Jazz in the post-war years: In the early 1940s, bebop-style performers began to shift jazz from danceable popular music toward a more challenging "musician's music." The most influential bebop musicians included saxophonist Charlie Parker, pianists Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Clifford Brown, and drummer Max Roach. Divorcing itself from dance music, bebop established itself more as an art form, thus lessening its potential popular and commercial appeal. Composer Gunther Schuller wrote, "In 1943 I heard the great Earl Hines band which had Bird in it and all those other great musicians. They were playing all the flatted
Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions This article lists Charlie Parker's Savoy and Dial sessions as leader, which were recorded between 1945 and 1948. Also included is Miles Davis's first session as leader in 1947, with Parker on tenor saxophone (Session 7). Charlie Parker's Reboppers. Recorded November 26, 1945, in New York City for Savoy Records. Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet, 1,3,4), Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet, 6; piano, 1,3,5,6), Sadik Hakim (piano, 2,4), Curley Russell (bass), Max Roach (drums) Charlie Parker Septet. Recorded March 28, 1946, in Hollywood for Dial Records. Charlie Parker (alto sax), Miles Davis (trumpet), Lucky