In the mid-1930s, Parker began to practice diligently. Īlto sax owned and used by Charlie Parker, now at the Smithsonian Institution Early career His biggest influence at that time was a young trombone player named Robert Simpson, who taught him the basics of improvisation. Parker's mother Addie worked nights at the local Western Union office.
He later became a Pullman waiter or chef on the railways. His father, Charles Sr., was often required to travel for work, but provided some musical influence because he was a pianist, dancer and singer on the Theatre Owners Booking Association (T.O.B.A.) circuit. His mother purchased a new alto saxophone around the same time. Parker began playing the saxophone at age 11, and at age 14 he joined his high school band where he studied under Bandmaster Alonzo Lewis. His childhood sweetheart and future wife, Rebecca Ruffin, graduated from Lincoln High School in June 1935. He attended Lincoln High School in September 1934, but withdrew in December 1935, just before joining the local musicians' union and choosing to pursue his musical career full-time. He was the only child of Charles Parker and Adelaide "Addie" Bailey, who was of mixed Choctaw and African-American background. was born in Kansas City, Kansas, at 852 Freeman Avenue, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, near Westport and later – in high school – near 15th and Olive Street. Parker was an icon for the hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual rather than just an entertainer. This, and the shortened form "Bird", continued to be used for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as " Yardbird Suite", " Ornithology", "Bird Gets the Worm", and "Bird of Paradise". Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career on the road with Jay McShann. He was known for the very clear, sweet and articulate notes he could produce from the saxophone. Primarily a player of the alto saxophone, Parker's tone ranged from clean and penetrating to sweet and somber.
Parker was an extremely fast virtuoso and introduced revolutionary harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid passing chords, new variants of altered chords, and chord substitutions. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. (Aug– March 12, 1955), nicknamed " Bird" or " Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, band leader and composer.
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