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Charlie Parker "Bird" T-Shirt
- Item Number
- 319
- Estimated Value
- 22 USD
Item Description
Be the high bidder for this Medium sized shirt depicting Charlie "Bird" Parker. Charles Parker, Jr., also known as Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is widely considered one of the most influential jazz musicians of his time. He acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career and the shortened form, "Bird", continued to be used for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite", "Ornithology", "Bird Gets the Worm" and "Bird of Paradise."
Parker was a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuoso technique, and improvisation. His innovative approach to music exercised enormous influence on his contemporaries. Parker introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas, including rapidly passing chords, new variants of altered chords and chord substitutions. His tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber. Many Parker recordings demonstrate virtuosic technique and complex melodic lines, fusing jazz with other musical genres, including blues, Latin and classical.
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