Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
| Directing | Clint Eastwood | Director |
| Production | Clint Eastwood | Producer |
| Production | David Valdes | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Lennie Niehaus | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Joel Cox | Editor |
| Production | Phyllis Huffman | Casting |
| Art | Edward C. Carfagno | Production Design |
| Writing | Joel Oliansky | Screenplay |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Jack N. Green | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Robert G. Henderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Rick Alexander | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Les Fresholtz | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Vern Poore | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Virginia Cook-McGowan | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Marshall Winn | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Teri E. Dorman | Sound Editor |
| Sound | David M. Horton | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Joseph A. Ippolito | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Walter Newman | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Marcia Reed | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Lloyd Nelson | Script Supervisor |
