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I realized by using the high notes of the chords as a melodic line, and by the right harmonic progression, I could play what I heard inside me. That's when I was born.

Source: c. 1939, In Masters of Jazz, by Gerald Arnaud and Jacques Chesnel, 1991.
-- Charlie Parker, (Aug 29 1920-1955), US musician; Yardbird was a legendary jazz saxophonist and co-creator of bebop.

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