Yesterday, in Part 1 of this series, I posted on the five reasons why Charlie Parker was such an important jazz figure. I also posted about his first accomplishment, the invention of bebop with Dizzy Gillespie in 1945. Today, let's look at his second innovation—his ability to improvise complex lines at a high speed. Speed was essential to bebop for two …
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