
""There are no second acts in American lives.""
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.
Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Chan Parker

Red Rodney

Dizzy Gillespie

Buster Franklin

Brewster

Esteves

Young Bird

Kim

Dr. Heath

Moscowitz

Alcoholic Patient
Patient with Checkers

Dr. Caulfield

Mayor of 52nd Street

First Doorman
Second Doorman
Gene

Sid

Frog

Mildred Berg

Ralph the Narc
Audrey

Owner - Three Deuces

Wilson
Prince

Stratton
Bride's Father

Parisian Emcee
Benny Tate

Southern Nurse
Southern Doctor

Pee Wee Marquette

Baroness Nica

Bellevue Nurse
Violet Wells
