For 10 points, name this jazz saxophonist who composed "Ornithology" and "Bird of Paradise," who was also known as "Yardbird".
This musician collaborated with Duke Jordan and Tommy Potter on several recordings for Dial Records which include the songs "Dewey Square" and "Drifting on a Reed." This musician quoted a notoriously difficult clarinet solo from "High Society" in a song based on Ray Noble's "Cherokee." This musician lends his name to a Manhattan jazz club which in turn lends its name to a jazz standard written by Joe Zawinul for the album (*) Heavy Weather. This musician collaborated with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, and Max Roach during a famous Savoy session which produced the tunes "Billie's Bounce," "Now's the Time," and "Ko-Ko." Dizzy Gillespie and this man are often credited as the co-inventors of bebop. For 10 points, name this jazz saxophonist who composed "Ornithology" and "Bird of Paradise," who was also known as "Yardbird".
This musician collaborated with Duke Jordan and Tommy Potter on several recordings for Dial Records which include the songs "Dewey Square" and "Drifting on a Reed.
Charlie Parker [or Yardbird until it is read]