History
- Composed by Charlie Parker (sax) in 1946
- originally titled "What Price Love?"
- Charlie Parker's nickname was Yardbird, later shortened to just 'bird
- follows AABA form
- is considered a jazz standard
- Charlie Parker is known for his contribution to the "bebop" sub genre
- This is considered very "lyrical" for his style
- Charlie Parker tragically died in 1955 at the age of 34
- official cause of death was pneumonia and an ulcer (but he also suffered from cirrhosis of the liver and a heart attack. Any one of those could have killed him
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