[DOC] [TLE] Charlie Parker - Wikipedia [PAR] Notable instruments. Buescher, Conn, King and Grafton alto saxophones. 
Charles "Charlie" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920  March 12, 1955), also known as 
Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist ... Parker began playing 
the saxophone at age 11, and at age 14 he joined his school's band using a 
rented school... [DOC] [TLE] Charles Mingus - Wikipedia [PAR] Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922  January 5, 1979) was an American jazz 
double bassist, ... His refusal to compromise his musical integrity led to many 
onstage ... In Mingus's autobiography Beneath the Underdog his mother was 
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AKA: Charles Parker: Charlie Parker; Nickname: Bird: Yardbird; Full ... In 1945 he 
led his own group while performing with Dizzy Gillespie on the side. ... By the 
time Charlie was 15, the alto saxophone was his instrument of choice. [DOC] [TLE] Charlie Parker: Biography - Classic Cat [PAR] Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920  March 12, 1955), famously called Bird, or 
Yardbird was ... and soloing perspective  influenced countless peers on every 
instrument. ... His father presumably provided some musical influence; he was a 
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instruments were used. ... In the later 1940s he heard Charlie Parker and loved 
his innovations. .... trained Buell Neidlinger on bass and self-taught Dennis 
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He got his nickname (also known as "Yardbird") from his love of chicken. ... His 
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him. ... Charlie, his mother, friends, and even a teacher are all on record as 
stating that ... in parallel with his activity on the valve instruments and he must 
have practiced .... He got his start in music as the featured clarinetist in Don 
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and at age 14 he was playing in the school band, lending instrument at school. ... 
while Charlie's mother worked in the local branch of Western Union. ... Charlie 
Parker was a self-taught to a greater extent than any other of the... [DOC] [TLE] Charlie Parker records The Famous Alto Break - Pinterest [PAR] Perhaps the first to electrify his guitar, bringing the instrument out of the ... 1955), 
also known as "Yardbird" and "Bird", was an American jazz saxophonist and 
composer. ..... Charlie Parker (1920-1955), he played alto saxophone from an 
early age, ...... Mr. Keys was a self-taught musician who never learned to read 
music but... [DOC] [TLE] Jazz | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed [PAR] Hampton and his mother Gertrude moved to Chicago after the death of his father, 
.... By age eight, he was already performing traditional New Orleans music in his 
local .... Charlie Bird Parker, a jazz legend, and joined his band as lead trumpet. 
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Question: Charlie "Bird" Parker was self-taught on this musical instrument he got from his mother at age 11
Answer: Saxophone