Charles Parker Jr. Quotes

• It’s just music. It’s trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes.

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• Don’t be afraid, just play the music.

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• There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions.

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  If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.

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  I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That’s when I was born.

   

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• If you don’t live it, it won’t come out your horn.

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• Don’t play the saxophone. Let it play you.

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• Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn. They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.

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• They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.

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• You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.

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Charles Parker Jr. (10)

Birth:	29th August, 1920
Death:	12th March, 1955
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Composer, Saxophonist

About

Parker was a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique and improvisation. Parker introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. His tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber. Many Parker recordings demonstrate his virtuoso playing style and complex melodic lines, sometimes combining jazz with other musical genres, including blues, Latin, and classical.

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