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Charlie Parker

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About Me



... most of the things they hear coming out of a man's horn, ad lib, or else things that are written, original things, they're just experiences, the way he feels -- the beauty of the weather, the nice look of a mountain, or maybe a nice fresh cool breath of air, I mean all those things. You can never tell what you'll be thinking tomorrow. But I can definitely say that the music won't stop, you keep going forward.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


"Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker."
-Miles Davis, summarizing the history of jazz
"The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes."
-John Coltrane
"He had just what we needed. He had the line and he had the rhythm. The way he got from one note to the other and the way he played the rhythm fit what we were trying to do perfectly. We heard him and knew the music had to go his way. He was the other half of my heartbeat."
-Dizzy Gillespie

Music:



Movies:

"Ballade" with Coleman Hawkins

Television:

"Hot House" with Diz