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020 a| 0882549065 (Hippocrene) :c| $6.95;

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050 00 a| ML419.P4b| P7 1984;

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100 1 a| Priestley, Brian,d| 1946-=| ^A201181;

245 10 a| Charlie Parker /c| Brian Priestley ; selected discography by Brian Priestley.;

300 a| 96 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 20 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| The Jazz masters;

500 a| Includes index.;

504 a| Bibliography: page 96.;

504 a| Discography: pages 69-95.;

520 a| An almost overwhelming influence from the 1940s onwards, Parker's brilliance has rarely if ever, been surpassed since his death in 1955. He came into prominence with the bands of Jay McShann, Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine. With Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis he made his greatest recordings. His outrageous private life tended to obscure his genius at the time, but in spite of derision from the establishment critics, it shone through and his musical influence is felt more strongly today than it was even in his own lifetime.;

545 a| Brian Priestley was the British correspondent of Downbeat magazine and a regular contributor to many other periodicals--Jazz Express, The Wire etc. He is the author of the widely praised definitive biography of Charles Mingus and of two books of jazz piano arrangements. Active as a pianist, he also taught jazz piano and presented the weekly jazz programme on BBC Radio London.;

600 10 a| Parker, Charlie,d| 1920-1955.=| ^A93449;

650 0 a| Jazz musiciansz| United Statesv| Biography.=| ^A413048;

830 0 a| Jazz masters (Tunbridge Wells, England)?| UNAUTHORIZED;

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Charlie Parker / Brian Priestley ; selected discography by Brian Priestley.

Author/creator	Priestley, Brian, 1946-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Tunbridge Wells : Spellmount ; New York : Hippocrene Books, 1984.
Description	96 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Subjects	Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955. Jazz musicians--United States. --Biography.

Series	The Jazz masters Jazz masters (Tunbridge Wells, England) UNAUTHORIZED
Abstract	An almost overwhelming influence from the 1940s onwards, Parker's brilliance has rarely if ever, been surpassed since his death in 1955. He came into prominence with the bands of Jay McShann, Earl Hines and Billy Eckstine. With Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis he made his greatest recordings. His outrageous private life tended to obscure his genius at the time, but in spite of derision from the establishment critics, it shone through and his musical influence is felt more strongly today than it was even in his own lifetime.
General note	Includes index.
Bibliography note	Bibliography: page 96.
Bibliography note	Discography: pages 69-95.
Biographical note	Brian Priestley was the British correspondent of Downbeat magazine and a regular contributor to many other periodicals--Jazz Express, The Wire etc. He is the author of the widely praised definitive biography of Charles Mingus and of two books of jazz piano arrangements. Active as a pianist, he also taught jazz piano and presented the weekly jazz programme on BBC Radio London.
LCCN	84234429
ISBN	0882549065 (Hippocrene) :

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