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The 21 pages that link to Charlie Parker, each with the reason it gives.

• JazzRelated: Parker’s melodic and harmonic innovations helped define bebop’s improvisational language.

• BebopRelated: Parker’s fluid lines and harmonic command set a defining standard for bebop improvisation.

• Jazz improvisationRelated: His intricate lines became a defining model for modern jazz improvisation.

• Miles DavisRelated: Davis played in Parker’s groups, gaining firsthand experience in bebop’s fast-moving language.

• Dizzy GillespieRelated: Parker and Gillespie jointly forged bebop through performances and recordings.

• Musical improvisationRelated: His improvisations helped define bebop’s melodic and harmonic language.

• John ColtraneRelated: Parker’s recordings provided a model Coltrane studied while developing his command of bebop.

• SaxophoneRelated: His improvisations transformed the saxophone’s role in modern jazz.

• Jazz at the PhilharmonicRelated: His virtuosic improvisation made him one of the series’ defining soloists.

• Lester YoungRelated: Parker admired Young’s phrasing and drew on his rhythmic freedom.

• Bud PowellRelated: Powell adapted the rapid melodic language Parker developed for the saxophone to the piano.

• Minton's PlayhouseRelated: Parker joined the circle of musicians associated with Minton’s and bebop’s emergence.

• Max RoachRelated: Roach played with Parker in the 1940s, when bebop’s defining language was taking shape.

• Billy EckstineRelated: He played in Eckstine’s orchestra during a formative period in bebop.

• Alto saxophoneRelated: Parker’s fast, harmonically intricate solos transformed modern alto saxophone playing.

• Charles MingusRelated: Parker’s music shaped the modern jazz language Mingus developed as a composer.

• Norman GranzRelated: Parker’s appearances brought bebop into Granz’s concert series and recordings.

• Chet BakerRelated: Parker’s music influenced Baker’s early jazz ambitions and improvisational vocabulary.

• Earl HinesRelated: Parker played in Hines’s orchestra, gaining big-band experience before bebop reshaped jazz.

• Buddy RichRelated: Rich performed with Parker in the Jazz at the Philharmonic concerts.

• Dexter GordonRelated: Parker’s bebop language was a central influence on Gordon’s improvisational style.