Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: In the early 1950s he performed and broadcast with such musicians as Charlie Parker , Miles Davis and Clifford Brown , and particularly with Horace Silver , his kindred musical spirit of this time .
Simplified: In the early 1950s he performed and broadcast with musicians like Charlie Parker , Miles Davis , Clifford Brown , and Horace Silver .