This book shows the life of Parker through the eyes of many of his collegues, friends, and family. Robert Riesner should be commmended for his work on this material because it's informitive and gives views of Parker through people that were in his life. This book is a must read for all "true" Bird fans.

this book was about an epic struggle of a jazz musician in a New York city life.Im 16 and i play a lot of jazz and parker was a geat influence on me and my playin i worship him as a mucican and a jazz ico

This book will convince you that the greatest philosophers in the world left their marks on bathroom walls! A hilarious account of graffiti, and much of it will have you howling with laughter. The author tends to take the subject a little too serious at times by tracing and documenting historic examples of graffiti. This adds considerable size to the book and adds some dry, boring reading. But for the most part, you will be laughing. A great volume to stash in your magazine rack in the bathroom!

good book to read to pass the time a lot of great one liners of bathhroom graffit