I recall reading somewhere, many years ago, that Sir Charles Thompson was the first to play a flatted fifth, and was therefore one of the developers of be-bop. No idea if there is even a sliver of truth there, but might as well pass on some old legends.
Sir Charles Thompson(p)
Dexter Gordon(ts)
Charlie Parker(as)
Buck Clayton(tp)
Danny Barker(g)
Jimmy Butts(b)
J.C. Heard(ds)
This is the End and a New Beginning
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I've been thinking about this for some time.
After 21 years of writing this blog almost daily, I've decided to stop
writing the daily updates on the blog.
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1 day ago
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