“[Big Mama Thornton] was a wonderful blues singer, with a great moaning style. But it was as much her appearance, as her blues style that influenced the writing of ‘Hound Dog’ and the idea that we wanted her to growl it.” – Mike Stoller, on writing Hound Dog Taylor for Big Mama Thornton

Charlie Parker played a plastic saxophone on “Jazz at Massey Hall”, which was recorded in 1953 by bassist Charles Mingus, and entered into Grammy Hall of Fame in 1995.

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