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Charlie Parker

NOUN
  1. United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955)

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  • So you see, "gone" in beatnik slang means "really good" as in, "that Charlie Parker is one gone cat". "Dig It! Give Me Two Slices!"
  • When bebop emerged, Evans blended its busy lines and advanced progressions with Thornhill's meditative approach, writing engaging arrangements of bop standards such as altoist Charlie Parker's "Anthropology" and "Yardbird Suite. Hidden in Plain Hearing
  • (Soundbite of music) WAS: In the beginning, though, it was Miles the bebopper who burst on the scene, stringing rat-a-tat fusillades over furious tempos, a style he picked up from saxophonist and bandmate Charlie Parker. Unpack This: 70 CDs Of Miles Davis
  • Our jazz musician portrait artist expert discusses painting Charlie Parker in this free instructional art video.
  • Charlie Parker may have pioneered bebop jazz, but Miles Davis helped him to establish it.
  • me: I think the way that Charlie Parker "converses" makes him the life of the party. NPR Topics: News
  • I mean for a blod named after Charlie Parker there's not enough Suzuki in here. Seminal Image Friday #2: Frames Within the Frame (Part Two)
  • Like Bird, his beautiful biopic of Charlie Parker; White Hunter, Black Heart, his thinly veiled biopic of John Huston; the emotionally draining A Perfect World; and The Outlaw Josey Wales, which demonstrated an interest in deconstructing the genre that made him famous, the Western, way before Unforgiven. Warner Bros goes ahead and makes your day with a Clint Eastwood box set | EW.com
  • * Of course, the beatnik is not actually calling Charlie Parker a cat. "Dig It! Give Me Two Slices!"
  • As the trad boom took off, a schism developed between fans who maintained the ‘traditional’ style of New Orleans music was the only true jazz and modern fans inspired by Charlie Parker's bebop.
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