On March 12th, 1955: #CharlieBirdParker, American #jazzsaxophonist (Ornithology) and #composer, died of #pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer at 34 in NYC.
#RIP 💔🕊️

#OnThisDay in 1945, #CharlieBirdParker leads a recording session with Dizzy Gillespie and #MilesDavis for the Savoy label, marketed as the "greatest jazz session ever".

#OnThisDay in 1920, #CharlieBirdParker, American #jazzsaxophonist (Ornithology) and #composer, born in Kansas City, Kansas (d. 1955).
#RIP ✞