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When I present the Charlie Parker book, I do a call and response that works quite well. With the Thelonious Monk book, I play the music and work with kids in a group to create a color wheel and show how the wheel can be mapped on a 12-tone chromatic scale.

~Chris Raschka

Topics: Book Call Charlie Charlie Parker Color Create Group How Kids Monk Music Parker Play Present Quite Response Scale Show Well Wheel Work Works

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When I did 'Bird,' it was a surprise to some people, first because I wasn't in it and second because most of the films I'd been doing were cop movies or westerns or adventure films, so to be doing one about Charlie Parker, who was a great influence on American music, was a great thrill for me.

~Clint Eastwood

Topics: About Adventure American American Music Because Been Bird Charlie Charlie Parker Cop Did Doing Films First Great Influence Me Most Movies Music Parker People Second Some Some People Surprise Thrill Were Westerns Who

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Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.

~Damien Chazelle

Topics: Born Charlie Charlie Parker Mozart Parker

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There was not a lot of rock n' roll in the house. Our parents didn't think it was very groovy, and I tend to agree with them. If you grew up with Charlie Parker, Bill Haley wasn't very hip.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Agree Bill Charlie Charlie Parker Grew Groovy Hip House Lot Our Parents Parker Rock Rock N Roll Roll Tend Them Think Up Very You

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'The Simpsons' is like Charlie Parker or Marlon Brando or Richard Pryor: Comedy couldn't go back to the way it was after 'The Simpsons' came out.

~Eric Andre

Topics: After Back Brando Came Charlie Charlie Parker Comedy Go Like Marlon Brando Out Parker Pryor Richard Richard Pryor Simpsons The Simpsons Way

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I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles Mingus, Lester Young - all of these incredible musicians.

~Flea

Topics: Charles Charlie Charlie Parker Grew Guys Incredible Jazz Musicians Old Parker Up Young

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