Charlie Parker Movies

  • 2019
    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    7.32019HD

    An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
  • 2018
    Take Your Pills

    Take Your Pills

    Take Your Pills

    6.62018HD

    In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?

    Take Your Pills
  • 2023
    Eastwood Symphonic

    Eastwood Symphonic

    Eastwood Symphonic

    72023HD

    Bassist and composer Kyle Eastwood reunites his quintet with the Orchestre National de Lyon to pay tribute to the career of his father, legendary...

    Eastwood Symphonic
  • 2022
    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

    6.82022HD

    In 1955, on his report, a medical examiner wrote in the box: age, “about 53 years”. Charlie Parker nicknamed Bird just died, at 34. His...

    Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
  • 1989
    Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

    Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

    Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

    101989HD

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

    Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
  • 1970
    Cool

    Cool

    Cool

    01970HD

    Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became...

    Cool
  • 2004
    The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

    The Harlem Renaissance

    62004HD

    Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the soulful music of the period, along with the...

    The Harlem Renaissance
  • 2004
    Improvisation

    Improvisation

    Improvisation

    02004HD

    Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus Duke Ellington Trio filmed in July 1966, Count Basie at the Montreux Jazz Festival...

    Improvisation
  • 2020
    Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere

    Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere

    Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere

    62020HD

    Kansas City PBS is proud to present a documentary that looks back at the years Charlie “Bird” Parker spent in Kansas City and his lasting...

    Bird: Not Out Of Nowhere
  • 1950
    Improvisation

    Improvisation

    Improvisation

    51950HD

    An improvised jazz session with some of the greats from the 1950s era including Ella Fitzgerald.

    Improvisation
  • 1970
    Bird 100

    Bird 100

    Bird 100

    01970HD

    “ Bird 100 ” , a tribute to Charlie Parker on the centenary of his birth ( Aug. 29, 1920). The story of Bird, the revolutionary musician...

    Bird 100