![On March 12th, 1955, Jazz great Charlie "Bird" Parker passed away at age 34. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as On March 12th, 1955, Jazz great Charlie "Bird" Parker passed away at age 34. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as](https://preview.redd.it/17d4efph90n81.jpg?auto=webp&s=75689dbc143b022670327abfb0de7a79afeb7af1)
On March 12th, 1955, Jazz great Charlie "Bird" Parker passed away at age 34. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as
![Queens Jazz Orchestra to Honor Beloved Radio Host Phil Schaap and The Genius of Charlie Parker with “Bird Flight” | Grateful Web Queens Jazz Orchestra to Honor Beloved Radio Host Phil Schaap and The Genius of Charlie Parker with “Bird Flight” | Grateful Web](https://www.gratefulweb.com/sites/default/files/images/articles/QJO2022.jpg)
Queens Jazz Orchestra to Honor Beloved Radio Host Phil Schaap and The Genius of Charlie Parker with “Bird Flight” | Grateful Web
![Amazon.com: Charlie Parker Poster, Bird, Legendary Jazz Musician, Saxophone: Prints: Posters & Prints Amazon.com: Charlie Parker Poster, Bird, Legendary Jazz Musician, Saxophone: Prints: Posters & Prints](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51EyrVcFbjL._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_PIStarRatingFIVE%2CBottomLeft%2C360%2C-6_SR600%2C315_ZA13%2C445%2C290%2C400%2C400%2CAmazonEmberBold%2C12%2C4%2C0%2C0%2C5_SCLZZZZZZZ_FMpng_BG255%2C255%2C255.jpg)
Amazon.com: Charlie Parker Poster, Bird, Legendary Jazz Musician, Saxophone: Prints: Posters & Prints
![Charlie 'Bird' Parker: The tragic saxophone genius with a voracious appetite for drugs, hard liquor and jazz | The Independent | The Independent Charlie 'Bird' Parker: The tragic saxophone genius with a voracious appetite for drugs, hard liquor and jazz | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2020/08/26/12/charlie-parker-1.jpg)
Charlie 'Bird' Parker: The tragic saxophone genius with a voracious appetite for drugs, hard liquor and jazz | The Independent | The Independent
![Happy 100th Birthday, Bird! Charlie Parker Invented Bebop Style And Put Kansas City On The Musical Map | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR Happy 100th Birthday, Bird! Charlie Parker Invented Bebop Style And Put Kansas City On The Musical Map | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bfaf4bd/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x765+0+0/resize/880x1122!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faa%2F56%2F8aa63dfd4ab0ad7032d6501abcb4%2Fcharlie-parker-002-1940s.jpg)
Happy 100th Birthday, Bird! Charlie Parker Invented Bebop Style And Put Kansas City On The Musical Map | KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR
![Amazon.com: Charlie Parker Poster, Bird, Legendary Jazz Musician, Saxophone: Prints: Posters & Prints Amazon.com: Charlie Parker Poster, Bird, Legendary Jazz Musician, Saxophone: Prints: Posters & Prints](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51EyrVcFbjL._AC_UL600_SR600,600_.jpg)
Amazon.com: Charlie Parker Poster, Bird, Legendary Jazz Musician, Saxophone: Prints: Posters & Prints
![Charlie Parker's Story to be Told in Graphic Novel 'Chasin' The Bird' (Exclusive) – The Hollywood Reporter Charlie Parker's Story to be Told in Graphic Novel 'Chasin' The Bird' (Exclusive) – The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/chasinthebird-header-h_2020.jpg)
Charlie Parker's Story to be Told in Graphic Novel 'Chasin' The Bird' (Exclusive) – The Hollywood Reporter
![Amazon.com: Charlie Parker Poster, Bird, Legendary Jazz Musician, Saxophone: Prints: Posters & Prints Amazon.com: Charlie Parker Poster, Bird, Legendary Jazz Musician, Saxophone: Prints: Posters & Prints](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51EyrVcFbjL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg)