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Sonny's Blues

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Music of Sonny's Blues

Video of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie playing “Hot House” live on television. This hard bop video also gives a feeling for the America of “Sonny’s Blues.”

The pianist Baldwin may have had in mind, when describing Sonny’s music, was Thelonious Monk. Here’s some of his music, from YouTube.