Charlie Parker Quintet

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The Charlie Parker Quintet was a bebop jazz ensemble led by alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, known for its groundbreaking improvisation and influential recordings in the 1940s and early 1950s.

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Charlie Parker Quintet canonical 5

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instanceOf bebop group ⓘ
jazz ensemble ⓘ
activePeriodEnd early 1950s ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1940s ⓘ
associatedMovement bebop movement ⓘ
associatedWithCity New York City ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
era post-World War II jazz ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
hasNameOrigin named after Charlie Parker ⓘ
influencedGenre hard bop ⓘ
modern jazz ⓘ
instrumentation alto saxophone ⓘ
double bass ⓘ
drums ⓘ
piano ⓘ
trumpet ⓘ
knownFor groundbreaking improvisation ⓘ
influential bebop recordings ⓘ
leader Charlie Parker ⓘ
notableMember Charlie Parker ⓘ
Curley Russell ⓘ
Duke Jordan ⓘ
Max Roach ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Red Rodney ⓘ
Tommy Potter ⓘ
notableRecording Billie's Bounce ⓘ
Chasin' the Bird ⓘ
Donna Lee ⓘ
linked to: Misirlou

Ko-Ko ⓘ
Now's the Time ⓘ
Ornithology ⓘ
Scrapple from the Apple ⓘ
performanceSetting recording studios ⓘ
small jazz clubs ⓘ
primaryInstrumentOfLeader alto saxophone ⓘ
recordLabel Dial Records ⓘ
Savoy Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
styleCharacteristic advanced chord substitutions ⓘ
complex harmonies ⓘ
fast tempos ⓘ
virtuosic improvisation ⓘ
typicalEnsembleSize 5 ⓘ

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Charlie Parker → associatedAct → Charlie Parker Quintet ⓘ
subject linked to: Bird
Confirmation → associatedWith → Charlie Parker Quintet ⓘ
Tommy Potter → memberOf → Charlie Parker Quintet ⓘ
Kenny Dorham → memberOf → Charlie Parker Quintet ⓘ