Charlie Parker November 26, 1945, Parker led a record date for the Savoy label, marketed as the "greatest Jazz session ever." Recording as Charlie Parker's Reboppers, Parker enlisted such sidemen as Gillespie and Miles Davis on trumpet, Curly Russell on bass and Max Roach on drums. The tracks recorded during this session include "Ko-Ko", "Billie's Bounce" and "Now's the Time". In 1952 Parker and Gillespie released an album entitled "Bird and Diz". Shortly afterward, the Parker/Gillespie band traveled to an unsuccessful engagement at Billy Berg's club in Los Angeles. Most of the group returned to New York, but Parker remained in California,
Jarasum International Jazz Festival Jarasum International Jazz Festival The Jarasum International Jazz Festival () is an annual Jazz Festival in South Korea, the festival began in 2004 with 30 teams of jazz artists from 12 countries. Well established as a significant international festival, every year, over 100,000 people visit this particularly popular festival and 95% of the attendees are actually previous visitors. This 2014, the festival runs from October 3 (Friday) to October 5 (Sunday)at "Jarasum" (which means "terrapin island" in Korean) located in the center of the Korean peninsula. Main line up for 2014 included Maceo Parker, Paquito D’Rivera and Trio Corrente, The