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* [[Iconic Item]]: After [[Ornette Coleman]] he's the best known user of a plastic Grafton sax.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Nobody doubted his abilities, but a few bandleaders were irritated by his tendency to show up late for gigs without an instrument.
* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll]]: As mentioned, the Bird used a lot of drugs. It's said that the coroner who conducted his autopsy estimated his age at about sixty. He actually didn't [[Artistic Stiumulation|use drugs for inspiration]]; he got addicted, as so many did, after being given opiates as painkillers following a car accident. Unfortunately, the level of hero worship from other musicians was such that they would imitate every aspect of his life, including the drug use. This decimated an entire generation of musicians.
* [[Training From Hell]]: Bird wasn't a natural savant for music like, say, Mozart. When he was young, from his reports, he was a horrible saxophonist who got laughed off the bandstand (on one occasion the drummer threw his cymbals at him to drive him off the stage). He achieved his greatness by practicing for fourteen hours a day for years.
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* In the movie ''[[Diner]]'', Beth inadvertently pushes Shrevie's [[Berserk Button]] by not knowing who Parker is.
* In one episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', saxman Zoot is [[Money, Dear Boy|forced]] to play the song "Sax and Violence". Before beginning he says "Forgive me, Charlie Parker, wherever you are.."
* Mentioned in passing in ''[[The Commitments]]'' as one of artists that soul man Joey The Lips strongly dislikes.
* The [[Clint Eastwood]]-directed movie [[Bird]], about some of Parker's life.
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