Celebrating Bird is a revealing look at an enigmatic yet endlessly appealing man, who soared to the heights of creative freedom but couldn"t beat a lifelong addiction to heroin. It includes a TV appearance with Dizzy Gillespie and rare footage with jazz greats including Billy Eckstine, Count Basie, Art Tatum, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong, Kenny Clarke and Lucky Thompson, Lester Young, among others. This exciting soundtrack contains many of Parker"s finest recordings including: Ballade, Yardbird Suite, Relaxin" At Camarillo, Just Friends, Koko, Confirmation, Au Privave, Kim, and Bloomdido.