[DOC] [TLE] Charlie Parker - Saxophonist, Songwriter - Biography.com [PAR] Nov 24, 2014 ... Legendary jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker invented bebop before dying a tragic 
... He died a week later on March 12, 1955, in New York City. ... By the time 
Charlie was 15, the alto saxophone was his instrument of choice. ... with 
McShann's band in Harlem and were impressed by his unique playing style. [DOC] [TLE] Charlie Parker - Wikipedia [PAR] Notable instruments. Buescher, Conn, King and Grafton alto saxophones. 
Charles "Charlie" Parker, Jr. (August 29, 1920  March 12, 1955), also known as 
Yardbird and Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Parker was 
a highly influential jazz soloist and a leading figure in the ... Parker began playing 
the saxophone at age 11, and at age 14 he joined his... [DOC] [TLE] Charles Mingus - Wikipedia [PAR] Charles Mingus Jr. (April 22, 1922  January 5, 1979) was an American jazz 
double bassist, ... In Beneath the Underdog, Mingus states that he did not actually 
start ... he learned was applicable to double bass when he took up the instrument 
in ... Mingus considered Parker the greatest genius and innovator in jazz history,
... [DOC] [TLE] Lester Young - Wikipedia [PAR] Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909  March 15, 1959), nicknamed "Pres" or "
Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist. 
Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was 
one of the most influential players on his instrument. ... His playing in the Basie 
band was characterized by a relaxed style which... [DOC] [TLE] Miles Davis - Wikipedia [PAR] Notable instruments. Martin Committee. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926  
September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and 
composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history 
of jazz .... Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were members of the band; they 
invited Davis to... [DOC] [TLE] What is a Jazz Composer | Charles Mingus: The Official Site [PAR] Each jazz musician when he takes a horn in his hand- trumpet, bass, saxophone, 
drums-whatever instrument he plays-each soloist, that is, when he begins to ad 
lib on ... but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic 
concepts. ... Charles Parker, who is the greatest genius of all to me because he 
changed... [DOC] [TLE] A Century of Drums and Drummers - Drumtek [PAR] This style of playing became known as second line drumming, and is still .... jazz 
drummers and the drummers of the swing era, a style which he helped pioneer. ... 
and Bop on recordings with Dizzy Gillesie and Charlie Parker in the early forties, 
... limits of the drumset and took it to new heights...you had to respect his ability,... [DOC] [TLE] Sonny Rollins Biography -- Academy of Achievement: Print Preview [PAR] Dec 10, 2013 ... She took a strong role in raising Sonny, as he was known from an early age, ... 
the tenor saxophone as a lead instrument in American jazz. ... small groups with 
a new style of jazz, featuring advanced harmonies drawn from ... Charlie Parker 
himself urged Rollins to seek help before his habit consumed him. [DOC] [TLE] General Archives - Hubert Laws [PAR] The Register Guard: Famed flutist Laws lifts big band to new heights ... seemingly 
paid homage to the likes of Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and John Philip Sousa. 
... by Joe Freuen that made it seem as if he were speaking through the instrument
; rhythmically ... Every time we play it, you just come up with more inventions. [DOC] [TLE] Dizzy Gillespie, Who Sounded Some of Modern Jazz's Earliest ... [PAR] Jan 7, 1993 ... His playing -- and he performed constantly until nearly the end of his life -- was 
meteoric, full of virtuosic invention and deadly serious. ... Calloway band in 1940 
that Mr. Gillespie met Charlie Parker in Kansas City. ... At the same time that Mr. 
Gillespie was experimenting

Question: Charlie Parker took the instrument to new heights playing this style of jazz he helped invent
Answer: bebop