Bebop
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Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. It is characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions—with rapid chord changes, changes of key, angu
Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker was a leading performer and composer of the bebop era. He is pictured here with Tommy Potter, Max Roach and Miles Davis at the Three Deuces club in New York City.
Several bebop musicians headlining on 52nd Street, May 1948
Dizzy Gillespie, at the Downbeat Club, NYC, c. 1947
Charlie Parker
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Charles Parker Jr., nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop,
Bebop
…to the melody at the end of the composition. Some of the most influential bebop artists, who were typically composer-performers, are alto sax players Charlie Parker and Sonny Stitt; tenor sax players Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, and James Moody; clarinet player Buddy DeFranco; trumpeters Fats Navarro, Miles Davis…
Parker at the Three Deuces jazz club, New York City, 1947
151 Avenue B in 2011
A King Super 20 alto saxophone, owned and played by Parker, now at the Smithsonian Institution
Marquee signage advertising the names of Parker and Margie Hyams at the Three Deuces, New York City, c. 1948