Charlie Parker: 'Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection'

Charlie Parker: 'Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection'

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Charlie Parker: 'Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection'

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Charlie Parker: 'Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection' Web Resources PBS Profile of Charlie Parker MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Once again, it's time to prostrate ourselves at the altar of bebop. Hi, I'm Murray Horwitz with our latest entry in the NPR Basic Jazz Record Library, Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection. Sponsor Message HORWITZ: You know, Dizzy Gillespie always said, "Nobody could play the blues like Charlie Parker," and the evidence is on this set, including the famous, "Parker's Mood." The two-CD set is called Yardbird Suite: The Ultimate Charlie Parker Collection from Rhino Records.

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