Miles Davis was incredulous in the back of a cab with Bird while the alto saxophonist had sex with his date, simultaneously enjoying a takeout dinner, predating George Costanza.

When Davis protested, Bird reprimanded his protege to simply look out the window and mind his own business part of how Charlie Parker lived in a world of his own that others found spellbinding or appalling not much inbetween.

- Michael Robinson Longhi, May 2024, Los Angeles

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Michael Robinson Longhi is an American composer, performer and musicologist. His over 200 albums include over 150 albums for meruvina and over 50 albums of piano improvisations. Michael has shared his music and ideas about music live with churches, universities, colleges, radio stations, high schools, elementary schools and community centers in the USA and online with the rest of the world.