Birth Of Be Bop : Wichita-New York 1940-1945

(2-CD set) “I was working over Cherokee, and found (…) I could play the thing I’d been hearing. I came alive.” Charlie PARKER. This 2-CD set offers an historic study of the birth of be-bop. After hearing it, you may be able to answer Dizzy’s question : “To be or not to bop” ? Includes a 40 page booklet with both French and English notes.