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Charlie Parker and the Meaning of Freedom

Written by Arthur C. Brooks | August 29, 2017

“They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But man, there’s no boundary line to art.” Those are the words of Charlie Parker, the jazz saxophonist also known as Bird, who was born on Aug. 29, 1920. Parker was arguably the greatest genius of the bebop era and indeed, one of the finest American musicians of the 20th century…