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Charlie "Bird" Parker and Tommy Potter

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Charlie "Bird" Parker and Tommy Potter

circa 1947

Abstract

Bird was wisely acknowledged as the supreme jazz genius of his time. He was also the most self-destructive. Returning to 52nd Street after a breakdown in California, he generally lead a quintet with Tommy Potter on bass, and a series of outstanding t rumpets. Parker would effortlessly blow chorus after chorus of wondrous improvisation, and turn familiar tunes into amazing new melodies.

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William P. Gottlieb

Date

circa 1947

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William P. Gottlieb, “Charlie "Bird" Parker and Tommy Potter,” University of Virginia Library Online Exhibits, accessed March 29, 2024, https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/items/show/680.