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Bird's Nest - Charlie Parker Quartet

George Sylvester "Red" Callender (March 6, 1916 – March 8, 1992) was a jazz bass and tuba player, famous for turning down a chance to work with Duke Ellington's Orchestra and the Louis Armstrong All-Stars. Callender was born in Haynesville, Virginia. In the early...