He recorded standards like "Just Friends" and "Summertime" on an album "With Strings."
This musician led a 1946 septet that included a young Miles Davis and recorded this musician's namesake "Suite." This composer based three of his works on the chords from "Honeysuckle Rose," "How High the Moon," and "Cherokee." He played alongside Bud Powell and Dizzie Gillespie as a member of "The Quintet" at Massey Hall in 1953, and he also recorded "Billie's Bounce" and "Ko-Ko" with Gillespie in 1945. He recorded standards like "Just Friends" and "Summertime" on an album "With Strings." His compositions include "Scrapple from the Apple" and "Ornithology." For 10 points, name this pioneer of bebop, an alto saxophonist nicknamed 'Bird.'
This musician led a 1946 septet that included a young Miles Davis and recorded this musician's namesake "Suite.
Charlie Parker [accept "Bird" or "Yardbird" before mentioned]