On this date in 1945, Charlie Parker, along with Dizzy Gillespie entered WOR Studios in New York City to record for what @JazzTimes dubs “America’s Greatest Recording Session.” Gillespie actually played piano on the session with Miles Davis on trumpet.
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Happy Birthday Bird! Today, Charlie “Yardbird” Parker was born in Kansas City. How will you celebrate the life, music and legacy of the one and only legendary musician and jazz innovator?
In a September 1960 @DownBeatMag profile of jazz legend @JohnColtrane, he talked about how important Charlie Parker was to his development as an saxophonist early in his career: “The first time I heard Bird play, it hit me right between the eyes" https://t.co/Z4BroPgalV