

""There are no second acts in American lives.""
Overview
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.

Damon Whitaker
Young Bird

Morgan Nagler
Kim
Arlen Dean Snyder
Dr. Heath

Sam Robards
Moscowitz
Glenn Wright
Alcoholic Patient

George Orrison
Patient with Checkers

Bill Cobbs
Dr. Caulfield

Hamilton Camp
Mayor of 52nd Street