Charlie Parkerin a sentence
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Charlie Parker was a leader in the development of bebop.
Charlie Parker = U.S. saxophonist and leader of the bebop style of jazz (1920-1955)
- It is as Nikhil, that first semester, that he grows a goatee, starts smoking Camel Lights at parties and while writing papers and before exams, discovers Brian Eno and Elvis Costello and Charlie Parker.† (source)
- He'd often take us to Walter's house in Fort Greene just blocks from his house, where my siblings and I would play with our cousin Little Mommy while Uncle Walter, Daddy, and their other brothers partied, drinking and listening to Nat King Cole, Gene Krupa, and Charlie Parker records.† (source)
- As the waiter served them cheese puffs and ham brochettes, there followed between Maman and Julien a lengthy discussion of Bud Powell, Sonny Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie, and Julien's favorite, Charlie Parker.† (source)
- The horn of Charlie Parker, coming over the hi-fi, dominated all the voices in the room.† (source)
- Charlie Parker in a white suit in some club somewhere.† (source)
- I scroll through his collection—everything from Charlie Parker to Minutemen to Yo La Tengo.† (source)
- "Charlie Parker in a white suit in a club in New York," I said.† (source)
- When he walked the tunnels as a kid he used to ask about Bird and he found out this was Charlie Parker.† (source)