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Robert Reisner

Reisner, Robert George.

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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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  • Display name

    Robert Reisner

  • Personal name

    Reisner, Robert George.

  • Source identifier

    OL1775840A

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  • Bird

    Representative edition published 2009

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  • Encyclopedia of Graffiti

    Representative edition published 1980

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  • The jazz titans, including "The parlance of hip"

    Representative edition published 1977

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  • Encyclopedia of graffiti

    Representative edition published 1974

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  • Graffiti

    Representative edition published 1971

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  • Graffiti

    Representative edition published 1971

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  • Show Me the Good Parts

    Representative edition published 1964

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  • Beat jokes, bop humor, & cool cartoons

    Representative edition published 1960

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  • More captions courageous

    Representative edition published 1959

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  • The literature of jazz

    Representative edition published 1959

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  • More captions courageous

    Representative edition published 1958

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  • Great erotic scenes from literature

    Representative edition published 1972

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  • Wagner Die Hochzeit

    Representative edition published 1971

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  • Graffiti

    Representative edition published 1971

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  • The brave ghouls

    Representative edition published 1960

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  • Fakes and forgeries in the fine arts

    Representative edition published 1950

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