Chan Parker Chan Parker Chan Woods (born Beverly Dolores Berg, also known as Chan Richardson; 29 June 1925 – 9 September 1999), well known as Chan Parker, was a common-law wife of jazz musician Charlie Parker who later married musician Phil Woods. She was born in New York City, New York. She was a dancer and jazz enthusiast who in the 1940s and early 1950s was romantically connected with jazz musicians Johnny Bothwell and later Don Lanphere. She met Parker in the 1940s, but their friendship did not become romantic until years later. As it developed, their relationship had to surmount several
Charlie Parker on Dial during Parker's tenure with Dial Records between March 28, 1946, and December 17, 1947, these 89 songs have been released multiple times. In addition to British Spotlite's release in Britain and the United States on vinyl, in the mid 1970s, separately, the collection was published by label Jazz Classics in 1996 as "Complete Charlie Parker on Dial" and by Stash Records in 2004 as "Complete Dial Sessions". (The collection was also released as a limited edition LP box set on Warner Brother Records in 1977, and as a general release two-disc set in 1977.) The producers have, according to jazz