found: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed February 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Parker, Charlie; Charles Christopher Parker; Yardbird; saxophonist, composer / arranger, jazz musician; born 29 August 1920 in Kansas City, United States; joined Jay McShann's big band in Kansas (1940-1942); began collaborating with Gillespie in Earl Hines's big band (1943-1944); first recording sessions for Savoy and, under Gillespie's leadership, for Musicraft, the latter producing recordings, including Salt Peanuts and Shaw 'Nuff (1944-1945); first classic Dial recordings, including Moose the Mooche, Yardbird Suite, and Ornithology; formed quintet with trumpet player Miles Davis and drummer Max Roach, recording sessions, which included the ballads My Old Flame, Embraceable You, and Don't Blame Me; appeared at Carnegie Hall and reunited with Gillespie at Toronto's Massey Hall (1949, 1953); honors include, the Downbeat magazine readers' poll for best alto player; died 12 March 1955 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States)