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For this first full-length reminiscence, Reisner interviewed eighty-one of Parker's friends, relatives, and fellow performers. From Charlie Mingus, one of the few real innovators since Bird, and Dizzy Gillespie, whom Parker once called 'the other half of my heart, ' to jazz historian Rudi Blesh and Parker's mother, each remembers Bird in his or her own special way.Reisner, Robert is the author of 'Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker' with ISBN 9780306706776 and ISBN 0306706776.
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