(for ordens skyld: dama er 21 år gamle Kellin Hanas; "hailed in the International Trumpet Guild Journal as “one of the best up and coming jazz musicians on the globe”,")
"I ain't gonna get rid of him. He's my man. Ain't you ever heard of an albino? Red's an albino" - Charlie Parker
You've not known pressure until you look out into the audience and Charlie Parker's watching you
Next to him is perhaps a lesser-known face for some:
Red Rodney
The trumpeter played in Parker's group from 1949-51, and they apparently ran into prejudice against mixed race bands. Parker's answer? According to Red's obituary in The Independent:
"In 1950 Parker was offered a very lucrative tour of the southern states by his agent Billy Shaw.
'You gotta get rid of that redheaded trumpet player. We can't have a white guy in a black band down south,' Shaw told Parker.
'I ain't gonna get rid of him. He's my man. Ain't you ever heard of an albino? Red's an albino,' claimed Parker."
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William P. Gottlieb, public domain via Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress]