Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies

Today in History: On March 12, 1955, legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker died in New York at age 34. On this date: In 1864, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assumed command as General-in-Chief of the Union armies in the Civil War.

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Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies at 34, National News

Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies at 34, National

The Long Journey of Charlie Parker's Saxophone, At the Smithsonian

Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies at 34, For The Record

Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies at 34

Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies at 34, National

Charlie 'Bird' Parker: The tragic saxophone genius with a voracious appetite for drugs, hard liquor and jazz, The Independent

Charlie Parker - IMDb

Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies at 34 – Butler Eagle

How would you rate the musicianship of jazz legend Charlie Parker? Does his legacy stand up even today with so many talented people playing now? - Quora

Today in History: March 12, jazz legend Charlie 'Bird' Parker dies at 34 - The San Diego Union-Tribune

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