Charlie Parker Place in New York City

by Ed Bahlman


Oliver Murray: “Around 15 to 20 minutes into any documentary about music in the 20th century, someone has to say, that’s when we heard rock ’n’ roll or that’s when we heard jazz or Charlie Parker and everything changed.”

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