Charlie Parker

Kansas City PBS is proud to present a documentary that looks back at the years Charlie “Bird” Parker spent in Kansas City and his lasting...

Scaoileadh : 2020.08.29
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In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?

Scaoileadh : 2018.03.09
Coitianta : 8.628

A documentary about the legendary Jazz player Charlie (Bird) Parker.

Scaoileadh : 1989.08.05
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An improvised jazz session with some of the greats from the 1950s era including Ella Fitzgerald.

Scaoileadh : 1950.12.11
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Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became...

Scaoileadh : 1970.01.01
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An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

Scaoileadh : 2019.08.23
Coitianta : 8.057

Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...

Scaoileadh : 2004.01.01
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“ Bird 100 ” , a tribute to Charlie Parker on the centenary of his birth ( Aug. 29, 1920). The story of Bird, the revolutionary musician...

Scaoileadh : 1970.01.01
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Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival...

Scaoileadh : 2004.01.01
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Blues as a genre shaped the sound of jazz in the early 20th century and directly led to the creation of rock 'n' roll in the '50s. The scales,...

Scaoileadh : 1993.11.02
Coitianta : 1.467

In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...

Scaoileadh : 2022.01.09
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