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Bird Lives: The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie Yardbird Parker Please note that we judge the condition of this product to be: Used Good This work on Charlie Bird Parker offers a picture of not only of the saxophonist-composer as an artist and as a human being, but also of zeitgeist and the musical/social setting that produced him. It shows his complex personality; his great appetites; the extent of his influence; and his work. About the Author Ross Russell is the author of “The Sound, ” a novel of the jazz world, and “Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest.” In 1946 he formed Dial Records, heading the company for a decade, during which he released records by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Miles Davis.