Charlie Parker Charlie Parker performing with the jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer Dizzy Gillespie © Ted Williams
Bird’ Los Angeles 1953 Chet Baker with Jimmy Rowles, Carson Smith and Charlie Parker Los Angeles 1953 Photo William Claxton
Charlie Parker Charlie Parker started playing as a boy, when his mother gave him a saxophone to cheer him up after his father left. He went on to spearhead a musical revolution – nd Michael Ochs Archive
Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker in performance Jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker in performance portrait 1954 Photo Eliot Elisofon
Charlie Parker playing saxophone 1955 Multiple exposure pic of jazz musician Charlie Parker playing saxophone 1955 Photo Eliot Elisofon