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Robert Reisner

Robert George Reisner was a writer, humorist, and jazz fan. He wrote the biography of the jazz musician Charlie Parker, “Bird: The Legend of Charlie Parker," taught jazz history at Brooklyn College, created the Institute for Jazz Studies, and taught a course in graffiti at the New School. He was a jazz critic for The Village Voice.

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Died 1996

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  • Cover of: Bird: the legend of Charlie Parker

    First published in 1962 14 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition birdlegendofchar0000reis
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  • Cover of: Great erotic scenes from literature.

    First published in 1972 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The jazz titans, including "The parlance of hip"

    First published in 1960 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The literature of jazz: a selective bibliography.

    First published in 1954 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Graffiti: Two Thousand Years of Wall Writing

    First published in 1971 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia of Graffiti

    First published in 1980 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Wagner Die Hochzeit

    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Beat jokes, bop humor, & cool cartoons.

    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The brave ghouls.

    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: More captions courageous

    First published in 1958 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Encyclopedia of graffiti

    First published in 1974 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Fakes and forgeries in the fine arts: a bibliography.

    First published in 1950 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Graffiti: two thousand years of wall writing

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  • Cover of: Graffiti: two thousand years of wall writing

    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: More captions courageous.

    First published in 1959 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Show me the good parts: the reader's guide to sex in literature.

    First published in 1964 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Nostalgia De Charlie Parker Bird The Legend Of Charlie Parker La Historia De Bird Bird The Legend

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Died 1996
Subjects
Graffiti, Bibliography, Biography, Pictorial American wit and humor, Art, Erotic literature, Humor, Jazz, Jazz musicians, Wit and humor, American wit and humor, Anecdotes, Bibliographie, Books and reading, Communication, Discography, Forgeries, Graffiti art, Graffito, History and criticism, Humour, Jazz, discography, Parker, charlie, 1920-1955, SALE BOOKS, Sex in literature
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  • OLID: OL1775840A

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  • Robert George Reisner
  • Robert G. Reisner

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March 3, 2021 Edited by AgentSapphire merge authors
March 1, 2021 Edited by Sarah Breau Changed author name order, removed middle name from author name, added bio, added death year
September 23, 2011 Edited by Mary Murrell merge authors
September 23, 2011 Edited by James D. Gossage Added link to Contemporay Authors which containd a biographical essay about Robert George Reisner.
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import