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Bird Lives

on BBC Radio 3

The late Charles Fox presents the third of six programmes on the influential American saxophonist
Charlie Parker. Parker arrived in New York in the early 40s and became involved with musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk in sessions at small Harlem clubs, resulting in the creation of the jazz style known as bebop.

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Charles Fox
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Charlie Parker.
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Dizzy Gillespie

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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