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Bird Lives

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Charles Fox presents the second in a series of six
Programmes on the American saxophonist Charlie Parker who was born in Kansas City in 1920. He examines
Parker's musical beginnings in Kansas City with the help of Jay McShann , with whose band
Parker began playing at the end of the 30s.
Mono

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Unknown:
Charles Fox
Unknown:
Charlie Parker
Unknown:
Jay McShann
Source: Radio Times

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