This DVD about the life story of Yardbird features interviews, rare performances, period footage, and vintage photographs remastered and restored. Film clips include: Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, Art Tatum, Kenny Clarke, Lucky Thompson, Thelonious Monk, Lester Young & more. Interviews include: Chan Parker, Rebecca Parker, Jay McShann, Dizzy Gillespie,  Roy Haynes, Frank Morgan, Leonard Feather & more.

Film by Gary Giddens

60 minutes