Jazz great Charlie "Bird" Parker receives his due as other incredible jazz musicians recurse his career highlights in this moving documentary. The film's collection of footage showcases many of Bird's finest recordings. Through interviews and clips, Parker contemporaries Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk celebrate the life and times of the brilliant saxophonist, whose life was cut short at age 34 as a result of heroin use.