Charlie Parker Bibliography

Robert Bregman, Leonard Bukowski, and Norman Saks, The Charlie Parker Discography. Redwood, NY: Cadence Books, 1993.

Gary Giddins, Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker. New York: Da Capo Press, 1999.

Jens Kjeldsen, Charlie Parker - The Bird. Copenhagen: Husets Forlag, 2006.

Lawrence O. Koch, Yardbird Suite: A Compendium of the Music and Life of Charlie Parker. Northeastern University Press, 1999.

Piet Koster, Bird Lore: Charlie Parker 1940-1955 (Second Edition). Almere: Micrography/Names & Numbers, 2002.

Edward M. Komara (ed.), The Dial Recordings of Charlie Parker: A Discography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.

Henry Martin, Charlie Parker and Thematic Improvisation. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1996.

Thomas Owens, Charlie Parker: Techniques of Improvisation. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California Los Angeles, 1974.

Chan Parker, My Life in E-Flat. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999.

Brian Priestly, Chasin' the Bird: The Fife and Legacy of Charlie Parker. London: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2005.

Leo Petersen, Charlie Parker: A Discography. Copenhagen, 2000.

Robert George Reisner, Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker. New York: Da Capo Press, 1975.

Ross Russell, Bird Lives!: The High Life and Hard Times of Charlie (Yardbird) Parker. New York: Da Capo Press, 1996.

Claude Schlouch, Charlie Parker: A Discography. Paris, 1999.

Ken Vail, Bird's Diary: The Life of Charlie Parker, 1945-1955. London: Sanctuary Books, 1996.

Carl Woideck, Charlie Parker: His Music and Life. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1998.

Carl Woideck (ed.), The Charlie Parker Companion: Six Decades of Commentary. New York: Schirmer Books, 1998.