Aug 05, 1989
59 min
Full-HD

Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (1989)

A documentary about the legendary Jazz player Charlie (Bird) Parker.

Category

Music Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Toby byron/Multiprises

Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker

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