"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
"Ballade" with Coleman Hawkins
"Hot House" with Diz