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1 Dedicated to Chaos Minton’s Playhouse in NYC
Young bored musicians gathered on Monday nights to Jam and experiment with the music pushing it in a new direction Playing for their on pleasure Dizzy Gillespie, T.Monk, Kenny Clark and others Slowly developing a fan base

2 Charlie “The Bird”Parker
Great inventive musician, developments a new way of soloing based on the chords not the melody. Started off as a KC blues musician

3 Charlie Parker Has a twin legacy, Great Talent & Drug addicition
Developments a drug problem at a young age With Dizzy Gillespie he will be a leading figure in the Be-Bop He will never receive much fame outside the jazz world He dies young after year of drug abuse Left much unfinished

4 Dizzy Gillespie One of the founding members at Minton’s
Develops a style of trumpet playing A great teacher of the new style

5 Dizzy Gillespie Worked with Parker developing the new style Be-Bop
Will be the leading spokesman for Be-Bop Lives a long and productive life

6 Miles Davis From St Louis Mo. Grew up in a wealthy black family

7 Miles Davis 1st played with Parker & Gillespie @ 15
Full time musician with 19 Founding member of the Cool Style of Jazz Will struggle with drugs all his adult life The leading figure in Jazz for 60’s ,70’s &80’s Will help create other new styles of Jazz

8 T.Monk Founding member at Minton’s Composer and pianist

9 T.Monk Strange personality
Lost his cabaret card, and refused to leave NYC for work 1st panned by the credits and the fans to only latter be hailed a star! Took jazz in new directions Epistrophy

10 Dave Brubeck The leading figure is the West Coast Jazz style (cool)
Composer and Pianist Long and successful career Used new and different ideas in jazz Take Five

11 Weather Report Birdland

12 Winton Marsalis 10/61- Soon all will Know

13 Louis Armstrong Hello Dolly

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