From 1947 he fronted a series of small groups that featured sidemen like Max Roach and Miles Davis.
This musician got his start as a soloist in the touring bands of Jay McShann, Earl Hines, and Billy Eckstine, and later joined Dizzy Gillespie in creating the "bebop" style of jazz. From 1947 he fronted a series of small groups that featured sidemen like Max Roach and Miles Davis. He was known for his endlessly evolving melodies and incorporation of quotations from unrelated songs, seen in recordings like Yardbird Suite and Ornithology. FTP, who was this great alto saxophonist known for his drug addiction and his nickname "Bird"?
This musician got his start as a soloist in the touring bands of Jay McShann, Earl Hines, and Billy Eckstine, and later joined Dizzy Gillespie in creating the "bebop" style of jazz.
Charlie Parker