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[PLAYING WHISTLE]

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
WARNER BROS.

[CONTINUES PLAYING WHISTLE]

[PLAYING
MARYLAND, MY MARYLAND]

[BAND PLAYS
LESTER LEAPS IN]

[APPLAUSE]

CATCH HIS GIG,
JIM!

YARDBIRD
CAN PLAY!

HEY!

GO!

WOO! WOO!

BLOW, BIRD!

BLOW, MAN!

THAT'S RIGHT.

PLAY IT SWEET, BIRD!

[THUNDER]

* IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU *

* THE STARS WOULD FALL
FROM THE SKY *

* IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU... **

YOU'RE AWAKE.

I'M GLAD.

HALFWAY THROUGH
THE LAST SET,

GUESS WHO
DROPPED IN ON ME?

MY ULCERS!

HA HA HA!

I GAVE THEM SOME CODEINE,
AND THEY WOULDN'T GO AWAY.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?

THE STRINGS,

THEY WENT INTO THE INTRO
FOR EASY TO LOVE,

AND I STARTED PLAYIN'
IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU.

DIDN'T FIT.

NOT EVEN WHEN I TRIED
TO MAKE IT FIT.

IT WOULDN'T FIT.

WOULDN'T NOBODY
HAVE NOTICED

EXCEPT FOR
MAYBE DIZZY GILLESPIE.

BUT DIZZY GILLESPIE
IS ON THE ROAD SOMEWHERE,

AS FAR AS I KNOW.

BUT HE WOULD HAVE
CHIDED ME.

IS THAT ALL?

NO.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT YOU
DIDN'T BOLT THE DOOR.

I EXPECTED THAT
I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO TALK

MY WAY BACK IN HERE.

DID YOU GET MY NOTE?

I LEFT IT
ON THE REFRIGERATOR.

WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?

WHAT ELSE? HA HA!

ABOUT WHAT YOU'D EXPECT.

STEINBERG GOT ONE
OF THE CAMERA GIRLS

TO TAKE A PICTURE
OF ME...

[KISS]

IN THE MIDST
OF MY DISORIENTATION...

SOMETHING TO SHOW
THE UNION.

I SAID, "YOU DON'T
GIVE ME THAT NEGATIVE BACK...

I DON'T WORK HERE
NO MORE."

SO...I DON'T
WORK THERE NO MORE.

* LIVING WOULD BE IN VAIN *

* IF I LOST YOU **

TO HELL WITH THEM.

I'M HUNGRY.

ARE YOU?

OH!

WE HAVE DECIDED
TO HUMOR HIM...

THIS EVENING!

IF HE SAYS
HE'S HAVING PAINS

FROM HIS ULCERS,

NEVER MIND
THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE IT!

I BELIEVE IT.

WORK THAT PSYCHOLOGY
ON HIM!

HE'S JUST
AN OVERGROWN,

GODDAMN ADOLESCENT,
ANYWAY!

DANGEROUS
WHEN CONTRADICTED,

BUT AN ADOLESCENT!

GOD, YOU'RE WEIRD.

GOD, I'M WEIRD?

IS THAT WHAT THEY SAY
IN WESTCHESTER?

I HEAR THAT STEINBERG,
HE LIVES IN WESTCHESTER!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"TO HELL WITH THEM"?

WHY DON'T YOU STICK UP
FOR YOUR OWN PEOPLE?

STICK UP FOR SOMEBODY!

THIS IS GETTING
UGLY AGAIN.

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE
BOLTED THE DOOR.

HELL, DON'T LET ME
MESS UP YOUR PLANS.

I'LL BOLT THE DOOR.

[BABY CRYING]

I GOT HIM.
I GOT HIM.

GOT HIM.

NO!

I SAID I GOT HIM!

DON'T TOUCH HIM!

WHAT YOU HIT ME FOR
LIKE THAT?

WHAT DID YOU THINK
I HAD ON MY MIND?

HUH?

NOTHING. I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY.

WE JUST PUT ONE CHILD
IN THE GRAVE.

[CRYING]

DON'T.

WHAT DID YOU THINK
I WAS GOING TO DO?

FORGIVE ME.

I WAS HUMORING YOU.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OK. THAT'S OK.

HEY.

GUESS WHAT
I DID YESTERDAY.

WHAT?

I WENT TO THE LAWYER'S,
AND I MADE A WILL,

AND I LEFT EVERYTHING
TO YOU.

THERE'S NO HARM IN GETTING
YOUR AFFAIRS IN ORDER.

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR
ABOUT THAT WILL, MAN.

I CAN'T DO ANYTHING
RIGHT ANYMORE.

DO WE...DO WE HAVE
ANY GELUSIL?

WE SURE DO.

I GOT A BRAND-NEW
50-GALLON DRUM

IN THE BATHROOM.

[THUNDER]

"COME FILL THE CUP,

"AND IN THE FIRE
OF SPRING,

"YOUR WINTER GARMENT
OF REPENTANCE FLING.

"THE BIRD OF TIME HAS BUT
A LITTLE WAY TO FLUTTER,

AND THE BIRD
IS ON THE WING."

AAH!

AAH!

THAT WAS STUPID.

NOW I'LL HAVE TO CALL
AN AMBULANCE.

CASE NUMBER 1540--

PATIENT ADMITTED
TO PSYCHIATRIC PAVILION

AT REQUEST OF WIFE,
FOLLOWING SUICIDE ATTEMPT

BY INGESTING IODINE.

TIME--5 A.M.,
SEPTEMBER 1, 1954.

PATIENT HAS A PAST HISTORY
OF "NERVOUS BREAKDOWN,"

FOR WHICH HE WAS HOSPITALIZED
IN CALIFORNIA

FOR A PERIOD
OF EIGHT MONTHS.

ACCORDING TO THE WIFE,

THIS ATTEMPT WAS RELATED
TO DEPRESSION

TO THE RECENT DEATH
OF THEIR DAUGHTER

AND ALSO BY REVERSES
IN "HIS CAREER."

APPARENTLY,
HE'S A MUSICIAN.

WHERE'S HE
BEEN PUT?

PQ-3.
SEMIAGITATIVE.

WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO RECOMMEND?

HIS WIFE IS COMING
THIS AFTERNOON.

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME
TO RECOMMEND?

CHARLIE PARKER.

LET ME GO!
LET ME GO!

LET ME GO!
LET ME GO!

LET ME OUT OF HERE!

EXCUSE ME.

TOO EARLY,
AND YOU KNOW IT.

DID YOU SEE--
DID YOU SEE THAT?

I ASKED THAT...

MISGUIDED, OFFICIOUS
YOUNG WOMAN

IF SHE WOULD ADMINISTER
MY PARALDEHYDE,

AND SHE DEMURRED.

DEMURRED.

I AM NOT
A LABORATORY ANIMAL.

I AM IN PAIN HERE.

CAN'T SHE SEE THAT?

TELL YOUR TROUBLES
TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

WHY? YOU'RE PERFECT.

ORDERLY!

ORDERLY!

[ALARM RINGS]

ALL RIGHT, CALM DOWN!
CALM DOWN!

COME ON.
CALM DOWN.

LET HIM GO!
LET HIM GO!

WHAT'S WRONG
WITH YOU PEOPLE?

EASY. EASY.

WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS,

WHAT HE'LL DO
IS PROVOKE A FIGHT.

IF HE CAN'T AFFORD
TO GET DRUNK,

THE SUBSTITUTE IS PAIN.

IT TAKES HIS MIND
OFF THINGS FOR A WHILE.

THERE WAS A TIME

HE COULD DO THAT
WITH CONVERSATION,

BUT NOT SINCE THE ULCERS
STARTED BLEEDING.

ARE YOU EMPLOYED,
MRS. PARKER?

NO. NO.
HE'S A GOOD PROVIDER.

OH, I DANCE...

IN NIGHTCLUBS ONCE
IN A GREAT WHILE.

HARDLY AT ALL
THESE DAYS.

I HAVE TWO CHILDREN
AT HOME.

WHAT I'M GETTING AT
IS THE FINANCIAL PROBLEM.

HE NEEDS MEDICAL
TREATMENT...

NOT PSYCHOLOGICAL.

WHY DID YOU
CALL US, THEN?

YEAH.

CHARLES CHRISTOPHER
PARKER, JR.

AUGUST 29, 1920.

YOU WERE AN EASY DELIVERY.
TURN THAT LIGHT ON.

NOW MEET SOMEBODY.

THAT'S YOU, MY MAN.

DEAD FROM IT.

BUT OLDER THAN YOU'LL BE
BECAUSE YOU STARTED EARLIER.

SO I GIVE YOU 18 YEARS,
20 ON THE OUTSIDE.

I'M WORSE
THAN A PROPHET.

I DON'T JUST HAVE FAITH,
I'VE SEEN IT.

YOU'VE BEEN HEARING
FROM MY MOTHER.

YOU BELIEVE ME
OR NOT?

WHY SHOULDN'T I
BELIEVE YOU?

ARE YOU GOING TO
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME
TO DO ABOUT IT?

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME
TO DO ABOUT IT?

NOTHING.
JUST SIGN IT.

I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING
REMOTELY RESEMBLING THIS

IN MY LIFE.

"STRINGS."

YEAH, BUT
I GOT THEM ALL.

THE HELL YOU DO.

THE HELL I DON'T.

I GOT A STACK
OF 78s THIS HIGH.

THIS IS DEATH'S DOOR?

HALF THE CITY
THINKS YOU'RE CRIMPED,

AND YOU'RE HERE
SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS.

YOU DIDN'T THINK SO,
THOUGH, BERNIE.

NAH. EVERY TIME
I TURN AROUND,

YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE GONE.

YOU'LL BURY US ALL,

AND TAKE OUR WOMEN
WITH YOU.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT THERE?

WHITMAN'S CHOCOLATES.

ALSO, I THINK,
SOME GOOD NEWS.

CAN HE EAT THESE?

BETTER LET ME
TRY ONE FIRST.

FIRST OF ALL...

LEIGHTON WILL
PAY 100 BUCKS

FOR FIVE TUNES WRITTEN
OUT FOR SAXOPHONE.

BEFORE YOU JUMP
ON MY ASS...

I TOLD HIM I WOULDN'T
BE COLLECTING ANY COMMISSION

ON A SUM THAT SMALL.
IT'S ALL YOURS.

OH, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH, MR. PARKER.

WHAT'S SECOND
OF ALL, BERNIE?

IT'S A LITTLE MORE
LONG RANGE.

I RAN INTO
CHUMMY MORELLO YESTERDAY.

OH...CHUMMY.

HE'S THINKING ABOUT
LEAVING WOODY,

AND THEY WANT
TO PACKAGE HIM

AROUND A SINGER
AND SEND HIM ON TOUR,

BUT NOT TILL AFTER
THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

MY GOD, BERNIE,
THAT'S THREE MONTHS.

I KNOW, I KNOW.
BUT STILL...

WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY,

HE'D BE HONORED
TO HAVE YOU WITH HIM.

IF I'M STRAIGHT.

IT'S A LEGITIMATE
CONCERN.

YOU GOT THREE MONTHS
TO...WELL...

I'M TRYING, MAN.

IT'S A GOOD
PROSPECT.

THINK ABOUT IT.

[ALL REHEARSING]

[ENGLISH ACCENT] WOULD YOU
LIKE A CHOCOLATE, DOCTOR?

I'VE GOT TO, UH...

REDO THE RESTRAINTS.

YOU TRY
AND GET SOME SLEEP.

AREN'T YOU GOING TO
SAY "PLEASANT DREAMS," DOC?

I THINK HE WOULD BENEFIT
FROM A STATE ASYLUM

AND FROM SHOCK TREATMENT.

PERHAPS THAT SOUNDS
COLD-BLOODED TO YOU.

NO. YOU SOUND
COLD-BLOODED TO ME.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT I PROMISE YOU,
IF HE WERE MY BROTHER,

I'D SHOCK HIM.

WOULD YOU?

WHAT DOES YOUR BROTHER
DO FOR A LIVING?

I DON'T HAVE
A BROTHER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT

A VERY SPECIAL,
CREATIVE MAN.

HIS LIVELIHOOD
DEPENDS ON HIS ABILITY

TO IMPROVISE
AND COMPOSE MUSIC.

SEE, THAT'S NOT
JUST DEXTERITY.

THAT COMES--
THAT'S FROM BEING A--

MRS. PARKER...

DO YOU WANT A MUSICIAN
OR A HUSBAND?

LOOK,
THEY DO NOT SEPARATE!

I HAVE
A COUPLE OF CHORES.

TAKE A FEW CAREFUL MINUTES
BY YOURSELF.

HI, MORRIS.

HI, DEAR.

PINKY, I HAVE PHOTOS
TO SHOW YOU LATER.

I'M NOT LATE, AM I?

HEY, GOOD EVENING,
PROFESSOR.

HERE WE ARE
AT THE 18 CLUB!

IT'S HARRY "THE HIPSTER"
GIBSON!

STOP THAT SHOUTING
UP THERE!

[WHISTLES]

HEY, ARTIE, YOU KEEP
BRINGIN' IN THEM STIFFS,

AND NOT ONE OF THEM
GOT A DIME FOR A TIP.

HERE WE ARE
ON THE STREET OF DREAMS!

SWING'S THE THING.
JAZZ IS THE KING.

YOU LIKE IT HOT,
HERE'S THE RIGHT PLACE.

NO COVER, AND DIXIE
TILL 4:00 IN THE MORNING.

HEY, GET OUT
OF HERE.

GIVE ME A BREAK.
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

HEY, SAILORS, COME HERE!

IF YOU LEAVE WITHOUT SEEING
MISS VIRGINIA KNIGHT,

YOU'LL REGRET IT.

SHE GOES ALL THE WAY
FOR SERVICEMEN,

RIGHT DOWN
TO THE CURLICUES.

IF YOU DON'T SEE PAY DIRT,
GET YOUR MONEY BACK.

YOU STIFFS!

HEY! HERE WE ARE
AT POULEZ ROULEZ.

HEY, GOOD EVENING,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

HEY, GET OUT
OF HERE!

ALL RIGHT, ART TATUM--
FIRST SHOW JUST STARTED.

FIRST SHOW JUST STARTED.
I GOT ONE TABLE LEFT.

IF YOU HURRY,
YOU CAN GET IT.

TELL THEM
THE MAYOR SENT YOU.

ASK FOR GINO.

TABLE NEAR THE DOOR.
YES, SIR!

ALL RIGHT,
THE THREE DEUCES!

B.S. PULLEY,
THE FUNNIEST MAN IN NEW YORK!

BEBOP!
MUSIC OF THE FUTURE!

COME ON,
WHAT DO YOU GOT TO LOSE?

OO-BOP-SHA-BAM!

OO-BOP, MY ASS!

HEY, BUSTER!

WHERE YOU WORKING?

I'M BACK WITH BASIE.

YOU GOING INSIDE
TO HEAR THIS NEW GUY?

300 PEOPLE
ARE IN THERE--

HALF OF THEM ARE
SAXOPHONE PLAYERS!

AIN'T NO NEW GUY.

THAT'S DIZZY GILLESPIE
DRUMMIN' UP PUBLICITY.

I REMEMBER PARKER
FROM EIGHT YEARS AGO

IN KANSAS CITY,

WHEN HE COULDN'T PLAY
COME TO JESUS

IN WHOLE NOTES!

[BAND PLAYING
RENO JAM SESSION]

COME ON!

WOO!
WOO!

WOO!
WOO!

[AUDIENCE CHEERS]

GO, BOPPER!

DON'T TRIFLE WITH HIM.

HE'S PLAYED
WITH MOTEN,

AND YOU AIN'T
DONE SHIT!

JUST PLAY A CHORUS
AND GET OFF.

YEAH!

ALL RIGHT!

YO! COME ON
IN HERE.

COME ON UP HERE!

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

CHARLIE.

AND WHO'D YOU PLAY WITH?

JUST AROUND.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THIS HERE IS CHARLIE
FROM "JUST AROUND."

[BAND PLAYING
YOUNG BIRD]

NOT BAD.
NOW GET OFF.

[PLAYING DISCORDANT NOTES]

GET OFF!

[WOMAN'S VOICE]
TIME TO GO HOME.

WHAT YOU--

MAN!

AIN'T NO NEW GUY.

IT'S CHARLIE
FROM "JUST AROUND."

[BAND PLAYING
LESTER LEAPS IN]

CHARLIE FROM
JUST AROUND.

I REMEMBER
WHEN DON BYAS

WAS LEAVING
DIZZY'S GROUP.

I KNEW THE PRESS AGENT
AT THE CLUB AND ASKED HIM

"WHO COULD YOU POSSIBLY GET
TO REPLACE DON?"

AND HE SAID,

"OH, SOME CAT IN KANSAS CITY
NAMED CHARLIE PARKER."

AND I SAID,
"IS HE CUTE?"

AND MY FRIEND SAID,
"NO, BUT YOU'LL DIG HIM."

HA HA HA!

YEAH!
YEAH!

WOO!
WOO!

ALL RIGHT, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT YARDBIRD?

[AUDIENCE CHEERS]

WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT YARDBIRD?

[SPLASH]

I WON'T SIGN.

WE HAVE TO
RELEASE HIM, THEN.

YES...YOU DO.

DID YOU KNOW THAT
WITHIN THREE HOURS,

THERE WAS A COMMITTEE
FORMED TO GET YOU OUT?

GET ME OUT?

HOW'D THEY KNOW
I WAS IN?

OH.

THIS IS A HELL
OF A MOMENT.

I FINALLY MADE
THE FRONT PAGE.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE
CALLED BELLEVUE.

NO. YOU DID RIGHT.

THE DETOX DID ME GOOD.

I TOLD YOU
ABOUT BERNIE?

20 BUCKS A TUNE.

THOSE BASTARDS.

WAIT TILL YOU HEAR
THE TUNES.

BUT YOU KNOW,
THIS MORELLO THING...

IT SOUNDS GOOD.

IF IT WASN'T
SO FAR OFF.

WE'LL GET THERE.

BY THE WAY,

DIZZY SENT YOU
A BIRTHDAY CARD.

SO I GUESS
HE'S BACK.

DO YOU OWE HIM
A PHONE CALL?

I OWE DIZZY EVERYTHING...

EXCEPT A PHONE CALL.

HE KNOWS WHERE TO FIND ME.

[SAXOPHONE PLAYING
NOW'S THE TIME]

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
THE GOOD HUMOR MAN?

YOU WOULDN'T ANSWER
YOUR KNOCK.

WILL YOU LISTEN TO THIS?

LISTEN TO THIS.

[WOMAN]
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

YEAH.

IT'S 4 A.M. IN THE MORNING,
YOU FOOLS!

YOU GOT A WOMAN
IN THERE?

YEAH, I GOT
A WOMAN IN THERE.

I MARRIED HER,
SO SHE'D STAY IN THERE.

WHERE'S YOURS?

HELLO, LORRAINE.

HELLO, BIRD,

IF YOU COMIN' IN,
I'M LEAVIN'.

WILL YOU WRITE
THIS DOWN FOR ME?

WHY DON'T YOU
WRITE IT DOWN?

I GOT NO PAPER.

THERE'S PEOPLE
WAITIN' FOR ME.

WRITE IT
IN THE MORNING.

I WON'T BE HERE.

I'M GOING ON THE ROAD.

WHERE?

THAT'S A NICE APARTMENT.

MAYBE I WENT OUT
ON MY OWN TOO SOON.

WHERE?
WHERE YOU GOIN'?

I DON'T KNOW.

THEY KNOW.

WILL YOU WRITE THIS
DOWN FOR ME?

YARD, IF I GET
THIS GIG IN CALIFORNIA,

AM I GOING TO
BE ABLE TO FIND YOU?

CALIFORNIA?

NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EASY
TO SCORE IN CALIFORNIA.

SHIT.

*

HEY!

GOT A GIG.
I GOT TO GO.

YARD! WHENEVER YOU GET
WHERE YOU'RE GOING,

CALL ME, ALL RIGHT?

[LORRAINE] I THOUGHT
I TOLD YOU TO SHUT HIM UP!

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

BIRD, I THOUGHT
YOU WERE IN PHILADELPHIA!

I WAS.

HI!

WHAT ARE YOU
DOIN' HERE?

I'M REHEARSING.

YEAH?
YOU GOT A DANCE JOB?

YOU BET.

THAT'S NICE.

I WAS CHECKIN'
ON A RECORD DATE.

YOU'RE LOOKING SPLENDID.

WHEN ARE YOU
GOIN' TO MARRY ME?

WHEN YOU STRAIGHTEN UP
AND WALK LIKE A JAZZ MUSICIAN.

YEAH?
YEAH.

YOU WANT A BITE OF THIS?

UH-UH.

IT'S MY THIRD ONE.

I GOT GUM.
MAYBE THAT'S THE SECRET.

IF YOU WANT TO PLAY LIKE BIRD,
YOU GOT TO EAT LIKE BIRD.

ALL THOSE TWO
AND FOUR BAR BREAKS.

YOU MEAN, I EAT
A LOT FOR A JUNKIE.

DON'T TELL ME
WHAT I MEAN, MAN.

SORRY.

SO HOW DO YOU COME
TO KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT MUSIC?

WILL YOU TALK TO ME?

HERITAGE.

MY FATHER PRODUCED
NIGHTCLUB SHOWS.

BROADWAY BEN
THEY CALLED HIM.

I HAD MY SWEET 16 PARTY
AT THE COTTON CLUB.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MUSICIANS.

YOU WEREN'T SEEING
ABOUT ANY RECORD DATE.

NO.

YOU DIDN'T THINK
I WAS IN PHILLY.

IT'S UP AND DOWN THE STREET
I LOST THAT GIG.

RIGHT.

SO?

SO?

SO WHY ARE WE
CONNING EACH OTHER?

EVERYBODY ASSUMES
WE'RE AN ITEM

BECAUSE I SHOW UP
WHEREVER YOU'RE PLAYING.

YOU DO?

WELL, I DON'T ALWAYS
SAY HELLO.

AND YOU DON'T
USUALLY LEAVE ALONE.

AND WHILE WE'RE
ON THE SUBJECT,

HOW MANY WIVES
DO YOU HAVE?

I HAVE MET MORE WOMEN
IN THE LAST TWO YEARS

WHO CLAIM TO BE
MRS. CHARLIE PARKER...

AND ALL OF THEM
WEARIN' RINGS!

RINGS ARE CHEAP.

RINGS ARE CHEAP.

IS THAT ALL
YOU WANT TO SAY?

NO. WHAT SIZE
RING YOU WEAR?

OH, NO. NOT ME.

WHY DON'T YOU
TELL ME SOME MORE

ABOUT BROADWAY BEN.

HE HAD A WAY
ABOUT HIM.

THE YEAR I WAS BORN,

HE OPENED A PLACE ACROSS
FROM THE PLAZA HOTEL.

HE CALLED IT
THE CLUB GRANDEUR.

THAT WAY.

IS THAT WHERE
YOU LIVED?

NO, BY THEN I WAS
IN WESTCHESTER.

IN WHERE?

WESTCHESTER. WHY?

NOTHIN'. I LIKE
THE WAY YOU SAY THAT.

"WESTCHESTER. WHY?"

I WASN'T TYPICAL
IN THOSE DAYS.

I'M HALF-JEWISH.

MY HERO'S DUKE ELLINGTON.
I MEAN, WOW!

NOW WHO IS HE?
BILLY McNABB?

NO. BILLY'S SEXY
AND DANGEROUS,

BUT I DON'T BUY
HIS RECORDS.

THOUGHT
I DIDN'T KILL YOU.

IT TOOK ME A WHILE
TO GET USED TO THE SOUND,

I WAS BROUGHT UP
ON JOHNNY HODGES,

BUT YOU ALWAYS
KILLED ME.

YOU BUY MY RECORDS?

YEAH.

SHOW ME.

PRETTY CRUDE. COME.

WHOA, YARDBIRD.

WE WERE JUST TALKIN'
ABOUT YOU.

YEAH, WAS IT GOOD?

ALWAYS GOOD, MAN.
ALWAYS GOOD.

WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

NOTHIN'.

BUT YOU DON'T
TREAT THAT LADY RIGHT,

GREAT AS YOU ARE,

I'M GONNA KICK YOU
IN THE HEAD.

EVERY NOW AND THEN,

SOME SUCKER TRIES
TO TURN HER OUT.

THAT GETS ME MAD.

FROG, AS GREAT
AS YOU ARE,

DO I LOOK
LIKE A PIMP?

ASK ME SOMETHING ELSE.

"DO I LOOK
LIKE A PIMP?"

DID YOU HEAR
THAT BOY?

DOESN'T YOUR MOTHER
MIND THESE PEOPLE

USIN' YOUR PLACE
TO COOL OUT?

NO. SHE'S USED TO IT.

AND NOW...

MY RECORD COLLECTION.

DAMN, BABY,
BE COOL!

OH, I'M SORRY.

OUCH.

MAYBE LATER.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

CAN WE FIND US
SOMEPLACE TO BE ALONE?

WHY?

'CAUSE I HAVEN'T
FINISHED TALKIN' TO YOU.

WELL, THERE'S
THE SUICIDE ROOM.

LET'S GO.

APTLY NAMED.

OOO-HO-HO!

SO...

WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME
MORE ABOUT WESTCHESTER?

DID YOU LIVE
IN A PRETTY HOUSE?

I HAD A ROOM THAT
LOOKED OUT OVER A GARDEN.

THE NIGHT
OF MY SIXTH BIRTHDAY,

MY FATHER HAD
THE ORCHESTRA FROM HIS CLUB

STAND UNDER THAT WINDOW
AND SERENADE ME.

THEY PLAYED
WHY DO I LOVE YOU?

* WHY DO YOU LOVE ME? *

* WHY SHOULD THERE BE
TWO HAPPY AS WE? **

THAT'S NICE.

THAT'S REAL NICE.

YEAH.

HE HAD A WAY.

OK, YOU WALKED ME HOME.

YEAH.

YOU GOT ME ALONE.

YOU MANAGED
TO GET ME TALKIN'.

I'VE TOLD YOU
SOME OF MY GIRLISH SECRETS.

BUT YOU HAVEN'T
TOLD ME A THING.

WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

THERE'S ONE NIGHT IN MY LIFE
I NEVER WANT TO FORGET.

I NEVER WANT TO
GO THROUGH IT AGAIN.

I WAS 15,

AND I WOKE UP
FEELING MORE PAIN

THAN I'VE EVER FELT.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHY
TILL SOMEBODY TOLD ME

I WAS STRUNG OUT.

SOMEBODY HAD TO
TELL ME THAT.

YOU KNOW...

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT...

IF I HADN'T ASKED...

THEN I WOULDN'T BE.

YOU MAKE ME FEEL...

VERY PEACEFUL,
YOU KNOW?

YOU'RE NOT
MY TYPE, MAN.

I KNOW THAT.

PEACEFUL! PEACEFUL!

IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN
BY "RINGS ARE CHEAP"?

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE
ANYBODY FEEL PEACEFUL, MAN.

I WAS BORN
TO DRIVE MEN CRAZY!

SOMEBODY TOLD ME

THAT I'M THE ONLY WOMAN
IN NEW YORK

THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD.

I JUST MADE
A SIMPLE STATEMENT.

WELL, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.

I APPRECIATE THE HONOR.

IT'S NOT LIKE
I DON'T KNOW

WHO I'M TALKING TO.

STOP IT!

YOU'RE EMBARRASSING
YOURSELF.

I'M SORRY.

BUT IF YOU AND ME
GOT TOGETHER...

UH-UH.

MM-HMM.

WHAT I MEAN
BY MY TYPE--

IS THE TYPE YOU DON'T
HAVE TO BE FAITHFUL TO.

I KNOW THAT.

EVERYBODY SAYS
YOU'RE A MIND READER.

I AM.

I'M GOIN' TO CHICAGO.

* AND YOU'RE SORRY
THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE ME **

NO.

NO!

YOU QUIT
READING MY MIND!

[PLAYING I CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME]

THAT CAT'S
COOKIN' TONIGHT.

WE THANK YOU
ON BEHALF OF THE BAND.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE YOU

IN THE VERY CAPABLE HANDS
OF THE MARGIE HYAMS QUINTET.

WAIT HERE.

RIGHT.

[PLAYING THREE DEUCES]

YOU SOUNDED GOOD, BIRD.

HOW WOULD
YOU KNOW THAT?

YOU WEREN'T
OUT FRONT.

YOU ALWAYS
SOUND GOOD.

SO WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

I DON'T KNOW YOU,
FOR ONE THING.

BUT YOU'RE WAITIN' FOR ME.

THE GUY YOU'RE WAITIN' FOR
SENT ME INSTEAD.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

OH, ABOUT
SIX MONTHS.

KENTUCKY'S COLD
THIS TIME OF YEAR.

I THINK
I'LL PASS ON THAT.

YOU THINK I'M ON
THE SQUAD OR SOMETHING?

SQUAD?

WHAT SQUAD?

ESTEVES. ESTEVES.

YOU KNOW, I NEVER
FORGET A FACE.

YOU HAVIN'
A BIG NIGHT, ESTEVES?

WE PITCHED A FEW
HERE AND THERE.

NOT YOURS, BUT
HE'S HEARD ABOUT IT.

WHERE ARE YOU GOIN'?

I DON'T KNOW.

TAKE IT PERSONALLY.

HEY, WATCH OUT.

THE NABS ARE OUT
TONIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

MRS. BERG?

DID YOU LIKE
WHAT I PLAYED TONIGHT?

I'M NOT
A MUSIC CRITIC.

YOU COULD PLAY
STAR EYES, THOUGH.

I'D BE HAPPY
TO DO THAT FOR YOU.

YOUR LOVELY DAUGHTER...
IS SHE STILL IN CHICAGO?

MY LOVELY DAUGHTER
IS STILL IN CHICAGO.

TILL WHEN?

BIRD--

I HAVE MY WAYS
OF FINDING OUT.

I JUST WANT TO
WELCOME HER BACK,

YOU KNOW?

LIKE BROADWAY BEN WOULD.

[SAXOPHONES PLAYING
WHY DO I LOVE YOU?]

HA HA HA!

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

WHAT'S-HER-NAME
DIDN'T ASK VALENTINO

NO QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.

VILMA BANKY.
SHE WAS IN A SWOO--

OOOH!

SEE? I GOT A WAY
ABOUT ME, TOO.

I'LL SAY.

[BAND PLAYING
MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU]

HEY, THAT'S BIRD.
CHARLIE PARKER.

CHARLIE PARKER.

OH, MY! WHERE?

GOD, THIS MUSIC
IS SO CORNY.

YOU GOT TO STOP

RUNNING AWAY
FROM HONEST SENTIMENT.

AM I RUNNING?

YEAH.

OH.

I REMEMBER
WHEN I FIRST MET YOU...

YOU LOOKED SO YOUNG,
IT SCARED ME.

YOU AWAKE?

YOU AWAKE?

GOD! GOD...

YOU MAKE ME
FEEL SO PEACEFUL.

I FEEL LIKE
A COWARD, TOO,

BECAUSE
I LOVE YOU, YOU SEE,

AND I DON'T THINK
I COULD SAY THAT

IF YOU WAS AWAKE.

WHAT?

YOU MAKIN' OUT
YOU ASLEEP, LIKE A KID?

GOOD THING
IT'S DARK, HUH?

YOU DIDN'T TELL ME

HOW MUCH YOU LIKE
GOIN' OUT ON THE ROAD.

I'M GOIN' OUT
ON THE ROAD AGAIN,

TO HOLLYWOOD...
BACK WITH DIZZY.

BUT I HEAR
THINGS ABOUT IT

MAKE ME
KIND OF JUMPY.

WHAT?

UH...STUFF'S
NOT EASY TO FIND,

FOR ONE THING...

TOUGH COPS.

WE'LL BE THE FIRST GROUP

TO EVER PLAY
THE NEW SOUND OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW
THEY'D LIKE THAT.

WHAT WOULD YOU THINK
ABOUT KEEPIN' ME COMPANY?

OH, YEAH.

HUNT FOR DRUGS
DURING THE DAY

AND LEAD
THE APPLAUSE AT NIGHT.

WHAT ARE YOU
SO MAD AT?

WHO'S MAD?

I'M NOT MAD.

I'M PREGNANT.

YOU KNOW HOW
TO FLATTER A GUY.

GIVE YOURSELF
A COUPLE OF HOURS

BEFORE YOU DECIDE
IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BILLY McNABB?

NO.

NOBODY YOU KNOW.

NOBODY
I KNOW WELL ENOUGH

TO EVER WANT
TO SEE HIM AGAIN.

SO...

WHAT NOW?

DO YOU REALIZE
I HAVEN'T TOLD MY MOTHER,

AND I'VE TOLD YOU?

WELL, YOU COULD HAVE
TOLD ME A LITTLE SOONER.

HEY!

IF MEN COULD GET PREGNANT,

HOW MANY KIDS
WOULD YOU HAVE BY NOW?

CHAN, CHAN, CHAN.

THAT'S ME.

WELL...

I GOTTA GO. I GOT
A GIG ACROSS THE STREET

BEFORE I GO
TO HOLLYWOOD.

WHERE'S YOUR HORN?

I'LL BORROW ONE.

EXCUSE ME.

WHEN YOU GOING
TO CALIFORNIA?

COUPLE OF DAYS.

TAKE CARE
OF YOURSELF, OK?

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

OH, NO.

HE HOCKED HIS HORN
TO RENT THAT DAMN HORSE.

HA HA HA!

APPARENT
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS

TO PATIENT'S
"NERVOUS BREAKDOWN,"

IN CALIFORNIA, WINTER 1946,
WERE AS FOLLOWS--

DISORIENTATION
DUE TO UNFAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS,

DISAPPOINTING PUBLIC REACTION
BORDERING ON HOSTILITY

TO PATIENT'S PARTICULAR
STYLE OF MUSIC,

REDUCED AVAILABILITY
OF NARCOTICS

DUE TO POLICE CRACKDOWN.

HEY, HEY.

[BAND PLAYING
ORNITHOLOGY]

ALL RIGHT!

ANY WAY I CAN HELP?

NO.

SEE, I'M GETTIN' ON
RIGHT NOW.

YEAH, I KNOW.

YOU KNOW?

THE LESS YOU KNOW
ABOUT GETTIN' ON,

THE BETTER OFF
YOU'LL BE.

ANOTHER THING, JUNIOR--

IF I EVER HEAR
ABOUT YOU USING THIS SHIT,

I WILL COME FROM MY GRAVE,

AND I WILL HAUNT YOU.

HAVE WE MET?

NO, SIR.

MY NAME'S RODNEY.

OH, SHIT.

YOU PLAY, RODNEY?

YEAH. I'M WITH KRUPA.

DO YOU PLAY?

TRUMPET.

OH.

THEN YOU CAME HERE
TO SEE DIZZY PLAY.

I TOOK THE JOB
TOURING WITH KRUPA

BECAUSE THE TOUR
CAME TO L.A.

AND I KNEW YOU WERE
GOING TO BE HERE.

YEAH...
I CAME TO HEAR YOU.

WELL, ALL RIGHT!

WELL, THEN, I'M SORRY
I KEPT YOU WAITIN'.

SO...A GOOD CROWD
IN THERE?

SO-SO.

SO-SO.

YEAH...

WE DON'T GET TOO MANY
GOOD CROWDS OUT HERE.

AH, THEY'LL CATCH ON.

IT TOOK ME A WHILE.

I THOUGHT I WANTED
TO BE HARRY JAMES.

YEAH, WELL...

I WANT TO BE
HARRY JAMES SOMETIMES.

[FIREBIRD SUITE PLAYS]

LISTEN TO THAT.

YOU KNOW, AUDREY,

IF WE COULD REALLY HEAR
EVERY SOUND IN THE WORLD,

WE'D GO CRAZY.

HE MUST BE CRAZY,
YOU KNOW?

HE ALWAYS LOOKED
FAIRLY NORMAL TO ME.

NO. I'M TALKING
ABOUT STRAVINSKY.

SO AM I.

WE GO TO
THE SAME DENTIST.

YEAH?

MM-HMM.

HE LIVES AROUND HERE?

YES.

AND SCHONBERG
AND HEIFETZ

AND HUXLEY
AND THOMAS MANN.

THE CLIMATE
IS ADVANTAGEOUS.

HE LIVES
RIGHT THERE.

PULL UP OVER THERE.
PULL UP.

WHAT TIME IS IT?

ALMOST 10:00.
WON'T YOU BE LATE?

THE LIGHTS ARE ON.
HE'S PROBABLY THERE.

BET HE'S IN THERE.

[RINGS DOORBELL]

LET'S GO.

HOW DO I GET ME
A HOUSE LIKE THAT?

WHAT'S STOPPING YOU?

BIRKS.

BIRKS, WHAT
THE HELL HAPPENED?

I'M NOT THAT LATE.

NO AUDIENCE, MAN.

THE BAR'S OPEN.

THE ENGAGEMENT'S
OVER.

GUESS THEY WEREN'T
READY TO BE INVADED.

SO ANYWAY...

WE GONNA TAKE
A PLANE HOME.

I GOT YOUR TICKET
RIGHT HERE.

WHAT IS THAT?

I THOUGHT WE HAD
A RADIO GIG TOMORROW.

WE DID, YARD.
WE DID.

THE STATION JOINED
IN THE BAN.

"BEBOP TENDS
TO PERVERT YOUNG MINDS."

WHO SAID THAT?

SOMEBODY WITH ENOUGH JUICE

TO GET 12 RADIO STATIONS
TO TURN US OFF.

SO WE GOIN' HOME
TOMORROW.

HOW ABOUT YOU?

BIRKS, LOOK,

A BAN LIKE THAT
CAN'T LAST FOREVER.

WE GOT AN AUDIENCE
OUT HERE.

JUST GIVE IT
SOME TIME.

YOU GONNA
HANG AROUND HERE?

CAN'T GO BACK
TO NEW YORK RIGHT NOW.

WHAT ABOUT THE REST
OF MY SALARY?

WHAT SALARY?

YARD, THERE HAVE BEEN
A FEW ADVANCES DRAWN.

JUST LAST WEEK,
YOU BORROWED $20 FROM ME

AND THEN KISSED ME
WHEN I GAVE IT TO YOU.

YOU DON'T REMEMBER
THESE THINGS.

I DON'T HAVE TO
REMEMBER.

YOU WOULDN'T LIE
TO ME.

WELL...LISTEN.

JUST MAKE SURE
SOMEBODY HAS YOUR NUMBER

AND DON'T STAY AWAY
TOO LONG, HMM?

BIRKS!

YEP?

* DA DA DWEE YAH *

* BAH DA DO DA *

* DWEE DWEE DWEE DWEE *

* DWEE DWEE DWEE **

VERY NICE, CHARLIE.
VERY NICE.

HE'S CLEAN!

THE DOPE IN L.A.
DRIED UP.

HE HAD TO KICK.

THAT NEARLY
KILLED HIM,

SO HE STAYED DRUNK
MOST OF THE TIME.

THAT'S WHY HE GOT
SENT TO CAMARILLO.

HE HASN'T HAD A DAMN
THING FOR SIX MONTHS.

ACCORDING TO HIM.

NO, NO.

ACCORDING TO HIS
RECORD PRODUCER IN L.A.

WHAT HE NEEDS
IS A GIG OUT OF THE STATE.

NO.

FOR GOD'S SAKES, SAMMY!

YOU HIRE CHARLIE PARKER
IMITATIONS,

AND THE REAL THING'S
AVAILABLE!

THE REAL THING COULD BE
A PAIN IN MY ASS.

SAMMY, LISTEN.

LET'S PLAY A GAME.

I'LL COUNT
TO 100, SLOWLY,

BEFORE I FINISH, NAME ME
ONE OTHER MUSICIAN

WHO CAN
PACK THIS CLUB

WHO ISN'T
A PAIN IN THE ASS.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
CHARLIE PARKER!

I'LL PAY 700 A WEEK.

WAIT. THAT'S FOR HIM,
A SECOND HORN,

AND A RHYTHM SECTION.

IF HE HANDLES IT RIGHT,

HE CAN CLEAR
A COUPLE HUNDRED.

THREE-WEEK GUARANTEE.

YOU'RE WONDERFUL.

I THOUGHT THE FOUNTAIN
OF YOUTH WAS IN FLORIDA.

EVERYBODY
SAYS THAT TO ME.

YOU KNOW,
I LEARNED SOMETHING.

THEY CAN GET IT
OUT OF YOUR BLOOD...

SURE.

BUT THEY CAN NEVER
GET IT OUT OF YOUR MIND.

I REALLY APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU DID FOR ME.

I WILL NEVER, EVER FORGET IT.

DON'T!

DON'T WHAT?

DON'T BE HUMBLE.

ANYBODY ELSE
BUT YOU.

HA HA! HEY, CHAN,

WHEN A CONVICT'S
ON THE STREET

AFTER A LONG TIME AWAY,

HE'S CAREFUL,

NOT HUMBLE.

WHY DON'T YOU LEARN
TO SAY "YOU'RE WELCOME"?

YOU'RE WELCOME.

WILL YOU STOP
TRYING TO LOOK

FOR SOMEPLACE
TO RUN?

I JUST CAME HERE
TO SAY THANKS.

THE REST OF IT
WILL WAIT.

I'M GOING TO GO
FIND ME A QUINTET

AND GET STARTED.

TAKE A LOOK AT HER
AT LEAST.

WELL, WHO COULD
BLAME ME NOW?

AND WHAT'S YOUR NAME,
LITTLE ONE?

MY NAME IS KIM.
WHAT'S YOURS?

WELCOME HOME
FROM THE HOSPITAL, DADDY.

HOW DID YOU KNOW
I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL?

I READ IT
IN THE NEWSPAPER.

DIDN'T YOU KNOW
YOU'RE FAMOUS?

GRANDMA
COOKING SUPPER?

YEAH, BUT SHE
CALLS IT DINNER.

SHE SAYS SUPPER'S
AFTER THE SHOW.

SHE'S RIGHT.

I'LL BE RIGHT UP.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

WHO'S THAT?

BUSINESS.

HOW YOU FEELIN'?

YOU READ THE HOSPITAL
REPORT, I DIDN'T.

GET IN.
LET'S GO FOR A RIDE.

I HAVE A CAR.

IT'S GETTING
A RING JOB.

SHOULD I TELL WHEN
YOUR WIFE BROUGHT IT IN,

OR DO YOU WANT
THE ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER?

M-431-232-95.

GET IN THE GODDAMN CAR.

I'VE BEEN ON YOUR CASE
10 YEARS NOW,

AND I'VE NEVER
SEEN YOU WORSE.

YOU CAN'T PLAY MORE THAN
THREE NIGHTS A MONTH

IN NEW YORK,

AND NEW YORK IS
THE ONLY PLACE LEFT

WHERE YOU CAN
GET WORK.

YOU BLEW
A THREE-NIGHTER

AT 1:00
THIS MORNING.

I TALKED
WITH STEINBERG.

HE'S READY TO WASH
HIS HANDS OF YOU.

YOU TALKED TO STEINBERG.

YOU'RE SICK, BIRD.

YOU'RE AN ALCOHOLIC,
YOU'RE A JUNKIE,

AND YOUR MIND IS HANGING
BY A FUCKING THREAD.

UH-HUH, YEAH,
RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

IT'S POSSIBLE I COULD
CHANGE SOME ATTITUDES

ABOUT YOUR CABARET CARD.

THAT WOULD MAKE
A HELL OF A DIFFERENCE

IN YOUR SITUATION.

IT WOULD MAKE
A WORLD OF A DIFFERENCE.

I GIVE YOU THREE,
FOUR NAMES, ALL JUNKIES.

ONCE YOU NAILED THEM,
WOULDN'T BE NO MORE HEROIN

IN NEW YORK CITY,
WOULD THERE?

LET ME OUT OF
THIS GODDAMN CAR!

THEY WOULDN'T THINK TWICE
ABOUT DOING IT TO YOU.

IT'S TIME TO SAVE
YOUR LIFE!

THIS IS THE YEAR
I'M SUPPOSED TO DIE.

YOU MISSED DINNER.

HOW ABOUT SUPPER?

I'M SORRY.

I JUST WENT FOR A WALK.

WERE YOU WORRIED?

WHAT DO YOU
WANT ME TO SAY?

WHO WAS THAT MAN?

SOMEBODY
FROM THIS WORLD--

NOBODY I EVER
WANT YOU

TO CONCERN
YOURSELF ABOUT.

IT'S DIRTY.

IT'S DIRTY?

WHERE DO YOU THINK
I'VE LIVED MY LIFE

TILL I MET YOU?

IT'S MY WISH THAT YOU
REMAIN MY CHILD WIFE.

WOULD YOU DO THAT
FOR ME?

NOW YOU'VE SWITCHED
FROM BETTE DAVIS MOVIES

TO JANE EYRE.

COME ON HOME
AND EAT, ROCHESTER.

AFTER A WHILE.

REMEMBER, YOU'VE GOT
FIVE TUNES TO WRITE.

LISTEN TO ME--
THE VOICE OF DUTY.

OH, AND GUESS WHAT.

STEINBERG SENT US
A CHECK.

WE'LL BE OK
FOR TWO WEEKS.

CHAN.

THAT'S ME.

DON'T EVER LEAVE
OLD POP.

HE'S NOT GOING TO DRINK
ANY MORE IODINE...

'CAUSE HE LOVES YOU.

I KNOW.

I READ THE NOTE
ON THE REFRIGERATOR.

IT'S A NICE, TIGHT ROOM.

GOOD ACOUSTICS.

BETTER THAN ANYTHING
EVER WAS ON 52nd STREET.

BUCK AND A QUARTER
ADMISSION,

2.50 MINIMUM
AT THE TABLES.

THEY'RE BOOKED UP
THE FIRST WEEKEND

AND HAVEN'T EVEN
OPENED YET.

THEY NAMED IT
AFTER ME.

WHO THE HELL ELSE
COULD THEY NAME IT AFTER?

DON'T YOU LIKE
THE IDEA?

BERNIE, I LIKE
THE IDEA.

I'M FLATTERED BY IT.
I'M OVERWHELMED.

I JUST WISH
IT WAS TONIGHT

'CAUSE I'M BROKE.

I'M TRYING TO HOLD ONTO
MY RHYTHM SECTION.

LEAN ON
THE RECORD COMPANY.

MAYBE THEY WANT YOU
IN PARIS.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

ENCORE!

ENCORE!

LOOKS LIKE
YOU NEED SOMETHING

BETTER THAN A ROSE.

WHAT THE FUCK
YOU WANT TO GO

BACK TO NEW YORK FOR?

BECAUSE.

YEAH?

YEAH.

BECAUSE.

YOU KNOW, I BEEN HERE
FOUR YEARS.

I WORK 10 MONTHS
OUT OF THE YEAR,

MORE IF I WANT TO.

I GO TO BELGIUM,
HOLLAND, SWEDEN.

YOU COULD DO
THE SAME THING.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T GO FOR
THAT SHIT YOU PEOPLE PLAY,

BUT OVER HERE,
THEY ARE CRAZY ABOUT IT.

NOW, YOU DON'T
GET RICH,

BUT YOU LIVE,

AND THEY TREAT YOU
LIKE A MAN.

NOW, WHAT YOU GOT
TO GO BACK TO?

OH, YEAH, YEAH,
YEAH, YEAH.

THEY NAMED A PLACE
AFTER YOU.

WELL, HOW MUCH OF
THAT PLACE DO YOU OWN?

WHEN THE GIG IS OVER,

YOU'LL BE SCUFFLING
TO FIND THE NEXT ONE,

IF THERE IS
A NEXT ONE.

YOU CAN'T EARN NO LIVIN'

PLAYIN' JAZZ
IN THE STATES.

DIZ CAN.

DUKE CAN.

YOU AIN'T DIZ.
YOU SURE AS HELL AIN'T DUKE.

AND THEY AIN'T ME.

WHAT DOES THAT HAVE
TO DO WITH ANYTHING?

I'M NOT TALKIN' ABOUT WHAT YOU
DO ON THE BANDSTAND, JUNIOR.

EVERYBODY SAID,
YOU THE MAN.

WELL, THAT'S GREAT,
UNTIL YOU MESS UP,

AND YOU ALWAYS MESS UP.

YOU MESS UP OVER THERE,
YOU BE IN TROUBLE SO DEEP,

THEY WON'T EVEN LET YOU PLAY
IN THE GODDAMN PLACE

THEY NAMED AFTER YOU
IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THERE'S NO LAW THAT SAYS
I HAVE TO MESS UP,

AND I'M NOT RUNNING AWAY
FROM MY OWN COUNTRY.

YOUR COUNTRY?

YEAH, MINE.

WHETHER THEY LIKE IT
OR NOT, IT'S MINE.

THERE'S GONNA BE
A BIRDLAND

IN EVERY CITY
ONE DAY.

THERE'S GONNA BE
A BIRDLAND IN CHICAGO,

BIRDLAND IN DETROIT--

A BIRDLAND RIGHT ACROSS
THE STREET FROM CAMARILLO.

HA HA HA HA!

I'M THE LIBERATOR
OF PARIS!

YOU ARE A MOTHERFUCKING
AFTERTHOUGHT!

OH!

HA HA HA HA!

HA HA HA HA!

OH, SHIT!

SO...YOU'RE SAYING, UM...

DIZ AND DUKE
ON ONE SIDE...

AND JUNKIES
ON THE OTHER.

[POP]

SO I KICK.

HA HA HA HA!

I CAN KICK!

HA HA HA HA!

OH, JUNIOR! JUNIOR!

HA HA HA!

OTHER THAN THAT,
WE GOT NOTHIN'

TILL A WEEK
FROM FRIDAY--

SOME SORT OF BENEFIT,

SOME COMMUNIST IN JAIL,
OR SOMETHING.

HEY, WE GET PAID.

HOW MUCH
DO WE GET PAID?

JUST HOLD OUT WITH ME.

IN A MONTH,
WE OPEN UP BIRDLAND.

WHAT DO I EAT
IN THE MEANTIME?

HEY! HARRY JAMES!

MEET BILLY.

JOHN WILSON. RODNEY.

RED RODNEY.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
IN NEW YORK, RED RODNEY?

I'VE BEEN HERE
A YEAR NOW.

WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME?
I WANT TO HEAR YOU PLAY.

I WASN'T READY FOR
YOU TO HEAR ME PLAY.

HE WASN'T READY
TO HEAR HIM PLAY.

AND NOW YOU'RE READY?

HOW YOU BEEN
DOIN', THEN?

I'VE BEEN DOING
MOSTLY SOCIETY STUFF.

PLENTY OF GODDAMN
SOCIETY FOR SOME PEOPLE.

HOW COME NOBODY
NEVER CALLS ME

FOR NO GODDAMN
SOCIETY GIGS?

IT'S A SPECIAL TYPE
OF SOCIETY.

FOR DANCING, RIGHT?

FOR DANCING,
BUT NOT THE FOX TROT.

YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR A GIG? EVERYBODY?

I MEAN, NOT YOU.

WHY NOT ME?

WELL, I CAME IN HERE
LOOKING FOR PEOPLE,

BUT I NEVER--

SHIT. WHY NOT?

2:00 THIS AFTERNOON

IN BROOKLYN,
A WEDDING.

FANTASTIC!

WONDERFUL!

CHUDNICK!

THESE ARE NOT
JEWISH BOYS, BUT GOOD.

A VERY NICE AFFAIR.

DON'T ASK. DON'T ASK.

WHAT'S THIS CHOODNICK?

YEAH, THAT'S
WHAT I'M TALKING.

THAT'S MY REAL NAME.

SO, WHERE ARE
YOU CATS HEADED?

DON'T ASK. DON'T ASK.

[RING]

HELLO.

I WANT TO KNOW
ONE THING.

YOU STILL THE MOST
GORGEOUS WOMAN ALIVE?

NO.

I'M RETIRED.

BUT I LIKE IT THAT
YOU NEVER GIVE UP.

I TAKE IT HE'S THERE.

IS HE ALL RIGHT?

HE'S HOLDING
HIS STOMACH.

IS THAT FROM...

NO, NO, THAT'S ULCERS.

HE'LL PROBABLY
SPEND THE NIGHT.

THANKS, RED.

DON'T TELL HIM
I CALLED YOU.

I MEAN, DON'T TELL HIM
YOU CALLED ME.

DON'T WORRY.

GET SOME SLEEP.

MM-HMM.

GOOD NIGHT.

CHOOD...

THE LAST MAN
TO EVER GET ME

A SOCIETY GIG.

THAT'S ME.

WOO!
WOO!

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

LET'S GET A DRINK.

YOU REALLY
ATE A ROSE?

ATE WHATEVER I COULD
GET MY HANDS ON.

I HEARD YOU SAID
IT WAS DESSERT.

IT WAS.

DON'T KNOW WHY
I CAME BACK HERE FOR.

BIRDLAND STILL
AIN'T OPEN.

BUT I GOT THIS
BEAUTIFUL GIG.

I NEED
A TRUMPET PLAYER.

SCOTCH ON THE ROCKS.

CLUB SODA. HOW LONG
YOU BEEN LISTENING?

I KNOW A TRUMPET PLAYER
WHEN I HEAR ONE.

THERE ARE SO MANY
BETTER ONES--

NAVARRO,
KENNY DORHAM--

I'M OFFERING
THE JOB TO YOU.

WE START OFF
WITH A TOUR--

10 NIGHTS,
$150 PER MAN...

PER NIGHT.

REALLY?
THAT'S GREAT! WHERE?

SOUTH. WE DRIVE.

FRESH AIR, SCENERY,

UNSOPHISTICATED PUSSY.

YOU DON'T GET THAT
WITH WOODY HERMAN, MAN.

GEORGIA, ALABAMA,

MISSISSIPPI,
TENNESSEE.

DEEP SOUTH?
WITH A MIXED BAND?

WE'D GET LYNCHED!

I GOT IT COVERED.

HERE WE ARE.

THERE'S UNCLE REMUS
OVER THERE.

BIRD, WHAT
ARE YOU DOIN'?

WE ARE IN
THE SOUTH NOW.

AH, YOUR MAMA'S
UP THERE.

WE SUPPOSED TO
BE IN THE SOUTH.

YOUR MOTHER'S
OVER THERE, MAN.

HEY, WILSON,
Y'ALL DON'T PLAY THAT.

AIN'T IT GREAT
TO BE HOME, FELLAS?

THANK YOU, BIRD.

LOOK AT THIS.

I'M OPENIN' UP
A NEW WORLD TO YOU.

PULL UP OVER HERE.

I WANT TO TALK
TO THE MANAGER.

WATCH OUT
FOR THAT CAR.

OK.

WHERE DO YOU THINK
THEY'LL PUT US UP?

MAN, YOU KNOW WHERE
THEY'LL PUT US UP--

SOME GODDAMN
FUNKY RAT HOLE.

EXCEPT YOU, RED.

YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND
YOURSELF A GOOD HOTEL

IN EVERY TOWN
WE PLAY IN.

HA! I DON'T THINK SO.

RED, YOU GONNA BE
RIGHT DOWN

IN THE FUNK WITH US.

BIRD DONE COVERED IT,
ALL RIGHT.

YEAH.

BIRD, ARE YOU CRAZY?

NOBODY'S GOING TO BELIEVE
THAT I'M AN ALBINO.

WHO EVER HEARD
OF A JEWISH CAT

PLAYIN' TRUMPET
THE WAY YOU DO?

THE MAIN THING
IS I CAN'T SING!

ANYBODY CAN
SING THE BLUES.

ALL YOU GOT TO DO

IS SING ONE BLUES
EVERY SET.

GO TO SLEEP NOW.
THAT'S YOUR ROOM.

WHAT IF
THEY FIND OUT?

WHO, YOUR PEOPLE
OR MY PEOPLE?

HA HA.
THAT'S PRETTY FUNNY.

NOW GO INSIDE.
WAKE ME UP IN TWO HOURS.

DON'T YOU WANDER
OFF NOWHERE, BOY!

WHAT?

I GOT TO KEEP UP
THE CORRECT IMPRESSION,

DON'T I? HEH HEH.

OH, JESUS.

YEAH. I'D ALMOST
FORGOTTEN.

GET SOME REST,
NIGGER.

THESE PEOPLE
WANT TO DANCE.

[BAND PLAYING
NOW'S THE TIME]

YEAH!

ALL RIGHT!

YOU FOLKS WILL
HAVE TO GO UPSTAIRS.

THANKS.

SURE. YOU CAN GET
A DRINK UP THERE.

HA HA HA.

[BAND PLAYS
ALBINO RED BLUES]

WHOO!
ALL RIGHT!

AT THIS TIME,
IT IS MY PRIVILEGE

TO BRING
TO THE MICROPHONE

A YOUNG MAN,

WHO, IN A SHORT
SPACE OF TIME,

HAS BECOME A LEGEND.

BORN AT THE GEOGRAPHICAL
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE--

125th STREET
AND LENOX AVENUE.

I SAW HIM
AT THE APOLLO.

I KNEW I HAD
TO HAVE HIM WITH US!

YEAH!
WHOO!

NOT JUST BECAUSE
HE BRINGS US LUCK.

NO, BUT BECAUSE
WHILE THE GOOD LORD

DIDN'T SEE FIT TO
GIVE HIM NO PIGMENT,

HE MADE UP FOR IT
BY ENDOWING HIM

WITH THE SPIRITUAL
INHERITANCE

OF JEFFERSON
AND BROONZY.

AND NOW, WITHOUT
FURTHER ADO,

I BRING TO YOU...

ALBINO RED!

[CHEERING]

I PLAYED YOUR WEDDING.

YOU PLAY MINE.

* HEY, EVERYBODY *

ALL RIGHT, NOW.

* IT'S ALL OVER TOWN *

YEAH!

YEAH!
WHOO!

* HEY, EVERYBODY *

* A-A-A-AAAH *

* IT'S A-A-ALL OVER TOWN *

* DON'T GO MESSIN'
WITH THAT SUCKER, BABY *

* 'CAUSE I'LL HAVE TO *

* HAVE TO SHOOT YOU DOWN *

GREAT. ONE MORE
CHORUS, HUH?

YEAH!

* GIVE YOU
ALL MY MONEY *

* DON'T HOLD NOTHIN'
BACK FOR ME-E-E-E *

* TOOK MY $50 *

* WENT TO BUY
SOME GROCERY *

* HEE HEE *

WHAT HAPPENED
AFTER THAT?

* THE NEXT THING
I KNEW *

* YOU WERE SHACKED UP
WITH HENRY LEE *

NO!

NOT HENRY. NO!

* HEY, EVERYBODY *

* A-A-A-AAAH *

* OHHHH, IT'S A-A-ALL OVER,
OVER TOWN *

* DON'T GO MESSIN'
WITH THAT SUCKER, BABY *

* HEY, 'CAUSE I'M BOUND TO *

* BOUND TO *

* SHOOT YOU,
SHOOT YOU DOWN *

* DOWN, DOWN,
DOWN, DOWN **

MR. RODNEY?

FOLLOW ME.

WHEN DID IT START?

LAST NIGHT.

UH, BUT I'VE
HAD IT PREVIOUSLY.

I BEGAN TO FEEL
A LITTLE TWINGE

THE OTHER DAY.

GIVE US A SAMPLE
IF YOU CAN.

SO YOU'VE HAD
HEMATURIA PREVIOUSLY?

WHAT'S THAT?

THAT BLOOD
IN YOUR URINE.

OH, YEAH. MY DOCTOR
KEEPS TALKING

ABOUT REMOVING
THE STONES.

SUPPOSE I SHOULD
LET HIM.

WHEN YOU GOING HOME?

DAY AFTER TOMORROW.

STUPID OF ME TO LEAVE MY
PAIN PILLS IN NEW YORK,

BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE
SINCE IT'S FLARED UP.

EMPIRIN WITH CODEINE
OUGHTA DO IT.

MY DOCTOR
WROTE FOR DILAUDID.

DILAUDID?

FOR KIDNEY STONES?

I'M AN ETHICAL MAN.

AND FORTUNATELY FOR YOU,

I'M A COMPASSIONATE ONE.

[KNOCKING]

MR. PARKER, IT'S RED.

CHOOD,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

CHOOD!

Oh, damn...

AH, CHOOD.

NOT YOU, MAN.

WHY NOT ME?

IF YOU WANT
TO PLAY LIKE BIRD,

YOU GOT TO SHOOT SHIT
LIKE BIRD?

IS THAT WHAT YOU THOUGHT?

IS THAT WHAT
THEY TOLD YOU?

I DON'T REMEMBER.

NO!

NO!!

IT DON'T HELP, MAN.

DON'T HELP.

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT?

I KNOW NOW.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

I--I KNOW A THOUSAND
GUYS WHO FIX.

YEAH.

A THOUSAND EASY.

[WILSON] RED, WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THAT WOMAN

THAT CAME OUT
OF THAT ROOM THAT NIGHT?

I'VE SEEN
BETTER LOOKING HEADS

ON A BOIL, MAN.

I'M NOT GOING
TO TEASE YOU, RED.

YOU GOT SOME OF THAT,
DIDN'T YOU?

HEY, RED.

* HEY, EVERYBODY *

* IT'S ALL OVER TOWN **

HA HA HA!

I SOUNDED BETTER
THAN THAT.

THEY LOVED ME.
I'M GOING BACK.

RIGHT.

I NEVER HAD THIS
MUCH MONEY

COMING BACK
FROM A TOUR.

WE MUST HAVE
$7,500 BETWEEN US.

$8,500.

WE HAD A CUT ON
ADMISSIONS OVER 500.

WE WENT OVER FOUR TIMES.

HEY, THAT'S
YOUR MONEY, BIRD.

NAW. I'M SPLITTIN' IT
FIVE WAYS.

SHIT!

THAT'S WHAT I'M
TALKIN' ABOUT!

YAY!

DON'T GO SIGNIFYING
THAT WAY.

IT'S ABOUT TIME
THIS BAND GOT ORGANIZED.

THANK YOU.

NOW, THAT'S NOT
SO HARD, IS IT, JOHN?

MAN, IT'S GOOD
TO BE HOME.

YEAH.

GOOD EVENING.

[BAND PLAYING COOL BLUES]

HERE YOU GO, LADIES.

YEAH.

YEAH! WHOO!

OH, YEAH!

DON'T BOTHER ME NOW, MAN.

I'M FLIPPED.

[APPLAUSE]

GOOD, ISN'T HE?

YEAH. MY MAN!

WHOA!

LET'S HEAR IT
FOR THE BAND OF THE CENTURY!

[APPLAUSE]

LOOK. NICA MADE IT.

SHE'S A BARONESS
OR SOMETHING.

SHE GOT A THING
FOR JAZZ MUSICIANS,

BUT IT ISN'T SEXUAL.

I SHOULD HOPE NOT.

BILLY'S A MUSICIAN.
WOULD YOU FUCK HIM?

HA HA HA!

YOU WERE
AN ABSOLUTE GAS,

AS USUAL.

MY NAME'S NICA.

DELIGHTED.

HELLO, NICA.

WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT BIRD?

I LIVE AT THE CORNER
OF 40th AND 3rd,

BUT, I'M ORIGINALLY
FROM PHILLY.

YOU BEEN THERE?

PAYDAY.

* BUH-DUDDLE
DEE ZEE BOP **

PAYDAY.

SCOTCH AND MILK!

I'LL CATCH YOU
LATER, OK, BABE?

SURE. I'LL
SEE YOU LATER.

YEAH. BEST THREE
WEEKS WE EVER HAD.

YEAH.

YOU NOTICE
ANYTHING DIFFERENT

THESE LAST THREE WEEKS?

YEAH.

YOU'RE DRINKING
MORE THAN EVER.

YEAH, BUT DO
YOU KNOW WHY?

I CAN GUESS.

YOU'RE
TRYING TO KICK.

I'M NOT TRYING.

I'VE BEEN ON
FOR 15 YEARS.

NOW, IF I CAN KICK,
THEN YOU CAN KICK.

I HEAR YOU,

AND I APPRECIATE
WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT.

RED RODNEY.

THE NEXT CHARLIE PARKER.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

NOBODY BLAMES YOU.

YOU EXPECT TO SEE 40?

BIRD,

I'M IN THE WRONG
FRAME OF MIND

FOR QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.

HEY, YOU EXPECT
TO SEE 40?

I'M DIFFERENT.

HI, RED.

SHIT.

HOW'S THE BOSS?

BETTER THAN EVER.

THAT AIN'T MY KIND
OF MUSIC.

ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVES.

OW! YOU'LL FIND
MARKS THERE.

THAT'S INTERNAL
POSSESSION.

NO SUCH THING
IN THIS STATE.

THAT YOU CAN ARGUE
WITH THE MAGISTRATE.

MEANWHILE,
I GOT TO DO MY JOB.

LET'S TAKE HIM IN.

WHY DO YOU GO THROUGH
THIS EVERY TIME?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WHAT ARE YOU SUGGESTING?

YOU GOT SOMETHING
TO SUGGEST?

IT WAS 50 BUCKS
LAST TIME.

LAST TIME YOU WERE
OUT OF WORK.

BUT NOW YOU'RE
WITH THE KING OF BEBOP,

AND YOU JUST GOT PAID.

HOW DID
YOU KNOW THAT?

HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE IN ON THIS,

YOU SON OF A BITCH?

I DIDNT EXPECT THAT
OF A NICE JEWISH BOY.

THAT'S MORE YOUR STYLE.

WHAT'S HE
LOOKIN' AT, BERNIE?

IT'S FEDERAL.

THAT'S AT LEAST
A YEAR.

NOW, THERE ARE
SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES.

YOU MIGHT WANT
TO THINK ABOUT

A DIFFERENT HORN,
MAYBE A TROMBONE.

THERE'S ANOTHER
POSSIBILITY.

LIKE, MAYBE A QUINTET
ISN'T THE WAY TO GO

RIGHT NOW.

[PLAYING LAURA]

OH!

THAT WAS LOVELY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SMOOTH AS BUTTER

AND SWEET AS HER
LITTLE SISTER'S ASS.

YOU'RE STILL
THE GREATEST, MAN.

BEEN AWAY TOO LONG.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED
TO THAT CHICK

YOU USED TO RUN WITH?

CHAN?

HA HA HA.

SHE'S THE MOTHER
OF THREE LOVELY CHILDREN.

[LIP-SYNCING
MARIO LANZA RECORDING]

* BE MY LOVE *

* FOR NO ONE ELSE
CAN END THIS YEARNING *

* THIS NEED THAT YOU
AND YOU ALONE CREATE *

* JUST FILL MY ARMS *

* THE WAY YOU FILL
MY DREAMS *

DADDY!

HA HA HA!

*...THE DREAMS THAT
YOU INSPIRE *

HA HA HA!

HEY, DADDY!

* WITH EVERY SWEET DESIRE **

WE'RE A SANDWICH,
DADDY.

YOU GOING TO
EAT US UP?

BIRD DOESN'T EAT
SWEETS, MY LOVE.

HA HA HA.

YOU KNOW...

I DO ANOTHER
STRINGS ALBUM,

I'M GOIN' TO
SEE IF I CAN GET

MARIO TO DO
THE VOCAL.

BIRD?

WHAT?

LET'S GO SAY
HELLO TO PREE.

IS SHE DOIN'
ANY BETTER TODAY?

SHE WENT TO THE RADIO
AND TURNED IT ON

ALL BY HERSELF.

HOW DO YOU MEAN, SHE
WALKED TO THE RADIO?

KIM AND BAIRD HAVE HEARD
THEIR TUNES ON THE AIR.

WHEN ARE YOU GONNA
WRITE ONE FOR PREE?

DID SHE WALK
TO THE RADIO?

IF SHE WALKED, I WOULD
HAVE RUN TO THE STUDIO

AND SHOUTED IT OUT,
DON'T YOU THINK?

IS SHE KEEPIN'
HER FOOD DOWN?

I DIDN'T BRING YOU IN HERE
TO GIVE A MEDICAL REPORT,

JUST TO REMIND YOU,
YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER.

MISSY PARKER,

YOU'RE BEING
SALTY THIS EVENING!

SHOULD I KISS HER?

SHOULD YOU KISS HER?

I JUST MEANT,
IF I KISS HER

AND SHE WAKES UP
BEFORE SHE NEEDS TO,

THAT'S MORE
TROUBLE FOR YOU.

I KNOW.

NO, DON'T WAKE
HER UP.

YOU SHOULD KISS ME.

I'M PACKING IN
THE MAGIC VIOLINS FOR A WHILE.

GOIN' TO PLAY A COUPLE
WEEKS IN ME-LAND.

MAYBE I'LL HIRE
YOUR OLD BOYFRIEND

BILLY McNABB.

OH, TESTING ME, HUH?

I GOTTA GO SIGN
SOME CONTRACTS.

HEY, THAT'S GREAT.

* BE MY LOVE *

NOBODY SIGNS CONTRACTS
AT 7:00 AT NIGHT.

I KNOW!

I SHOULDN'T HAVE ASKED HIM
TO GO IN THERE, THAT'S ALL.

HEY, LOOK WHO'S
UPTOWN.

YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN
GET ME SOME STUFF?

MR. PARKER,

IF YOU EVER HAVE
THE URGE

TO STICK A NEEDLE
IN YOUR ARM AGAIN,

TAKE YOUR HORN OUT
INTO THE WOODS AND BLOW.

THREE MONTHS
SUSPENDED SENTENCE.

YOUR HONOR.

A CONVICTION WOULD MEAN
THE LOSS OF MY CABARET CARD.

THE WOODS WOULD BE
THE ONLY PLACE I CAN PLAY.

AT LEAST IN THIS CITY,
SIR.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT
TO APPEAL.

SIR, I HAVE
A 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

WHO'S IN NEED
OF MEDICAL ATTENTION

SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.

WOULD IT...

IS IT POSSIBLE

THAT YOU COULD
PUT ME IN JAIL

AND LET ME PAY
MY DEBT TO SOCIETY

AND THEN REINSTATE
MY CABARET CARD, SIR?

THAT'S NOT THE WAY
IT WORKS, MR. PARKER.

BUT ALL
I'M ASKING, I--

THANK YOU,
YOUR HONOR.

THANKS, BERNIE.

YEAH. COOL.

IT'S COOL.

THEY WON'T PAY
FOR A GROUP.

JUST ME.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S SOME
DECENT CATS

IN L.A. THESE DAYS.

DON'T GO.

GIVE ME
A BETTER IDEA.

DAMN IT!

ALL THE RECORDS
YOU'VE SOLD!

I MADE THEM!

SOMEBODY ELSE
DONE SOLD THEM.

HELL.

YOU COULD USE
A VACATION FROM ME.

HOLD THIS HOME
TOGETHER.

WE BOTH WANT
TO DO THAT, RIGHT?

OH, BIRD.

YOU AND YOUR
GEORGE BRENT DIALOGUE.

[CAR RADIO PLAYING
PARKER'S MOOD]

GEORGE BRENT, HUH?

UH-HUH.

MAYBE HE'LL COME
INTO THE CLUB ONE NIGHT.

I GOT A GABBY HAYES
AUTOGRAPH LAST TRIP.

OH, DID HE GET
YOURS?

YEAH. SURE.

HE SAYS,

[IMITATING GABBY HAYES]
"YARDBIRD,

"I SURE AS HELL
AM PARTIAL

"TO THEM FLATTED
FIFTHS OF YOURS.

"PLAY ME THAT THERE
KLACTOVEEDSEDSTENE

"ONE MORE TIME,
WILL YOU, PARTNER?

"I TELL YOU.

"NOBODY CAN IMPROVISE
A DIMINISHED NINTH

"UP FROM THE TONIC

LIKE A FULL-BLOODED
NEGRO."

HA HA HA!

[RADIO] * I'M FEELING
LOW DOWN AND BLUE *

HEY, THAT'S MY SOLO.

* AND FULL OF SORROW *

HE WROTE WORDS TO THAT?

HAVEN'T YOU
HEARD THAT?

* WHERE WILL I BE
TOMORROW? *

IT'S CRAPPY.

I WANT TO HEAR IT.

* GOING TO KANSAS CITY *

* WANT TO GO, TOO? *

* NO, YOU CAN'T
MAKE IT WITH ME *

* GOING TO KANSAS CITY *

* SORRY THAT
I CAN'T TAKE YOU *

YEAH, HA.

* WHEN YOU SEE ME COMIN',
RAISE YOUR WINDOW HIGH *

* WHEN YOU SEE ME LEAVIN',
HANG YOUR HEAD AND CRY *

CHOODNICK COULD HAVE
USED THAT ONE.

IT WAS A GREAT SOLO.
I HATE THE IDEA--

SHH!

COME ON.
LET ME HEAR THIS.

* SHE'D ONLY BRING
HERSELF DOWN *

* SO LONG, EVERYBODY *

* THE TIME HAS COME *

* AND I MUST LEAVE YOU *

* SO IF I DON'T SEE
YOUR SMILIN' FACE AGAIN *

* MAKE A PROMISE
YOU'LL REMEMBER *

* LIKE A CHRISTMAS DAY
IN DECEMBER *

* THAT I TOLD YOU
ALL THROUGH THICK AND THIN *

* ON UP UNTIL THE END *

* PARKER'S BEEN YOUR FRIEND *

* DON'T HANG YOUR HEAD
WHEN YOU SEE *

* WHEN YOU SEE THOSE
SIX PRETTY HORSES PULLIN' ME *

* PUT A $20 SILVER PIECE *

* ON MY WATCH CHAIN *

* LOOK AT THE SMILE
ON MY FACE *

* AND SING A LITTLE SONG
TO LET THE WORLD KNOW *

* I'M REALLY FREE *

* DON'T CRY FOR ME *

* 'CAUSE I'M GOIN'
TO KANSAS CITY **

GOT ANY IDEA HOW MUCH

A $20 SILVER PIECE

WOULD WEIGH?

I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT
WHAT A GREAT SOLO IT WAS

AND WHAT THIS MAN
HAS DONE TO IT.

I THINK IT'S TERRIBLE.

CHAN?

DON'T EVER LET THEM
SEND ME BACK

TO KANSAS CITY.

BIRD, LOOK.

YOU GOT A GIG?

I'M GONNA GET THERE...
EVENTUALLY.

EVENTUALLY.

THEY FOUND ME
THIS TRIO TO PLAY WITH.

BUT THEY'RE
MORE SCARED OF ME

THAN THEY'RE SCARED
OF THE OWNER,

AND THEY'RE
SHIT-SCARED OF HIM.

I'M GONNA GET
TO THE JOB, BIRKS.

I ALWAYS GET TO THE JOB.

SO I'M A LITTLE LATE,
SO WHAT?

SO I'LL PLAY
A COUPLE EXTRA HOURS.

YOU HAVE YOUR TASTE.
I'LL HAVE ME A TASTE.

THEN I'LL FIND ME A LADY
AND GET TO THE JOB.

CHEERS.

OH! HA HA!

WHAT'S THE MATTER, BIRD?

[COUGHS AND
CLEARS THROAT]

AIN'T IT A BITCH?

I GO TO A LIVER DOCTOR,
AND I PAY HIM $50,

AND IT DON'T HELP ME.

I GO TO AN ULCER DOCTOR...

SAME THING,
EXCEPT I PAY HIM 75.

BUT I GO TO SOME CAT
AND PAY HIM $10

FOR A BAG OF SHIT
AND A LITTLE PEACE...

AND MY ULCERS DON'T HURT,
MY LIVER DON'T HURT.

MY HEART TROUBLE
IS GONE.

YOU TELLIN' ME THIS IS THE MAN
I'M SUPPOSED TO STAY AWAY FROM?

HA HA! UH-UH.

MR. GILLESPIE...

MY COMRADE-IN-ARMS...

THAT IS WHAT I CALL
A PARADOX.

[CHILD CRYING]

GIVE HER TO ME.

[GASP]

I HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
THAT CAN'T WAIT.

IS SHE BAPTIZED?

No.

BIRKS, IT'S JUST YOU
AND ME AND THE WATER.

YOU TELL ME THE SECRET.

I'M NOT HAVIN' AN EASY TIME
TALKIN' TO YOU TONIGHT.

DON'T TALK. JUST
TELL ME THE SECRET.

WHAT SECRET?

I KNOW MY OWN SECRETS,
JUST LIKE YOU KNOW YOURS.

NO, NO.

WHAT YOU REALLY
ASKIN' ME IS

HOW COME, WHEN I'M
SUPPOSED TO HIT AT 9:30,

I HIT AT 9:30, HUH?

HOW COME I CAN
LAND ON A CAT I LOVE

ALMOST AS MUCH
AS I LOVE YOU,

AND THEN FIRE HIS ASS
FOR SHOWIN' UP LATE OR STONED?

WHY I CAN HOLD
A GROUP TOGETHER?

WHY I'M A LEADER?

YEAH, THAT'S
WHAT I'M ASKIN'.

BECAUSE THEY DON'T
EXPECT ME TO BE.

BECAUSE, DEEP DOWN,

THEY LIKE IT IF THE NIGGER
TURNS OUT UNRELIABLE.

THAT'S THEY WAY THEY THINK
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

I WON'T GIVE THEM
THE SATISFACTION OF BEING RIGHT.

HERE WE ARE...

YEAH.

BROTHERS.

I'M A REFORMER.
YOU TRYIN' TO BE A MARTYR.

THEY ALWAYS REMEMBER
THE MARTYRS LONGER.

THEY GONNA TALK ABOUT YOU
WHEN YOU DEAD, BIRD...

MORE THAN THEY DO NOW.

THEY GONNA SHOVEL YOU UNDER
LIKE THEY LOVE TO DO,

AND THEY GONNA
TALK ABOUT YOU.

MY SECRET...

MY SECRET IS
THAT IF THEY KILL ME...

IT WON'T BE
BECAUSE I HELPED THEM.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

ONCE AGAIN, PLEASE ACCEPT
MY HEARTFELT APOLOGIES

FOR BEING
UNAVOIDABLY DETAINED.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING
TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

WE WILL BE BACK SHORTLY.

REAL GOOD.

BIRD, YOU GOT A MESSAGE.

CALL HOME.

TELEGRAM TO
MRS. CHAN PARKER...

151 AVENUE B...

NEW YORK CITY.

"MY DARLING...

"THE NEWS OF
OUR DAUGHTER'S DEATH

"SURPRISED ME
MORE THAN IT DID YOU.

"DO NOT FULFILL
FUNERAL PROCEEDINGS

"UNTIL I GET THERE.

"I SHALL BE THE FIRST ONE
TO WALK WITH YOU

"INTO THE CHAPEL.

[VOICE BREAKING]
"FORGIVE ME FOR NOT BEING...

"IN THE HOSPITAL
WITH YOU.

"YOURS
MOST SINCERELY,

"YOUR HUSBAND...

CHARLIE PARKER."

WESTERN UNION?

A TELEGRAM
TO MRS. CHAN PARKER,

151 AVENUE B,
NEW YORK CITY.

"CHAN...

"FOR GOD'S SAKE,
HOLD ON TO YOURSELF.

CHARLIE PARKER."

[HANGS UP TELEPHONE]

[CRYING]

WESTERN UNION?

TELEGRAM TO
MRS. CHAN PARKER...

151 AVENUE B,
NEW YORK CITY.

"CHAN..."

[SOBBING]

"COMMA

"HELP

"PERIOD.

CHARLIE PARKER."

TH-THIS IS A TELEGRAM...

TO MRS. CHAN PARKER...

151 AVENUE B...

NEW YORK.

[CRYING]

"MY DAUGHTER IS DEAD.

"I KNOW IT.

I'LL BE THERE RIGHT AWAY."

MY NAME IS BIRD.

"IT'S VERY NICE OUT HERE.

"PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN VERY...

"NICE TO ME OUT HERE.

I'LL BE THERE RIGHT AWAY."

"TAKE IT EASY.

"LET ME BE THE FIRST ONE...
TO APPROACH YOU.

"I'M YOUR HUSBAND.

"SINCERELY...

"CHARLIE...

PARKER."

[BOTTLE SHATTERS]

[COUGH COUGH]

CASE NUMBER 1540--

PATIENT ADMITTED
TO PSYCHIATRIC PAVILION

AT REQUEST OF WIFE

FOLLOWING SUICIDE ATTEMPT
BY INGESTION OF IODINE.

TIME--5 A.M.,
SEPTEMBER 1, 1954.

PATIENT HAS A PAST HISTORY
OF NERVOUS BREAKDOWN,

FOR WHICH HE WAS HOSPITALIZED
IN CALIFORNIA FOR EIGHT MONTHS.

THE WIFE SAID THIS ATTEMPT
WAS RELATED TO DEPRESSION

OVER THE RECENT DEATH
OF THEIR DAUGHTER

AND ALSO BY REVERSES
IN "HIS CAREER."

YOU CAN'T SLEEP EITHER, HUH?

YEAH. I'M GIVING UP
ALL MY BAD HABITS.

YEAH.

TELL ME, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THIS CHUMMY MORELLO?

HE WANTS ME TO TOUR
WITH HIM AND SOME SINGER.

YEAH?

CHUMMY MORELLO.

VIOLET WELLES.

WHO?

SEE, YOU DON'T
KNOW HER.

YOU'RE TOO YOUNG.

SHE'S PROBABLY
DEAD BY NOW.

BUT, UH, VIOLET...

"THE VIBRANT
VIOLET OF SONG,"

THEY BILLED HER
AT THE APOLLO.

THIS IS THE CHICK
I WAS PLAYIN' BEHIND

WHEN I FOUND MY STYLE.

I WAS JUST
BACKING HER UP.

I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE
A REGULAR GIG.

I WAS JUST WASHIN' DISHES
AND JAMMIN' AFTER HOURS.

HA HA HA!

COURSE, THAT'S BEFORE
I BECAME THE...

TITANIC COMMERCIAL SUCCESS
THAT YOU SEE SITTING BEFORE YOU.

THAT'S BEFORE I...
CAPTURED THE FANCY OF...

THE ADORING PUBLIC.

YEAH.

BUT, UH...

I STARTED PLAYIN'
THESE LITTLE...

YOU KNOW...

THESE FIGURES
BEHIND HER, SEE?

AND THEY FIT
WITH THE SONG...

BUT IT WAS, LIKE,
GOIN' INSIDE THE MELODY.

YOU KNOW?

AND SHE SAYS,
RIGHT ON THE STAGE...

SHE SAYS, "NIGGER...

DON'T BE PLAYIN' THAT SHIT
BEHIND ME WHILE I'M SINGIN'

I DON'T KNOW.

AFTER THAT,
A LITTLE LATER ON,

ME AND THE PIANO PLAYER,
WE GOT TOGETHER.

WE WERE WORKIN'
ON CHEROKEE.

THIS IS THE SONG I
HAD PLAYED 10,000 TIMES,

AND I WAS SICK
TO DEATH OF THIS SONG.

BUT I FOUND
THIS NEW WAY

OF EXTENDING
THE CHORD CHANGES.

SO IT WAS LIKE...

A WHOLE NEW SONG.

AND IT STILL FIT.

THIS IS WHAT
I BEEN TRYIN' TO DO

EVER SINCE THEY GONGED ME
OFF THE RENO CLUB.

THE BRIDGE OF CHEROKEE,
THAT'S THE BRIDGE I CROSSED

TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS...

1939.

WHAT A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

ANYWAY...

THAT'S WHY
YOU'RE SITTIN' THERE...

LISTENIN' TO ME...

INSTEAD OF BEIN'
RED-HOT RODNEY

FROM GENE KRUPA'S BAND.

YEAH.

SO WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT...
CHUMMY MORELLO?

I FIGURE
A GOOD 16-WEEK TOUR...

I COULD PAY A LOT OF BILLS.

JESUS CHRIST, BIRD,
WHAT ARE WE TALKIN' ABOUT?

YOU--

I'M TALKIN' ABOUT
A MUSICIAN MAKIN' A LIVING.

THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKIN' ABOUT.

LOOK, DON'T CRY FOR ME.

YOU CAN KICK ME
IN THE ASS.

COME ON.

KICK ME IN THE ASS!

KICK ME IN THE ASS!

KICK ME IN HE ASS!

YOU'RE SO FUCKING
DRAMATIC ALL THE TIME.

YOU OUGHT TO GO
INTO SHOW BUSINESS.

VIOLET WELLES.

[POLICE RADIO]

OH, MAN!

CHAN.

WHAT'S WRONG?

WHAT ARE THE POLICE
DOIN' HERE?

YOU OK?

DURING THE NIGHT,
SOMEBODY CAME IN,

TOOK SOME CLOTHES AND
A COUPLE OF SUITCASES.

THE KIDS?

THE KIDS ARE GOOD.
GOOD.

I WAS THINKING,

WHAT IF WE GOT OUT
OF NEW YORK FOR A WHILE?

MY MOM'S GOT
A HOUSE SHE CAN'T RENT.

IT'LL COST US
CLOSE TO NOTHING,

AND IT'S NOT FAR
FROM WESTCHESTER.

JUNKIES DREAM
THEIR LIVES AWAY,

JUST THINKIN' ABOUT LIVIN'
IN PLACES LIKE THIS.

WHAT WAS I
THINKIN' ABOUT, PUDDIN'?

[PLAYING PIANO]

WHAT? MUSIC?

WHAT IS THIS?

[PLAYING BACH'S
SHEEP MAY SAFELY GRAZE]

BACH?

[PLAYING PIANO]

SHEEP MAY
SAFELY GRAZE.

YEAH.

YOU GET
MY PRESCRIPTION FILLED?

YES.

AHA!

MORELLO SAYS HE'S GOING
OUT OF TOWN FOR A MONTH.

AND HE WONDERS...

IF I MIGHT GET
TOGETHER WITH HIM,

BRING MY AX...

MAYBE GO OVER A FEW TUNES...

A FEW IDEAS.

BRING MY AX.

SEE THAT? HE WANTS
TO AUDITION ME.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

HE WANTS TO SEE
IF I CAN HOLD IT

AND STAND UP
AT THE SAME TIME.

I COULDN'T YESTERDAY.

I MIGHT NOT
BE ABLE TO TODAY.

I WANT TO GO
WITH DAD.

GO PLAY WITH KIMMY.

IF YOU TOOK THE TRAIN,
YOU COULD SLEEP LONGER.

BERNIE SAID SOMETHING
ABOUT A GIG IN BOSTON.

THEY DON'T PAY
MY AIRFARE THESE DAYS.

I'M RESTED.

GOT TO GO.

THE LONE-STAR REVUE!
$1.00 MINIMUM.

SEE PAMELA AND
HER PASSIONATE PYTHON

IN THE JUNGLE DANCE
OF DESIRE.

GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS!

HEY!

ONE SHOW!

HEY!

WHAT THE HELL
HAPPENED HERE?

ALL THESE CLUBS
TURNED TO STRIP JOINTS.

YEAH.
THINK THIS IS BAD?

YOU SHOULD SEE WHAT'S
GOING ON AT THE PARAMOUNT.

PARAMOUNT?

THAT'S A MOVIE AND
STAGE SHOW, LIKE ALWAYS.

NOT LIKE ALWAYS.
NEVER AGAIN.

GIRLS! GIRLS!
GIRLS!

COME ON AND SEE
THE LOVELY SUZETTE

AND HER TERRE HAUTE!

[PLAYING ROCK 'N' ROLL]

HEY, BIRD, WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

WHEN DID BUSTER START
PLAYIN' RHYTHM AND BLUES?

WHOA.
AIN'T NO SUCH THING, MAN.

DJs DON'T LIKE
TO CALL IT THAT.

THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL,
THE MUSIC OF TODAY!

YEAH, GO!

DON'T FIT.

ALL THIS OFF OF
PLAYIN' IN B-FLAT.

B-FLAT TONIGHT.
F-SHARP TOMORROW.

12 NOTES IN A SCALE.

BUSTER'S GOT 12 SHOWS,
WITHOUT REPEATING HIMSELF ONCE.

DON'T FIT.

LET'S HEAR IT
FOR BUSTER FRANKLIN!

EVERYBODY,
CLEAR THE ROOM!

HOLD ON, NOW!

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

ALL RIGHT.
HERE YOU GO.

GIVE ME THAT.

CHAN SAID HE WAS
DRIVING DOWN.

COULD BE HE GOT STUCK IN--

TRAFFIC.

SURE.

***
* *** ***

I DON'T WANT
TO HURT YOU!

BUT I WILL!
LET GO! LET GO!

EVERYBODY SAYS
YOU FLIPPED OUT!

WHAT, ARE YOU
A GODDAMN THIEF?

I JUST WANTED TO SEE
IF IT COULD PLAY

MORE THAN ONE NOTE
AT A TIME.

WHAT?
YOU WANT MONEY?

NEVER MIND.

NEVER YOU MIND.

A DRAG, MAN.

LET HIM GO.

COME ON! COME ON!

YOU ALL RIGHT?

COME ON.

DAMNEDEST THING.

THE DAMNEDEST THING!

I COULDN'T REMEMBER
WHERE I PARKED MY CAR.

AND MY HORN IS IN
THE BACK OF THE CAR.

I WOULD HAVE CALLED YOU,

BUT I COULDN'T
REMEMBER THE NUMBER.

STORYVILLE IN BOSTON.

THREE NIGHTS,
STARTING TOMORROW.

HOUSE BAND.

400 BUCKS.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

"GIVE ME SOMEBODY HALF
AS GOOD WHO SHOWS UP!"

I SHOWED UP.

YEAH.

YOU ALWAYS DO...

EVENTUALLY.

BERNIE.

THIS IS THE STUDIO

WHERE WE RECORDED
THE METRONOME ALL-STAR DATE.

YOU REMEMBER?

YEAH.

THE TRUMPET SECTION WAS...

DIZZY...

MILES...

FATS.

POOR FATS.

YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T
IN GOOD HEALTH, BERNIE.

HE DIED RIGHT AFTER THAT.

WHEN YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP,
I CALLED CHAN.

SHE WAS WORRIED.

MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO
GIVE HER A RING.

STORYVILLE, BERN?

STORYVILLE.

COPLEY SQUARE.

BOSTON.

MASSACHUSETTS.

EARTH!

Operator.

Operator.

OPERATOR.

THIS IS A COLLECT CALL.

[TELEPHONE RINGS]

HELLO.

COLLECT CALL
FROM CHARLIE PARKER.

WILL YOU ACCEPT
THE CHARGES?

YES, I WILL.

HELLO.

HELLO, PUDDIN'?

Oh!

PUDDIN', ARE YOU THERE?

ARE YOU THERE?

OH, MY GOD!

I WAS, UM...

I--I JUST HAD
AN AWFUL DREAM.

I TOLD YOU,
TIME AND AGAIN...

TO STOP INDULGING
SO FREQUENTLY

IN OVERLY SPICED FOOD.

THEM SPICES
WILL KILL YOU.

WILL YOU GET THE HELL
OUT OF THERE AND COME HOME?

I CAN'T LET
MY BOSTON AUDIENCE DOWN.

I CAN'T COME HOME
RIGHT NOW.

I STILL DO HAVE
AN AUDIENCE HERE.

YOU DIDN'T ASK ME
ABOUT MORELLO.

THAT'S SHOP.

HOW LONG IS
THIS BOSTON GIG?

I SHOULD BE HOME
AROUND...

MONDAY.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL
TAKE CARE OF THAT LAWN

IN THE MEANTIME.

IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE
OUT THERE.

THE LAWN?

OH, YEAH! SURE!

AND, UM...

YOU REMIND ME,

WHEN I GET HOME...

I WANT TO PAINT
THAT GARAGE.

YOU KNOW, ISN'T--

IF YOU HAVE A HOME,

THE LEAST YOU CAN DO
FOR THAT HOME

IS MAINTAIN IT.

HAVE, UM...HAVE YOU GOT
ANY MEDICATION?

I GOT EVERYTHING.

I--I HATE
TO HANG UP.

WELL...

YOU DIDN'T ALWAYS,
YOU KNOW.

WHAT?

YOU NEED ME
TO GET EVIL WITH YOU?

Ha ha ha ha!

YEAH!

GET EVIL.

GOOD-BYE.

[DIAL TONE]

[THUNDER]

I DON'T THINK SITTING UP
IS THE THING JUST YET.

YOU FAINTED.

V-V-VERY
UNDIGNIFIED OF ME.

HA HA HA!

NONSENSE.

YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.

NO MATTER WHAT CONDITION.

GIVE ME CHAN'S PHONE NUMBER,
AND I'LL RING HER UP...

LATER.

NO.

PLEASE.

AND NO DOCTOR.

I'VE ALREADY PHONED
THE DOCTOR.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME
YOU FAINTED, MR. PARKER?

DON'T KNOW.

BEEN A WHILE, THOUGH.

YOU SHOULD BE
IN THE HOSPITAL.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO GO
BACK TO THE HOSPITAL AGAIN.

YOU DRINK
A GOOD DEAL?

OH...

SOMETIMES I HAVE
A LITTLE SHERRY BEFORE DINNER.

HE SHOULD BE IN THE EMERGENCY
ROOM, NOT IN YOUR APARTMENT.

TELL ME IT WOULD HELP HIM,
AND I'LL GET HIM THERE.

HE'S GOT A HISTORY
OF ADVANCED CIRRHOSIS,

PERFORATED ULCERS.

I'M FAIRLY SURE
HE'S BLEEDING INTERNALLY.

IT'S YOU I'M TRYING
TO HELP, NICA.

I'LL PHONE YOU
IF THERE'S A CHANGE.

THERE WON'T BE.

GOOD NIGHT.

[TELEVISION]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH...

YOU'VE DRUNK IT ALL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...

THAT'S WHAT I CALL
A PRODIGIOUS THIRST.

PRODIGIOUS.

THAT'S NICE.

[LAUGHTER]

WANT TO KNOW
SOMETHING?

WHAT'S THAT?

WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT YARDBIRD?

I'M NOT MAD.

* GONNA *

* SHOOT YOU DOWN *

THAT'S YOU, MAN.

HI. I'M CHAN RICHARDSON.

[MUSIC PLAYING ON TV]

[LAUGHTER]

[THUNDER]

HAS MILDRED COME IN YET?

I CAN'T REACH HER AT HOME.

WHEN SHE DOES, TELL HER
TO PHONE ME IMMEDIATELY.

AND TELL HER I NEED
TO REACH CHAN RIGHT AWAY.

I'LL FILL YOU IN LATER.

BARBARA.

I GOT ANOTHER ONE
AFTER THIS.

GET DOWN TO PRELIMINARY.

I'LL GIVE YOU
THE FULL REPORT TOMORROW.

"CHARLES CHRISTOPHER
PARKER, JR.

"PRELIMINARY DIAGNOSIS,
HEART ATTACK.

"STOCKY MALE NEGRO,

APPROXIMATELY
65 YEARS OF AGE."

HE WAS 34.

* COME WITH ME *

* IF YOU WANT
TO GO TO KANSAS CITY *

* I'M FEELING
LOW-DOWN AND BLUE *

* MY HEART'S
FULL OF SORROW *

* DON'T HARDLY
KNOW WHAT TO DO *

* WHERE WILL I BE
TOMORROW? *

* GOIN' TO KANSAS CITY *

* WANT TO GO, TOO? *

* NO, YOU CAN'T
MAKE IT WITH ME *

* GOIN' TO KANSAS CITY *

* SORRY THAT
I CAN'T TAKE YOU *

* WHEN YOU SEE ME COMIN',
RAISE YOUR WINDOW HIGH *

* WHEN YOU SEE ME LEAVIN', BABY,
HANG YOUR HEAD AND CRY *

* I'M AFRAID THERE'S NOTHIN'
IN THIS CREAMY, DREAMY TOWN *

* A HONKY-TONKIN'
MONKEY WOMAN CAN DO *

* SHE'D ONLY
BRING HERSELF DOWN *

* SO LONG, EVERYBODY *

* THE TIME HAS COME,
AND I MUST LEAVE YOU *

* SO IF I DON'T EVER SEE
YOUR SMILING FACE AGAIN *

* MAKE A PROMISE
YOU'LL REMEMBER *

* LIKE A CHRISTMAS DAY
IN DECEMBER *

* THAT I TOLD YOU ALL
THROUGH THICK AND THIN *

* ON UP UNTIL THE END *

* PARKER'S BEEN YOUR FRIEND *

* DON'T HANG YOUR HEAD
WHEN YOU SEE *

* WHEN YOU SEE
THOSE SIX PRETTY HORSES *

* PULLIN' ME *

* PUT A $20 SILVER PIECE
ON MY WATCH CHAIN *

* LOOK AT THE SMILE
ON MY FACE *

* AND SING A LITTLE SONG *

* TO LET THE WORLD KNOW
I'M REALLY FREE *

* DON'T CRY FOR ME *

* 'CAUSE I'M GOIN'
TO KANSAS CITY *

* COME WITH ME *

* IF YOU WANT TO GO
TO KANSAS CITY **

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