On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
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Nationality: South African Type: Scientist Born: November 8, 1922 Death: September 2, 2001 |
“I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my instrument, and that to me is jazz. But there are people who use the word 'jazz' only in a traditional sense, and they would be offended by that, and that's fine.”
“After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.”