It’s just music. It’s trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes.
Charles Parker Jr. Quotes
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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| Birth: | 29th August, 1920 |
| Death: | 12th March, 1955 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Composer, Saxophonist |
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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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