Birth Place: Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.A.

Birth Name: Charles Christopher Parker, Jr.

Member of:
Jay McShann & His Orchestra
Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie
Charlie Parker & Miles Davis
Charlie Parker & Chet Baker
The Quintet

Associated Acts:
Earl Hines
Billy Eckstine

Also Called:
Bird
Yardbird

Genres:
Jazz
Bebop

Instruments:
Saxophone

Did You Know:
He constantly fought an addiction to drugs (including heroin)
He died on March 12th, 1955 in New York, New York, U.S.A.