Ideas, ideas, backward and forward. His influence is layers and layers of spirit.
Source: On Charlie Parker, in Masters of Jazz, by Gerald Arnaud and Jacques Chesnel, 1991.
-- Dizzy Gillespie, (Oct 21 1917-1993), US jazz trumpeter, musician, composer, bandleader; His 1948 concert in Paris established the popularity of jazz in Europe; founder of the modern jazz style known as bebop.