After a summer playing juke joints in the Ozarks, Parker took his horn down to the ... "To [bandleader Harlan] Leonard's point of view, Charlie's gift was misplaced," writes Crouch.

Listening to Charlie Parker’s saxophone gymnastics on a new ... On 13 cuts recorded in his hometown from 1941 to 1951, the bebop pioneer’s playing is largely informal and relaxed, yet still ...