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“It's just music. It's trying to play clean and looking for the pretty notes. The beat in a bop band is with the music, against it, behind it. It pushes it. It helps it. Help is the big thing. It has no continuity of beat, no steady chug-chug. Jazz has, and that's why bop is more flexible.”

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Charlie Parker

Charlie Parker, born on August 29, 1920, was an influential jazz saxophonist and composer from the United States. His unique musical style had a profound impact on the development of jazz. more

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