Charlie Parker at 100: Like Mozart, he transformed an art form and his music has never stopped – Chicago Tribune
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There may not be many causes for celebration these days, but surely one is this year’s Charlie Parker centennial. In his too short, too fast, too hard, too brilliant 34 years, Parker transformed an art form, no less than Mozart or Chopin or Gershwin did in their similarly brief time among us. Like those revolutionaries, […]
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Charlie Parker at 100: Like Mozart, he transformed an art form and
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Charlie Parker at 100: Like Mozart, he transformed an art form and
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Charlie Parker at 100: Like Mozart, he transformed an art form and
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Charlie Parker at 100: Like Mozart, he transformed an art form and