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Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker
USjazz
910.7m all-time streams (9 Feb '26)
Charlie Parker radically reshaped jazz, changing the way musicians, fans and critics approached it.
If Dizzy Gillespie was bop's patron saint, Parker was its founding elder.
If Dizzy Gillespie was bop's patron saint, Parker was its founding elder.
