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Npr: Charlie Parker: "Bird Lives!" Part 1 AudioNpr: Charlie Parker: "Bird Lives!" Part 1 Audio
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NPR: National Public Radio
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9th - 10th
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Npr: Charlie Parker: "Bird Lives!" Part 1

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This is the first part of an NPR Jazz Profile of Charlie Parker, innovative jazz saxophone player. Read about his early life up to his treatment for drug addiction in 1946. Listen to the NPR Jazz Profile segment, and click to hear some of Parker's great jazz.

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alto saxophone, bebop, saxophonist, swing jazz, art tatum, charlie "bird" parker, charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, kansas city blues, npr, national public radio

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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