American Masters | Promotion | How Charlie "YardBird" Parker got his nickname

Charlie Parker's nickname "Yardbird" came to be while he was on the way to a gig with some fellow musicians and involved a bird in a yard that had an unfortunate fate.

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How Charlie "YardBird" Parker got his nickname

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