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Paul Desmond interviews Charlie Parker 1954
A famous moment in jazz history when Paul Desmond interviewed the great Charlie Parker. They discuss Parker's musical beginnings, how he practised 11-15hrs per day for a period of 3-4 years, how he met Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis, and his desire to continue his musical studies with the great classical composer Edgard Varese and, possibly after that, enrol at the Paris Conservatoire of Music. Parker's humility and sincerity are both moving and inspiring.