Meet the Past: Charlie Parker - August 25, 2009

KCPT filmed of a conversation with library director Crosby Kemper III and Charlie Parker, the Kansas City-born musician who was instrumental in the development of bebop and became one of the most well-known jazz artists in America, portrayed by Walter Coppage.

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