Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker

Koch, Lawrence O.

ISBN 10: 0879722592 / ISBN 13: 9780879722593

Published by Bowling Green State Univ Popular pr, Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A., 1988

About this Item

First Edition. Hardcover, DJ, 336 pp, faint edgewear to jacket, else a bright, fine copy. Protected in a Brodart cover.

Seller Inventory # 500185

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker
• Publisher: Bowling Green State Univ Popular pr, Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879722592
• ISBN 13: 9780879722593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • African American Studies
  • MUSIC
  • Popular Culture

About this title

Synopsis

A comprehensive study of jazz great Charlie Parker, including details of record dates, more than 200 musical illustrations, and biographical material arranged chronologically and linked with Parker’s recordings. The “Bird Stories” are all here, from Parker’s Kansas City roots to his untimely death, as well as the seminal journal article on Parker’s music, “Ornithology” that appeared in the Journal of Jazz Studies.

About the Author

Lawrence O. Koch is a jazz musician and music critic. He has written over 100 compositions, including several for symphony orchestra and jazz ensemble, and is the recipient of the Schuylkill Lifetime Achievement Award for the Field of Jazz. A former faculty member at Moravian College, he currently heads his own music institution, the Braun School, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.