Chasin' The Bird by Dave Chisholm - ISBN: 9781940878386
Hardcover
Bird’s wild L.A. jazz journey: genius, chaos, and groundbreaking music.

Chasin' The Bird

A Charlie Parker Graphic Novel

$76.15

  • Hardcover

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    16 December 2020

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Summary

The graphic novel tells the story of Bird’s time in L.A. starting in December 1945, where Bird and Dizzy Gillespie brought frenetic sounds of bebop from the East Coast jazz underground to the West Coast for a two-month residency at Billy Berg’s Hollywood jazz club. This marked the beginning of a tumultuous two year-stint for Bird bumming around L.A., showing up at jam sessions, crashing on people’s couches, causing havoc in public places, and recording some of his most groundbreaking tracks, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781940878386
ISBN-10:1940878381
Author:Dave Chisholm, Charlie Parker, Z2 Comics
Publisher:Z2 comics
Imprint:Z2 comics
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:16 December 2020
Weight:626g
Dimensions:260mm x 168mm x 8mm
About The Author

Dave Chisholm

Dave Chisholm is a trumpet player, cartoonist, composer, and educator currently residing in Rochester, NY where he received his doctorate in jazz trumpet from the Eastman School of Music in 2013.

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