Bird — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. A surname.

2. Nickname of Charlie Parker (1920–1955), jazz saxophonist.

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   When Bird played like that, it was like hearing music for the first time. I'd never heard anybody play like that. Later Sonny Rollins and I would try to do things like that, and me and Trane, those short, hard bursts of musical phrases. But when Bird played like that, he was outrageous…