Question

A standard by this artist opens with the swing style eighth-notes (read slowly) “D, G, A, B, C” and has lyrics by Babs Gonzales that describe how this artist “put his soul into his music.” After lighting his bed sheets on fire while upset during a recording session, this artist spent six months in a mental hospital that inspired his track “Relaxin’ at Camarillo.” This artist led a 1945 recording session for Savoy Records whose ensemble with Milt Jackson and Max Roach played a track inspired by Ray Noble’s “Cherokee.” A jazz standard by this artist is a contrafact of the standard “How High the Moon” and was played at a club named for this artist on West (10[1])52nd Street. For 10 points, the standards “Ko-Ko” and “Ornithology” are by what jazz saxophonist who, with Dizzy Gillespie, pioneered bebop? ■END■

ANSWER: Charlie Parker [or Charles Parker Jr.; accept Bird or Yardbird or Birdland]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matthew SiffYale ABrandeis A11710

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y3100%0%33%130.33
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%116.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y4100%0%0%112.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%117.00