Blues for Bird

by James Martin Gray and Martin Gray

Blues for Bird is Martin Gray's stunning, one-of-a-kind biography of Charlie Parker. Written entirely in trimeter, Gray's epic biographical poem runs some 5,400 lines. The work chronicles the life of one of the twentieth century's most pivotal musical figures, from his humble beginnings in Kansas City through his pioneering of the breakthrough musical form of "bebop" to his early tragic death in the Park Avenue apartment of a European Countess.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891661205
• ISBN13: 9781891661204
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Santa Monica Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 8.4"