History Detectives - Season 2 Episode 11 Charlie Parker's Saxophone / Koranic School Book / Prison Plaque
Charlie Parker's Saxophone? The Place: Oakland, California A woman owns a beautiful old alto saxophone that belonged to her father and according to family legend was once owned by the legendary jazz musician Charlie ""Bird"" Parker. Her late father, a white musician, told her that when they lived in Portland, Oregon, Charlie Parker came to a practice session without his horn. The story goes that when her father chided Parker for selling his instrument, Bird said, ""If you want the horn so much, here's the pawn ticket."" Is the story true? Did these two musicians ever meet? Would troubled musical genius Charlie Parker abandon his horn?
Prison Plaque The Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania In the heart of Philadelphia stands the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary building. Founded by Quakers in 1829, this castle-like structure set new standards for prisons across the country with its progressive ideas for rehabilitation. Recently, a group in charge of preserving this historic structu
Year: 2014
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Director: Bernadette McDaid
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First Air Date: Jul 14, 2003
Last Air date: Jul 22, 2014
Season: 11 Season
Episode: 116 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 3.00 users
Popularity: 3.556
Language: English
Keyword : investigation
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Civil War Submarine / Red Cloud's Peace Pipe / Thomas Edison's House
Early Monopoly / Internment Artwork / Lewis and Clark Cane
Anti-Slavery Flag / Mail Order Brides / WWII Landing Craft
First Movie Studio / Hollywood: Warner's Lighter / King Kong Camera
Dueling Pistols / Little Big Horn Bayonet / Nesbit Portrait
Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot / Preston Brooks' Riding Crop / Revolutionary War Cannon
Chinese Poem / Ventriloquist's Dummy / Witch's House
Bonnie & Clyde Bullets / George Washington Portrait / Revolutionary War Poem
Lost Gold Ship / John Hunt Morgan Saddle / Cesar Chavez Banner
Continental Army Muster Roll / Pop Lloyd Baseball Stadium / Pretty Boy Floyd's Gun
Charlie Parker's Saxophone / Koranic School Book / Prison Plaque
Body in the Basement / Newport U-Boat / Shippen Golf Club