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. This resulted in the creation of the jazz style known as 'bebop', which reached a wider audience when Parker and Gillespie moved downtown to play on 52nd Street. Mono