Music: Do You Get It?

For its French readers, Paris' Le Jazz Hot review was trying to explain the artistry of U.S. Bebopper Charlie ("Yard-bird") Parker. Excerpt:

"And then after the fa (that's really the incredible moment when one can say Charlie is great . . .), Charlie returns to the sol. Do you get it? No, you don't get it. A moment and you will see: sol, mi, fa, sol. . . there it is, in the groove, the true groove. Ah! that second sol . . ."

Last week, while Jazz Hot was doing its best to unfuddle bop, curious...

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