Ten programmes in which MEL HILL traces the development of jazz through the lives and music of its most influential exponents
7: Charlie Parker
He enlarged the harmonic and technical resources of jazz and produced music with great vitality, emotional power, and an unprecedented musical sophistication.
Produced by DAVID HARDING
(First broadcast by BBC Radio Stoke in November, 1969)
(This Week's Sounds: page 11)
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