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'''Chan Woods''' (born '''Beverly Dolores Berg''', also known as '''Chan Richardson'''; 29 June 1925 – 9 September 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/record/6488983-chan-woods |website=fold3 by Ancestry |title=Index record for Chan Woods Social Security Death Index |accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref>), well known as '''Chan Parker''', was a common-law wife of [[jazz]] musician [[Charlie Parker]] who later married musician [[Phil Woods]].
'''Chan Woods''' (born '''Beverly Dolores Berg''', also known as '''Chan Richardson'''; 29 June 1925 – 9 September 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fold3.com/record/6488983-chan-woods |website=fold3 by Ancestry |title=Index record for Chan Woods Social Security Death Index |accessdate=12 November 2018}}</ref>), 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 (state)|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]].<ref name="jazztimes">Siders, Harvey. [http://jazztimes.com/articles/20018-don-lanphere "Don Lanphere"], ''[[JazzTimes]]'', March 2002; accessed 4 June 2015.</ref>
She was born in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|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]].<ref name="jazztimes">Siders, Harvey. [http://jazztimes.com/articles/20018-don-lanphere "Don Lanphere"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306080750/http://jazztimes.com/articles/20018-don-lanphere |date=2016-03-06 }}, ''[[JazzTimes]]'', March 2002; accessed 4 June 2015.</ref>


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 obstacles, including Charlie's [[drug abuse|drug]] and [[alcohol abuse]] and the interracial nature of their relationship at a time when American society was still largely segregated.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
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 obstacles, including Charlie's [[drug abuse|drug]] and [[alcohol abuse]] and the interracial nature of their relationship at a time when American society was still largely segregated.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

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Chan Woods
BornBeverly Dolores Berg[1]
29 June 1925
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died9 September 1999 (aged 74)
Étampes, France
SpouseCharlie Parker; Phil Woods

Chan Woods (born Beverly Dolores Berg, also known as Chan Richardson; 29 June 1925 – 9 September 1999[2]), 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.[3]

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 obstacles, including Charlie's drug and alcohol abuse and the interracial nature of their relationship at a time when American society was still largely segregated.[citation needed]

Later years and death

Their relationship was dealt a severe blow with the death of their daughter, Pree, a year and a week before Charlie Parker's own death.[4] Two years after Parker's death in 1955, Chan married saxophonist Phil Woods and relocated to France, where she spent much of the rest of her life. In her later years, she went on to write a memoir, My Life in E-Flat,[5] which discusses her life with Charlie Parker. It was published in 1999, the year of her death, which occurred in Étampes, France.

Just before her death, Chan was interviewed by Ken Burns, and she was seen posthumously in Burns' 2001 documentary, Jazz.

She is the mother of jazz vocalist Kim Parker.[6]

References

  1. ^ Chan Parker Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Index record for Chan Woods Social Security Death Index". fold3 by Ancestry. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  3. ^ Siders, Harvey. "Don Lanphere" Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, JazzTimes, March 2002; accessed 4 June 2015.
  4. ^ PBS interview
  5. ^ Parker, Chan. My Life in E-flat, University of South Carolina Press, 1999. ISBN 1-57003-245-9
  6. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kim-parker-mn0000084207