Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Forest Whitaker, Diane Venora, Keith David, Damon Whitaker, Michael Zelniker, Samuel E. Wright, Michael McGuire, James Handy, Morgan Nagler, Arlen Dean Snyder, Sam Robards, Penelope Windust, Glenn Wright, George Orrison, Bill Cobbs, Tony Todd, Anna Levine, Washington Rucker, Tony Cox, John Witherspoon
