The Hard Fried History team pops into the American Jazz Age with a look at Charlie Parker, a profoundly talented and troubled saxophonist who helped shift the development of American jazz from the more grounded melodies of swing to the sporadic and spontaneous rhythms that characterize the style now known as Bebop. Please subscribe, rate and review on iTunes/Spotify, follow us on Instagram (Hard Fried History) and Twitter (HFHPodcast) and like our Facebook page for behind the scenes photos and to see what we've been reading, citations included.