How Did Charlie Parker Influence Music

Charlie Parker was a famous American musician who played the saxophone, he was known as the “Yardbird” by other musicians. In the film “Celebrating the triumph of Charlie Parker”, I learned that Charlie was born in the year of 1920 in Kansas City, Kansas. Charlie began to play the saxophone when we was eleven. At the age of fourteen, he had the dream of becoming the most influential figure in the 20th century music. He was leading a revolution in modern jazz music when he was twenty years old. In high school, he joined the school band and dance halls. These were some early experiences that shape his artistry. Louis Armstrong was in the music era before Charlie Parker and Charlie viewed him as his influence on music because he was able to take anything and do something with it, which indicates that Louis Armstrong was a music genius. Besides, Charlie also adored Jimmy Dorsey and always mentioned about the music that Jimmy Dorsey played. Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and Ben Webster were some other musicians that influenced Charlie Parker.

They also had a child. However, Charlie Parker longed to move to New York City to continue to seek his music dream after Kansas City declined as a center for jazz. Charlie Parker sold his horn and left his family for New York at the age of twenty, he never returned after that according to Rebecca. He made the right choice for moving to New York, as he later became one of the most inspirational musicians for the other future musicians. At the beginning, Charlie had some difficulty for finding a job. After a short period of time, Hines hired Charlie Parker and he became famous in