Download or read book Bird Lives! written by Ross Russell and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1996-03-22 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.