”, excerpt)

Timme Rosenkrantz: Harlem Jazz Adventures. A European Jazz Baron’s Memoir, 1936-1969 (edited by Fradley Garner), Lanham/MD 2012 [book: Scarecrow Press], passim (F)

Enzo Capua: Qui New York. Avenue B, là dove ha abitato Bird, in: Musica Jazz, 68/8 (Aug.2012), p. 49 (F)

Jan Evensmo: The Altosax & Tenorsax of Charles Parker, “Charlie”, “Bird”, Oslo 18.Nov.2012 [booklet: Jan Evensmo] [digi.copy]

Steve Coleman: Charlie Parker – “Ko-Ko” (1948 live version), in: Viva La Musica, #334 (Oct.2012), p. 1 (A/T) [digi.copy]

Trevor E. Hudson: From Dadaism to Free Jazz. The Cultural Developments of a New Aesthetic, Newark 2013 [MA thesis: Rutgers University], p. p. 76-78 (F: chaptger “Experimentation and Charlie Parker”)

Hans-Jürgen Schaal: Augenblicke für die Ewigkeit. Große Bläsersoli im Jazz. 4. Der Blues: Parker’s Mood (1948), in: Clarino.print, Jun.2013, p. 42, 44 (F)

Hans-Jürgen Schaal: Trainingslager. Wie Bläser üben (17). Die pulverisierte Rille, in: Clarino.print, Jun.2013, p. 17 (F: how Charlie Parker practiced)

Harvey Dickson: Charlie Parker, My Sister and Me, in: new York Times [The 6th Floor], 16.Jul.2013 (F) [digi.copy]

Joe Klopus: Racism still swirls around jazz legend Charlie Parker, in: The Kansas City Star, 31.Jul.2013 (F) [digi.copy]

NN: “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix, in: IAJRC Journal, 46/3 (Sep.2013), p. 25 (B)

Dwight Garner: When Bird Was a Fledgling. “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Time of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: New York Times, 10.Oct.2013 (B) [digi.copy]

Dan Morgenstern: ‘Kansas City Lightning’ by Stanley Crouch. ‘Bird’ by Chuck Haddix. ‘Celebratin’ Bird’ by Gary Giddins. Fast, slow or blue, Charlie Parker redefined the jazz vocabulary in his short life, in: Wall Street Journal, 18.Oct.2013 (B) [digi.copy]

Bill Beuttler: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rose and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: Jazz Times, 43/8 (Oct.2013), p. 69 (B)

Chris Waddington: Stanley Crouch brings a sharp tongue, smarts and a new Charlie Parker bio to New Orleans, in: new Orleans Times-Picayune, 6.Nov.2013 (B: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch; “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix, in: Jazzwise, #180 (Nov.2013), p. 52 (B) [digi.copy]

Ralf Frodermann: Der Ton der blauen Stunde. Charlie Parker im Streicherbeet, in: Jazz Podium, 62/11 (Nov.2013), p. 32 (F) [digi.copy]

David Hajdu: Bebop. “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch; “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix, in: New York Times, 6.Dec.2013 (B) [digi.copy]

Bob Porter: Bird, Cab & Idris Muhammad, in: IAJRC Journal, 46/4 (Dec.2013), p. 31 (B: “Bird. The Life and Legend of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix)

Robert Bregman: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: IAJRC Journal, 46/4 (Dec.2013), p. 41-42 (B)

Ellen Johnson: Jazz Child. A Portrait of Sheila Jordan, Lanham/MD 2014 [book: Rowman & Littlefield], passim (F)

Ellen Johnson: Jazz Child. A Portrait of Sheila Jordan, Lanham/MD 2014 [book: Rowman & Littlefield], passim (F)

George Benson (& Alan Goldsher): Benson. The Autobiography, Boston 2014 [book: Da Capo Press], passim (F)

Jan Bäumer: The Sound of a City? New York und Bebop 1941-1949, Münster 2014 [book: Waxmann], passim (F/A)

Jeff Sultanof: Charlie Parker. Two New Bios and a Revision. Crouch, Haddox and Giddins, in: Journal of Jazz Studies, 10/1 (Summer 2014), p. 72-77 (B) [digi.copy]

Kevin Whitehead: Warum Jazz? 111 gute Gründe, Stuttgart 2014 [book: Reclam], p. 82-86 (F: chapter “Warum klang der Bebop, als er zuerst aufkam, so radikal? Stellte er einen Bruch mit älteren Stilen dar? Warum ist Charlie Parker so wichtig?”)

Martin Westin: Charlie Parker i Sverige – med en avstickare till Köpenhamn, Stockholm 2014 [book: Premium Publishing], passim (F)

Noal Cohen & Michael FitzgeraldRichard Havers: Verve. The Sound of America, München 2014 [book: Sieveking Verlag], p. 168-171 (F)

Russ Shor: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: VJM’s Jazz & Blues Mart, #169 (Spring 2014), p. 31 (B)

Steven P. Beck: Billy Bauer. A Life in the Bebop Guitar Business, Newark/NJ 2014 [MA thesis: Rutgers University], p. 107-123 (F: chapter “The Charlie Parker Years (1944-1954)”) [digi.copy]

Wolfram Knauer: Charlie Parker, Stuttgart 2014 [book: Reclam], passim (F) [digi.copy]

Shaun Mullen: An Appreciation. Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, in: The Moderate Voice, 27.Jan.2014 (F) [digi.copy]

Allan Kozinn: Be-Bopera. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Coming From Opera Philadelphia, in: New York Times, 30.Jan.2014 (F: The Opera Philadelphia has commissioned the saxophonist and composer Daniel Schnyder to compose a chamber opera about Charlie Parker, called “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird”. The opera with a libretto by Bridgette A. Wimberly will have its world premiere in June 2015) [digi.copy]

Stefan Künzli: Das Genie zwischen Innovation und Absturz. Jazz. Eine deutschsprachige Biografie von Charlie Parker zum 75 Geburtstag des Bebop und des modernen Jazz, in: Aargauer Zeitung, 15.Mar.2014 (B: “Charlie Parker”, by Wolfram Knauer) [digi.copy]

Bill Milkowski. Bird Takes Wing. A conversation with Stanley Crouch, in: Jazziz, 31/3 (Mar.2014), p. 60-64 (F) [digi.copy]

Ted Panken – Swing to Bop. “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: Down Beat, 81/3 (Mar.2014), p. 73 (B) [digi.copy]

Bert Noglik: Wir setzen fort mit einer Buchempfehlung, in: MDR Figaro, 4.Apr.2014 (B: “Charlie Parker”, by Wolfram Knauer) [radio manuscript] [digi.copy]

Thomas Wolff: Der Sound aus Zimmer 305. Biografie. Wolfram Knauer kniet sich in die Sessions des Saxofonisten Charlie Parker hinein, in: Darmstädter Echo, 14.Apr.2014, p. 15 (B) [digi.copy]

Reiner Kobe: “Charlie Parker”, von Wolfram Knauer, in: Jazz Podium, 63/4 (Apr.2014), p. 61 (B) [digi.copy]

Robert Bregman: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch, in: Jazz Journal, 67/4 (Apr.2014), p. 14-15 (B)

Hans-Jürgen Linke: Charlie Parker Biographie / Jazz. Eine Blaupause für Mythen. Wolfram schreibt eine sorgfältige Biographie des großen Charlie Parker und zugleich ein vorbildliches Buch über die Geschichte des Jazz, in: Frankfurter Rundschau, 3.May 2014 (B) [digi.copy]

Wolfgang Sandner: Bebop durch alle Tonarten. Exzessives Leben und espressive Kunst. Wolfram Knauers vorzügliche Biographie des Jazzmusikers Charlie Parker, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 13.May 2014 (B) [digi.copy]

Leif Wigh: Böcker. En gudabenådad vecka som skakade Sverige. “Charlie Parker i Sverige” by Martin Westin, in: Orkester Journalen, 82/2 (May/Jun.2014), p. 45 (B)

Reiner Kobe: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch; “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix, in: Jazz Podium, 63/5 (May 2014), p. 65 (B) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: “Celebrating Bird. The Triumph of Charlie Parker”, by Gary Giddins, in: Jazzwise, #186 (Jun.2014), p. 52 (B) [digi.copy]

Hans-Jürgen Linke: Birds Blindflug. Wolfram Knauers vorbildliches Buch zu Charlie Parker, in: Jazz Zeitung, 39/3 (Jun/Aug.2014), p. 17 (B)

Chris Walker: Everybody Got Naked With Charlie “Bird” Parker at the Wildes Party in L.A. History, in: L.A. Weekly, 8.Jul.2014 (F: Chris Walker reflects about a party the legendary Charlie Parker took part in on 15 July 1952 at Zorthian Ranch, an artists commune in northern Los Angeles which ended in a jam session at which first a single woman performed a striptease while Charlie Parker played “Embraceable You”, which was followed by most of the guests, including many of the musicians getting naked. A recording of the session survived the years and had been issued as a low-quality bootleg some years ago. Walker also describes how the tape recording survived and eventually was found and rescued by a “Bird Detective”, a Charlie Parker fanatic named John Burton.) [digi.copy]

Hans-Jürgen Linke: Wolfram Knauer. Blaupause für Mythen. “Charlie Parker”, sonst nichts. Kein Untertitel, keine näheren Angaben zu Absichten oder einschränkenden Fragestellungen. Wolfram Knauers Buch zu Charlie Parker kommt bescheiden daher, aber es ist vor allem eines: präzise, in: Jazzthetik, 28/7-8 (Jul/Aug.2014), p. 50 (B) [digi.copy]

Philip Clark: “Kansas City Lightning. The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker”, by Stanley Crouch; “Bird. The Life and Music of Charlie Parker”, by Chuck Haddix; “Testimony. A Tribute to Charlie Parker”, by Yusef Komunyakaa, in: The Wire, #365 (Jul.2014), p. 73 (B) [digi.copy]

David C. Nichols: Charlie Parker flies again in ‘Bird Lives’, in: Los Angeles Times, 21.Aug.2014 (C: theater play by Willard Manus about Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

John Menaghan: Bird Song. For Charlie Parke, in: Brilliant Corners, 19/1 (Winter 2014), p. 33-34 (poem)

Christopher Dennison: Primary Sources. An Examination of Ira Gitler’s “Swing to Bop” and Oral History’s Role in the Story of Bebop, Newark/NJ 2015 [MA thesis: Rutgers University], passim; especially p. 119-142 (F: chapter “High Bebop: Bird and Bud”) [digi.copy]

Daniel Thomas Peterson: A Chronology of Long-Form Compositions in Jazz, Newark/NJ 2015 [MA thesis: Rutgers University], passim, especially p. 116-135 (F/A: chapter “Charlie Parker & the Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite”) [digi.copy]

Peter Vacher: Swingin’ On Central Avenue. African American Jazz in Los Angeles, Lanham/MD 2015 [book: Rowman & Littlefield], passim (F)

Georg Spindler: Leben eines Jazz-Giganten. Wolram Knauers Charlie-Parker-Buch, in: Mannheimer Morgen, 9.Jan.2015 (B) [digi.copy]

Klaus Mümpfer: Streifzug durch die Welt Charlie Parkers. Konzert-Lesung. “Treffpunkt Jazz” als Hommage an legendären Altsaxophonisten / Hochschul-Musiker begleiten hr-Bigband-Solist, in: Allgemeine Zeitung (Mainz), 26.Jan.2015 (C: Heinz Dieter Sauerborn, Wolfram Knauer) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun (& Steve Coleman): Charlie Parker on “Groovin’ High”, in: A Horizontal Search , 29.Jan.2015 (F/T) [digi.copy]

Bobb Reed: First Take. Bird’s Legacy, in: Down Beat, 82/2 (Feb.2015), p. 8 (F) [digi.copy]

Simon Broll: Jazzlegende Charlie Parker. Vogel im freien Fall. Sein Leben war ein einziger Exzess – auf der Bühne am Instrument, privat mit Drogen. Heute vor 60 Jahren starb Saxofonist Charlie “Bird” Parker. Sein früher Tod schürte die Legende des tragischen Genies, in: Spiegel Online, 12.Mar.2015 (F) [digi.copy]

Mischa Andriessen: Charlie ‘Bird’ parker. Zelfdestructief en onaangepast genie. Miskend fenomeen, nobele wilde: saxofonist Charlie Parker stond overal buiten. Zestig jaar na zijn dood blijkt Bird nog altijd een blijvende mythe, in: Jazzism, Mar.2015, p. 50-53, 55 (F)

Tom Di Nardo: Charlie Parker, a genius of jazz gets an operatic treatment in Philadelphia Opera Co. world premiere, in: Philadelphia Daily News, 27.May 2015 (F/I: Tom Di Nardo reports about the opera “Yardbird” by Daniel Schnyder honoring Charlie Parker which is to be premiered in Philadelphia in early June. Di Nardo talks to the Swiss-born composer, to the conductor Corrado Rovaris, the librettist Bridgette Wimberly, the tenor Lawrence Brownlee and the soprano Angela Brown) [digi.copy]

Corinna de Fonseca-Wollheim: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Ties Jazz and Opera Together in Philadelphia, in: New York Times, 28.May 2015 (F/I with Lawrence Brownlee, Daniel Schnyder, Bridgette Wimberly, Corrado Rovaris) [digi.copy]

Karen Smyles & Elisabeth Perez-Luna: ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ offers new insights into jazz legend’s life – and death, in: , 5.Jun.2015 (F: In advance of the premiere of the opera “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird” Karen Smyles and Elisabeth Perez-Luna talk to composer Daniel Schnyder, librettist Bridgette Wimberly and the tenor Lawrence Brownlee, and in the background audio of the interviews you can here small excerpts from the opera which plays Philadelphia’s Kimmel Theater next weekend) [digi.copy]

Shawn E. Milnes: How Charlie Parker’s Life Became an Opera. Is an opera the best way to remember a jazz great? Our correspondent secured an exclusive first look at Opera Philadelphia’s “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird”, in: The Daily Beast, 5.Jun.2015 (F/I/C) [digi.copy]

Peter Dobrin: Review. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ soars, in: Philadephphia Inquirer, 6.Jun.2015 (C) [digi.copy]

Anne Midgette: ‘Yardbird’ sings but fails to fly at Opera Philadelphia, in: Washington Post, 7.Jun.2015 (C) [digi.copy]

Anthony Tommasini: Review. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ Uses Opera to Tell a Jazz Story, in: New York Times, 7.Jun.2015 (C) [digi.copy]

Brandon Soderberg: Staring back at Charlie Parker on Pntella Mason’s ‘Bebop’ mural under I-83 on the jazz great’s birthday, in: Baltimore City Paper, 29.Aug.2015 (F) [digi.copy]

Masaya Yamaguchi: [Johnny Hodges influence on Charlie Parker], in: [e-mail correspondence], 31.Aug.2015 (A: Parker using phrase borrowed from Johnny Hodges recording from 1936 “Wee, Whoa, Babe” in several recordings of “Visa”, “Cheryl”, “Cool Blues”) [digi.copy] [mp3 files] {confidential; internal use only}

Hans Mantel: Mantels Must Haves. Charlie Parker – “Washington Concerts” (Blue Note 7243 5 22626 2 5), in: Jazzism, Sep.2015, p. 96-97 (F)

Shaun Brady: Bird-of-Pirgatory. Charlie Parker’s symphonic ambitions and inner torment drive a compelling new opera, in: Jazz Times, 45/7 (Sep.2015), p. 18 (F/I with Daniel Schnyder)

Jennifer Gould Keil: All that jazz: Charlie Parker’s townhouse listed for $9.25M, in: New York Post, 21.Oct.2015 (F) [digi.copy]

Franck Bergerot: Le jour. 26 novembre 1945. Le jour où Charlie Parker entra dans l’histoire, in: Jazz Magazine, #678 (Nov.2015), p. 36-37 (F)

Michael Cooper: Charlie Parker Opera Will Go On, in: New York Times, 9.Dec.2015 (F: Michael Cooper reports that “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird”, an opera composed by Daniel Schnyder and featuring the acclaimed tenor Lawrence Brownlee will be performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem next April) [digi.copy]

Franck Bergerot: Charlie Parker. Un amour de Bird. Apparu sur le devant de la scène il y a soixante-dix ans, le bop ne s’est pas fait en un jour, pas plus qu’il n’est la créature d’un seul musicien. Pourtant, parmi ses inventeurs, Charlie Parker occupe une place très spéciale. De quelle singulière essence est ce génie qui s’éteignit dix ans plus tard?, in: Jazz Magazine, #679 (Dec/Jan.2015/2016), p. 30-33 (F)

Leig Wigh: “Charlie Parker kom aldrig till Vingåker – istället för mina memoarer”, by Rune Ofwerman, in: Orkester Journalen, 83/6 (Dec.2015), p. 74 (B)

Benjamin Bierman: Listening to Jazz, New York 2016 [book: Oxford University Press], p. 194-195, 199-203 (F/A: “Salt Peanuts”; “Just Friends”)

Bob Porter: Soul Jazz. Jazz in the Black Community, 1945-1975, [Indianapolis] 2016 [book: Xlibris], p. 31-33 (F)

Krin Gabbard: Better Git It In Your Soul. An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus, Oakland 2016 [book: University of California Press], passim (F)

Wolf Kampmann: Jazz. Eine Geschichte von 1900 bis übermorgen, Stuttgart 2016 [book: Reclam], p. 87-109 (F: chapter “Bebop. Salt Peanuts”)

Nat Hentoff: Charlie Parker’s Revolutionary Junkie Jazz Alchemy. Bird was a phenomenal musician who, against all odds, almost singlehandedly changed our conception of what jazz could be. He was also his own worst enemy, in: The Daily Beast , 31.Jan.2016 (F; excerpt from Nat Hentoff: Jazz Is [1976]) [digi.copy]

Jørgen Siegumfeldt: Birds Boogie. Charlie Parkers lykkelige dag, in: Jazz Special, #150 (Apr/May 2016), p. 46-49 (F)

Matthew Kassel: A New Collection of Charlie Parker’s False Starts in the Studio Helps Humanize the Jazz Giant, in: The Village Voice, 15.Jun.2016 (F: Matthew Kassel hears a new collection containing alternate takes and false starts by Charlie Parker and talks to the jazz expert and the album’s producer Phil Schaap about the discovery of the recordings and about their importance documenting a major jazz improviser but also asks about the ethics of releasing what he refers to as “dirty laundry” about which saxophonist Steve Coleman says, “Musicians don’t want stuff like that released”) [digi.copy]

Brian Glasser: Turning Point. Bird on the Wireless. Keyboard-player Lonnie Liston Smith talks about the album that changed his life, “Charlie Parker With Strings”, by Charlie Parker, in: Jazzwise, #208 (Jun.2016), p. 32 (F) [digi.copy]

Niels von Kohl: Yardbird, in: Jazz Special, #151 (Jun/Aug.2016), p. 66-69 (F/C: opera “Yardbord” by Daniel Schnyder)

Ethan Iverson: Interview with Ken Solane, in: Do the Math, , 28.Aug.2016 (F: Ethan Iverson talks to Ken Sloane, a trumpet player from New Albany who was responsible for the transcriptions in the legendary “Charlie Parker Omnibook” about how he transcribed Parker’s solos, about the selection of pieces he transcribed and about how to this day he is not happy with ten of solos he transcribed on short deadline after he had already finished 50 others because he sees those ten as “not quite at the level of the others”) [digi.copy]

NN: “Unheard Bird” Presents Newly Found Tracks, in: Down Beat, 83/8 (Aug.2016), p. 13 (F/R) [digi.copy]

Ron Knox: Taling Charlie Parker with Jeff Robinson, the man who brought him home last month, in: The Pitch , 6.Sep.2016 (F: Ron Knox talks to the actor Jeff Robinson who plays Charlie Parker in “Live Bird” which Knox characterizes as “part theater, part live music performance, part historical re-enactment”, about whether he is nervous of performing in Kansas City, about how Parker’s widow Doris Parker once came to a performance in Harlem, as well as about Kansas City’s strong jazz roots which musicians still can build on) [digi.copy]

Jan Evensmo: The Altosax & Tenorsax of Charles Parker, “Charlie”, “Bird”, Oslo, 30.Sep.2016 [privately published], passim (D) [digi.copy]

Peter Rotermund: Birds kurzer Flug. Er wurde nur 35 Jahre alt, doch revolutionierte Charlie “Bird” Parker den Jazz, zählte zu den Modernisten, dessen Einfluss bis in die Gegenwart reicht, in: Folf Report Köln, Oct.2016, p. 16-17 (F) [digi.copy]

Leif Bo Petersen: Charlie Parker Chronology, in: <www.plosin.com/milesahead/BirdChronology.aspx>, 15.Nov.2017 (F: chronology) digi.copy]

Guillaume Belhomme: Jazz en 150 Figures, Paris 2017 [book: Editions du Layeur], p. 76-77 (F)

Harry Reed: Waiting for Bird, in: Brilliant Corners, 21/2 (Summer 2017), p. 18-19 (poem)

Philippe Margotin: 100 Jahre Jazz. Von der Klassik bis zur Moderne. Die größten Stars, Bielefeld 2017 [book: Delius Klasing Verlag], p. 226-231 (F: chapter “Charlie Parker. Bird, der Geist der Avantgarde”)

Larry Getlen: Charlie Parker’s heroin addiction helped make him a genius, in: New York Post, 5.Feb.2017 (F: Larry Getlen looks at the destroying relationship between Charlie Parker and heroin – although the headline, “Charlie Parker’s heroin addiction helped make him a genius”, had nothing really to do with what’s in Getlen’s article) [digi.copy]

Masaya Yamaguchi: Miles & Bird lived, in: [private correspondence], 15.Feb.2017 (F: private correspondence to Jazzinstitut Darmstadtabout the building on West 147th Street in New York, in which both Miles Davis and Charlie Parker used to live) [digi.copy]

Bert Vuijsje: bebop Business. Parkeriana, in: Jazzism, Feb/Mar.2017, p. 89 (F)

Hedi Weiss: Stage Reviews. ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’ a cry against the cage of racism, in: Chicago Sun-Times , 25.Mar.2017 (C) [digi.copy]

John von Rhein: Opera review: Lyric’s Charlie Parker biopera slick but elusive, in: Chicago Tribune, 26.Mar.2017 (C) [digi.copy]

NN: Various Artists – “The Passion of Charlie Parker” (Impulse! Records CD 06025 5742176), in: [CD info], 16.Jun.2017 (F) [digi.copy]

Jonathan Glusman: Le jour. 24 mars 1951. Le jour o’u Stravinsky alla écouter Bird au Birdland, in: Jazz Magazine, #695 (Jun.2017), p. 36-37 (F)

Arthur C. Brooks: Charlie Parker and the Meaning of Freedom, in: New York Times, 29.Aug.2017 (F) [digi.copy]

Ben Givan: Opionion / Letter. Charlie Parker’s Rules, in: New York Times, 6.Sep.2017 (F: letter; response to Arthur C. Brooks’ article “Charlie Parker and the Meaning of Freedom”, New York Times, 29.Aug.2017) [digi.copy]

Christopher Loudon: “The Passion of Charlie Parker” (Impulse!), in: Jazz Times, 47/7 (Sep.2017), p. 69-70 (R: tribute album by singers)

Sascha Feinstein: “The Passion of Charlie Parker” (Impulse), in: Jazziz, 34/9 (Sep.2017), p. 109-110 (R: vocal tribute to Charlie Parker) [digi.copy]

Ben Ratliff: Essential Solos. 40 Improvisations You Need to Know. Soloist: Charlie Parker, “Ko Ko”. Charlie Parker’s Ri Bop Boys, Ko Ko (Savoy, 1945), in: Jazz Times, 47/8 (Oct.2017), p. 32 (short F)

Bill Charlap: Essential Solos. 40 Improvisations You Need to Know. Soloist: Charlie Parker, “Embraceable You”. Charlie Parker Quintet, Embraceable You (Dial, rec. 1947), in: Jazz Times, 47/8 (Oct.2017), p. 31 (short F)

Jeff Coffin: Essential Solos. 40 Improvisations You Need to Know. Soloist: Charlie Parker, “Just Friends”. Charlie Parker, Charlie Parker With Strings (Verve, rec. 1949), in: Jazz Times, 47/8 (Oct.2017), p. 31 (short F)

Russ Musto: New York at Night. “Charlie Parker Birthday Celebration Band” with Vincent Herring, Greg Osby, Jeremy Pelt, Helen Sung, Lonnie Plaxico, Billy Drummond, in: New York City Jazz Record, #186 (Oct.2017), p. 5 (C) [digi.copy]

Herbert Hellhund: Jazz. Harmonik, Melodik, Improvisation, Analyse, Ditzingen 2018 [book: Reclam], p. 173-184 (A: “Now’s the Time”)

Dante Di Stefano: What Charlie Parker’s Sax Said to the Unmentioned Cows in a Late Baraka Poem, in: Brilliant Corners, 23/2 (Summer 2019), p. 10-11 (poem)

Howard Mandel (ed.): Jazz & Blues Encyclopedia. New & Expanded Edition, London 2/2019 [book: Flame Tree Publishing], p. 96-98 (F: short biographical entry)

Roland Spiegel & Rainer Wittkamp: Charlie Parker with Strings. Bird bleibt Bird – selbst mit Streichern, in: Roland Spiegel & Rainer Wittkamp: 111 Jazz-Alben, die man gehört haben muss, Köln 2019 [book: Emons], p. 34-35 (short F)

Roland Spiegel & Rainer Wittkamp: Jazz at Massey Hall. Schwergewichte im Wettstreit, in: Roland Spiegel & Rainer Wittkamp: 111 Jazz-Alben, die man gehört haben muss, Köln 2019 [book: Emons], p. 40-41 (short F)

Peter Facini: Is This the Greatest Photo in Jazz History? A quiet Sunday night in 1953. The Dodgers had just won the pennant. J.F.K. and Jacqueline Bouvier had just married. And four titans of bebop came together in a dive bar for a rare jam session, in: New York Times , 8.Mar.2019 (F: Peter Facini looks closely at an iconic photo Bob Parent took one Sunday evening in September 1953 at New York’s club Open Door at which the Thelonious Monk Trio with Charles Mingus and Roy Haynes was joined by Charlie Parker, giving some of the context of the photo such as that both Monk and Parker were performing even though their cabaret license had been pulled, and talking to Parent’s son, Parker’s stepdaughter Kim, and to Roy Haynes, the only living member of the quartet pictured. And as he glances at some lesser known photos from the concert he finds a dark-haired man at a front table who just might be the poet Jack Kerouac) [digi.copy]

Lynell George: The Night Charlie Parker Soared in South Central L.A. The jazz saxophonist gave a legendary after-hours performance at Jack’s Basket Room in 1947. No photos or recordings captured it, and last year a suspicious fire destroyed the L.A. building, in: , 5.Aug.2019 (F: Lynell George remembers a legendary after-hours performance by Charlie Parker at Jack’s Basket Room in Los Angeles right after the saxophonist was released from Camarillo State Hospital. He also tells about a visit to the location of that club in South L.A. with the late saxophonist Buddy Collette and about Collette’s memories of the venue which was open from 1939 to 1951 in a building which was destroyed by a fire in 2018) [digi.copy]

Allison Keyes: The Long Journey of Charlie Parker’s Saxophone. The newly acquired instrument, played by the father of bebop, is on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, in: Smithsonian Magazine , 24.Oct.2019 (F) [digi.copy]

J.D. Considine: Charlie Parker. ‘Bird’ endures! To say that Charlie “Yardbird” Parker was one of the greatest jazz musicians who ever lived is a bit like saying the Mona Lisa is a well-known painting, in: Down Beat, 87/1 (Jan.2020), p. 28-30 (F) [digi.copy]

Sean Philip Colter: Joe Biden calls Charlie Baker ‘Charlie Parker’. Refers to Baker as ‘Gov. Charlie Parker’, in: Boston Herald , 23.Mar.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Bob Weinberg: Bobby Watson, Gary Bartz and Vincent Herring. Chairmen of the Bird, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F/I with Bobby Watson, Gary Bartz, Vincent Herring) [digi.copy]

Brian Priestley: Across the tracks. ‘Ko Ko’ Nuts. Brian Priestley investigates the complex recording history of Charlie Parker’s famous ‘Ko Ko’, 75 years old this year, in: Jazzwise, #249 (Mar.2020), p. 16 (F) [digi.copy]

Jonathan Glusman: Ce jour-là. 12 mars 1955. Charlie Parker, mort de rire, in: Jazz Magazine, #725 (Mar.2020), p. 50-51 (F)

Neil Tesser: 10 Essential Charlie Parker Recordings, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F) [digi.copy]

Neil Tesser: Bird at 100. Does Charlie Parker Still Matter?, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020), p. 46-49 (F) [digi.copy]

Neil Tesser: Bird Songs. A guide to the best of Charlie Parker’s recordings, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020), p. 60-63 (F) [digi.copy]

Neil Tesser: Does Charlie Parker Still Matter?, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F) [digi.copy]

NN: Bird Is the Word. Observations and Insights. By Charlie Parker and others, in: Parker, Charlie (as) 2020/03°, p. 76-79 (F; statements by Charlie Parker, Earl Coleman, gary Giddins, Miles Davis, Hampton Hawes, Ralph Ellison, Lennie Tristano, Elvis Costello, Whitney Balliett, Jack Kerouac) [digi.copy]

NN: Bird Is the Word. Quotes By and About Charlie Parker, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F; quotes from Charlie Parker, Earl Coleman, Gary Giddins, Henry Rollins, Miles Davis, Hampton Hawes, Ralph Ellison, Lennie Tristano, Elvis Costello, Whitney Balliett, Jack Kerouac) [digi.copy]

NN: Six Artists Influenced by Charlie Parker, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F; I with Steve Coleman, Sheila Jordan, Joe Lovano, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Charles McPherson, Sonny Rollins) [digi.copy]

Ted Panken: Bird Lovers. Six Artists Influenced by Charlie Parker, in: Jazziz, 37/3 (Mar.2020) (F; I with Steve Coleman, Sheila Jordan, Joe Lovano, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Charles McPherson, Sonny Rollins) [digi.copy]

Josh Linkner: How one musician used a quarantine to become a legend, in: Detroit Free Press , 11.Apr.2020 (F: Josh Linkner asks how artists can use self-isolation for improvement and finds one example in Charlie Parker’s woodshedding isolation in the Ozarks) [digi.copy]

Graeme McMillan: Charlie Parker’s Story to Be Told in Graphic Novel ‘Chasin’ the Bird’, in: The Hollywood Reporter , 27.Apr.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Franck BergerotL Où est Charlie? Parker pas par cœur. Plutôt habitué aux livres-compilations de témoignages, Frank Médioni vient de sortir “Charlie Parker” chez Fayard, une biographie qui ne tient pas toutes ses promesses, in: Jazz Magazine, #726 (Apr.2020), p. 20 (B)

Yves Buin: Bird, non pas albatross mais aigle royal au-dessus des nuées. L’écrivain Yves Buin a lu le livre “Charlie Parker” de Franck Médioni qui vient de paraître chez Fayard, in: Improjazz. Magazine d’information musicale, #264 (Apr/May 2020), p. 45-46 (B)

Kevin Sun: Charlie Parker on “Confirmation” (1949–1951), in: A Horizontal Search , 1.May 2020 (A/T: Parker solos between 1949 and 1951) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun: Charlie Parker on “Fine and Dandy” (1947–1953), in: A Horizontal Search , 15.May 2020 (A/T: Parker solos between 1947 and 1953) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun: Charlie Parker on “This Time The Dream’s On Me” (1950–1953), in: A Horizontal Search , 29.Mar.2020 (A/T: Parker solos between 1950 and 1953) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun: Charlie Parker: Three Rare Blues Performances, in: A Horizontal Search , 8.Aug.2020 (A/T: “Now’s the Time”, 1949; “Buzzy”, 1951; “Bloomdido”, 1951) [digi.copy]

Kevin Sun: Musigs on Bird II.Synchronic Bird. Off the cuff notes and thoughts on Bird, Part II, in: A Horizontal Search , 23.Aug.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Howard Reich: From Charlie Parker to Eddie Johnson, remembering jazz centenarians during a pandemic, in: Chicago Tribune , 2.Jun.2020 (F: Howard Reich celebrates the centennial of a number of influential musicians, namely Charlie Parker, Dave Brubeck, John Lewis, Clark Terry, Peggy Lee, Art Van Damme, Hazel Scott and Eddie Johnson) [digi.copy]

Alexander Kranich: Hello bird! Sängerin Sheila Jordan erinnert sich an Charlie Parker, der am 29.8.1920, also vor hundert Jahren geboren wurde. Alexander Kranich zeichnete auf, in: Jazz Podium, 69/7-8 (Jul/Aug.2020), p. 18-19 (F) [digi.copy]

Angelique van Os: Profile. 100 jaar Charlie Parker. Unaniem een tijdloos fenomeen, in: Jazzism, summer 2020, p. 44-49 (F/I with Benjamin Herman, Vera Vingerhoeds, Gideon Tazelaar, Tineke Postma, Ben van Gelder, Jasper Blom, Ack van Rooyen, Marike van Dijk, Ferdinand Povel)

Bert Vuijsje: Bebop Business. Parker’s Mood, in: Jazzism, summer 2020, p. 91 (F)

Hans Hielscher: Charlie Parker. “Bird Lives!”, in: Jazzthetik, 24/7-8 (Jul/Aug.2020), p. 56 (F) [digi.copy]

Carlos Morales: News Watch: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Write Foreword for Upcoming Charlie Parker Graphic Novel. Legends Unite: Kareem-Abdul Jabbar To Pen The Introduction To Z2 Comics’ Upcoming Graphic Novel Paying Tribute To Charlie “Bird” Parker, in: Comic Watch , 1.Aug.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Howard Reich: The Jazz Showcase presses ahead with Charlie Parker Month, in: Chicago Tribune, 4.Aug.2020 (F: Howard Reich reports about plans for a Charlie Parker Month at Chicago’s Jazz Showcase, celebrating Bird’s centennial, and he talks to saxophonist Eric Schneider who explains that he performs wearing a mask with a thin slit in it and often behind a plastic shield which makes him sound like Paul Desmond, as well as to the Jazz Showcase’s current owner Wayne Segal about the effects of the pandemic on his business and how important live music is to so many people, these days more than ever) [digi.copy]

Howard Reich: Charlie Parker at 100: Like Mozart, he transformed an art form and his music has never stopped, in: Chicago Tribune , 10.Aug.2020 (F) [digi.copy]

Roland Spiegel & Ulrich Habersetzer: Zitate von und über Charlie Parker. Er war unser Gott. Er war unser Prophet. “Charlie Parker verkörperte den neuen schwarzen Künstlertypus. Beim Spielen wirkte er sehr würdevoll. Er bürstete gegen den Strich”, so urteilte einst Sonny Rollins über Charlie Parker. Zitate von und über die Jazz-Legende, die am 29. August 100 Jahre alt geworden wäre, in: BR Klassik , 22.Aug.2020 (F/I with Nicole Johänntgen, Uwe Steinmetz, Hugo Siegmeth, Angelika Niescier and Evgeny Ring) [digi.copy]

Roland Spiegel & Ulrich Habersetzer: 100. Geburtstag Charlie Parker. Auf dem Bebop-Stern. Vor rund achtzig Jahren war Altsaxophonist Charlie Parker einer der Bebop-Revolutionäre. Er veränderte den Jazz auf immer. Parker hat Instrumentalisten unterschiedlicher Generationen stark beeinflusst. Wir fragten Musikerinnen und Musiker der jüngeren Szene nach ihren Charlie-Parker-Einflüssen und Schlüsselerlebnissen, in: BR Klassik , 23.Aug.2020 (F: collection of historic quotes by Parker himself, Sonny Rollins and Lee Konitz) [digi.copy]

Elliott Simon: In Print. “Chasin’ the Bird (Charlie Parker in California)”, by Dave Chisholm with Peter Markowski, in: New York City Jazz Record, #220 (Aug.2020), p. 20 (B: graphic novel) [digi.copy]

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