6M "Lady Face" alto sax with highly distinctive underslung octave key, a model that Parker is known to have used.[1][2][3]]] side view of a Conn 6M "Lady Face"[http://www.shwoodwind.co.uk/Reviews/Saxes/Alto/Conn_6M.htm alto saxophone showing highly distinctive underslung octave key.]]Charles Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer.Parker is widely considered one of the most influential of jazz musicians, along with Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Parker acquired the nickname "Yardbird" early in his career,there are many contradictory stories of the name's origin [4] and the shortened form "Bird" remained Parker's sobriquet for the rest of his life, inspiring the titles of a number of Parker compositions, such as "Yardbird Suite" and "Ornithology."Parker played a leading role in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, virtuosic technique, and improvisation based on harmonic structure. Parker

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