Charlie Parker
1920 to 1955
12 documented presences
7 places
Quo Fuit places 12 dated presences for Charlie Parker across 7 places, from 1920 to 1954. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Charlie Parker was documented, and when
29 August 1920exact date
Kansas City, Kansasattested
“was born on August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Charles Parker Sr.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
29 August 1920exact date
Kansas Cityattested
“was born on August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Charles Parker Sr.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
29 August 1920exact date
Kansasattested
“was born on August 29, 1920, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Charles Parker Sr.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1939year
New York Cityattested
“In 1939, Parker moved to New York City to pursue his musical career but worked part-time jobs to make a living.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1939year
New Yorkattested
“In 1939, Parker moved to New York City to pursue his musical career but worked part-time jobs to make a living.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1940year
Kansas Cityattested
“I came alive." In 1940, he returned to Kansas City to perform with Jay McShann and to attend the funeral of his father, Charles Sr.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1940year
Kansasattested
“I came alive." In 1940, he returned to Kansas City to perform with Jay McShann and to attend the funeral of his father, Charles Sr.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1950year
Birdland (New York jazz club)attested
“Meanwhile, Parker's regular group maintained popular success with a European tour in 1950, and live gigs at New York nightclubs continued, leading to live albums One Night in Birdland (with Fats Navarro and Powell) and Summit Meeting at…”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1950year
New Yorkattested
“Meanwhile, Parker's regular group maintained popular success with a European tour in 1950, and live gigs at New York nightclubs continued, leading to live albums One Night in Birdland (with Fats Navarro and Powell) and Summit Meeting at…”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1950year
Swedenattested
“Among the most notable of these, particularly according to critics, are Charlie Parker in Sweden (recorded during his 1950 Sweden tour), Bird at St.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1950year
New York Cityattested
“Since 1950, Parker had been living in New York City with his common-law wife, Chan Berg, the mother of his son, Baird (1952–2014), and his daughter, Pree (who died at age 3).”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1954year
Birdland (New York jazz club)attested
“The death of Parker's daughter Pree from pneumonia in 1954 devastated him and, after being fired from Birdland in September of that year, he attempted to commit suicide.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
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Places Charlie Parker is documented in
Kansas2 presences · 1920 to 1940New York2 presences · 1939 to 1950New York City2 presences · 1939 to 1950
Birdland (New York jazz club)2 presences · 1950 to 1954
Kansas City2 presences · 1920 to 1940
Sweden1 presence · 1950Kansas City, Kansas1 presence · 1920
Other places tied to Charlie Parker in the record
In each of these, a source puts Charlie Parker and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Charlie Parker was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1936year
Ozarksmentioned
“In late 1936, Parker and a Kansas City band traveled to the Ozarks for the opening of Musser's Resort south of Eldon, Missouri.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1943year
Chicagomentioned
“The few recordings in which Parker participated in 1943 took place in Chicago and included a jam session recording with Gillespie and bassist Oscar Pettiford, another session with Billy Eckstine playing trumpet, some informally recorded…”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1944year
New Yorkmentioned
“This new format freed soloists from harmonic and rhythmic restrictions, and in late 1944, the group secured a gig at the Three Deuces club in New York.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
22 June 1945exact date
New Yorkmentioned
“One of their first small-group performances together, a concert in New York's Town Hall on June 22, 1945, was rediscovered in 2004 and released in 2005.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
22 June 1945exact date
New York's Town Hallmentioned
“One of their first small-group performances together, a concert in New York's Town Hall on June 22, 1945, was rediscovered in 2004 and released in 2005.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
December 1945month
Los Angelesmentioned
“In December 1945, the Parker band traveled to an unsuccessful engagement at the Billy Berg's club in Los Angeles.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
July 1946month
Camarillo State Mental Hospitalmentioned
“He suffered a physical and mental breakdown after a studio session in July 1946 for Dial Records, and was briefly jailed after setting the bedsheets of his Los Angeles hotel room on fire and then running naked through the lobby while int…”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
July 1946month
Camarillomentioned
“He suffered a physical and mental breakdown after a studio session in July 1946 for Dial Records, and was briefly jailed after setting the bedsheets of his Los Angeles hotel room on fire and then running naked through the lobby while int…”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1947year
New Yorkmentioned
“Upon returning to New York in 1947, Parker resumed his heroin usage.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
1953year
Massey Hallmentioned
“In 1953, Parker performed at Massey Hall in Toronto, joined by Gillespie, Mingus, Powell, and Roach.”
source: Wikipedia: Charlie Parker
Documented at the same place, the same year
Merce CunninghamManhattan · 1939Miles DavisNew York City · 1950Kurt WeillNew York City · 1950Baruj BenacerrafNew York City · 1950J. D. SalingerManhattan · 1939Bruno BettelheimManhattan · 1939Frederick ReinesManhattan · 1939Boutros Boutros-GhaliColumbia University · 1954Murray Gell-MannColumbia University · 1954Kevin A. LynchColumbia University · 1954Léon BrillouinColumbia University · 1954Einojuhani RautavaaraColumbia University · 1954
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
How to read this page
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A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured, explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there, mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
Sources
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