Genres: Big Band, Bop Active: 30's, 40's, 50's Born: August 29, 1920 in Kansas City, KS
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One of a handful of musicians who can be said to have permanently changed jazz, Charlie Parker was arguably the greatest saxophonist of all time. He could play remarkably fast lines that, if slowed down to half speed, would reveal that every note made sense. "Bird," along with his contemporaries Dizzy Gillespie and Bud Powell, is considered a founder of bebop; in reality he was an intuitive player who simply was expressing himself. Rather than basing his improvisations closely on the melody as was done in swing, he was a master of chordal improvising, creating new melodies that were based on the structure of a song.
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Release: June 17, 2008
Label: Uptown
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Release: April 29, 2008
Label: Storyville Films
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