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Nationality: American Type: Entertainer Born: October 14, 1896 Death: February 27, 1993 |
“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.”
“Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains.”