Music, of course, is not so explicit an art, but anybody who knew Charlie Parker knows that he felt much the same way about his own gift.

It is the theme of Horace, who certainly otherwise bears little resemblance to Parker or Thomas.

I think all this could apply to Parker just as well, although, because of the nature of music, it is not demonstrable -- at least not conclusively.

What Parker and his contemporaries -- Gillespie, Davis, Monk, Roach ( Tristano is an anomaly ), etc. -- did was to absorb the musical ornamentation of the older jazz into the basic structure, of which it then became an integral part, and with which it then developed.

Again, contrary to popular belief, there is nothing crazy or frantic about Parker either musically or emotionally.

Technique pure and simple, rendition, is not of major importance, but it is interesting that Parker, following Lester Young, was one of the leaders of the so-called saxophone revolution.

One can even argue -- though this is a delicate matter -- that every justification existed for their returning the Public Lecture to the First Church, and so to suppress it, rather than let Parker use it as a sounding board for his propaganda when his turn should come to occupy it.

Whenever New England liberalism is reminded of the dramatic confrontation of Parker and the fraternity on January 23, 1843 -- while it may defend the privilege of Chandler Robbins to demand that Parker leave the Association, while it may plead that Dr. N. L. Frothingham had every warrant for stating, `` The difference between Trinitarians and Unitarians is a difference in Christianity ; ;

the difference between Mr. Parker and the Association is a difference between no Christianity and Christianity '' -- despite these supposed conclusive assurances, the modern liberal heaves repeatedly a sigh of relief, of positive thanksgiving, that the Association never quite brought itself officially to expel Parker.

But Parker as the ultra-liberal minister within the pale of a church which had proclaimed itself the repository of liberality poses a different problem, which is not to be resolved by holding him up as the champion of freedom.

Even more poignantly, and with the insight of a genius, Channing added -- remember, this is Channing, not Parker!!

Either way, the show captured the imaginations of many young television viewers in the United States and abroad and is often considered a classic piece of 1990s youth culture and Generation X. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, creators of South Park, cite the show as an influence and compared it to the blues, and met Mike Judge before the show aired.

In the liner notes on BDP's 1992 album Sex and Violence, KRS-One writes: " BDP in 1992 is KRS-One, Willie D, and Kenny Parker!

Chicano performance art blends humor and pathos for tragi-comic effect as shown by Los Angeles ' comedy troupe Culture Clash and Mexican-born performance artist Guillermo Gomez-Pena and Nao Bustamante is a Chicana Artist known internationally for her conceptual art pieces and as a participant in Work of Art: The next Great Artist produced by Sarah Jessica Parker.

2, with the character of Bill noting that Superman was not born into his alter ego ( Spider-Man was " Peter Parker " first, Batman was born " Bruce Wayne "), using the blanket he was wrapped in as his costume, and Clark Kent is a collage of mankind's less impressive traits meant to blend in with other humans ( as well as a device to pursue Lois Lane's affections ).

The town was home to the civil engineer and calculating prodigy George Parker Bidder ( 1806 – 1878 ), who is notable for his work on railways over much of the world, as well as the docks of the East End in the Port of London.

Sidney Parker is a British egoist individualist anarchist who wrote articles and edited anarchist journals from 1963 to 1993 such as Minus One, Egoist, and Ego.

* 1954 – In Christchurch ( New Zealand ) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship ( movie Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994 ).

Lord Peter clears the Duke and Lady Mary, to whom Parker is attracted.

Bredon is framed for murder, leading Charles Parker to " arrest " Bredon for murder in front of numerous witnesses.

Notable faculty include Woodrow Wilson, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Thomas Hunt Morgan, mathematician Emmy Noether, classicist Richmond Lattimore, the Spanish philosopher José Ferrater Mora, Karl Kirchwey and the 10th president of Sweet Briar College Jo Ellen Parker.

Visiting faculty have included Giorgio Agamben, Chantal Akerman, Pierre Alféri, Pierre Aubenque, Alain Badiou, Lewis Baltz, Julian Barnes, Jean Baudrillard, Yve-Alain Bois, Catherine Breillat, Victor Burgin, Judith Butler, Sophie Calle, Hélène Cixous, Diane Davis, Manuel DeLanda, Claire Denis, Jacques Derrida, Tracey Emin, Bracha Ettinger, Christopher Fynsk, Antony Gormley, Peter Greenaway, Durs Grünbein, Werner Hamacher, Barbara Hammer, Donna Haraway, Michael Hardt, Martin Hielscher, Michel Houellebecq, Shelley Jackson, Mitchell Joachim, Friedrich Kittler, Claude Lanzmann, Christian Marclay, Colum McCann, Carl Mitcham, Jean-Luc Nancy, Klaus Ottmann, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Cornelia Parker, Laurence A. Rickels, Avital Ronell, Paul D. Miller a. k. a. DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, Wolfgang Schirmacher, Volker Schlöndorff, Michael Schmidt, Hendrik Speck, Bruce Sterling, Allucquére Sandy Stone, Elia Suleiman, Friedrich Ulfers, Gregory Ulmer, Agnès Varda, Paul Virilio, Victor J. Vitanza, Hubertus von Amelunxen, Margarethe von Trotta, John Waters, Samuel Weber, Caveh Zahedi, Krzysztof Zanussi, Siegfried Zielinski, Slavoj Žižek and Jan Zwicky.

Notable faculty who served over the years include Dr. Charles H. Shaw, Dr. Herbert Cocking, Dr. Matthew Parker, and Dr. Henry W. Holloman.

One member of the panel -- not Mr. Parker -- indicated he had been a member of the KKK at one time.

Notable jazz bassists from the 1940s to the 1950s included bassist Jimmy Blanton ( 1918 – 1942 ) whose short tenure in the Duke Ellington Swing band ( cut short by his death from tuberculosis ) introduced new melodic and harmonic solo ideas for the instrument ; bassist Ray Brown ( 1926 – 2002 ), known for backing Beboppers Dizzy Gillespie, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum and Charlie Parker, and forming the Modern Jazz Quartet ; hard bop bassist Ron Carter ( born 1937 ), who has appeared on 3, 500 albums make him one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, including LPs by Thelonious Monk and Wes Montgomery and many Blue Note Records artists ; and Paul Chambers ( 1935 – 1969 ), a member of the Miles Davis Quintet ( including the landmark modal jazz recording Kind of Blue ) and many other 1950s and 1960s rhythm sections, was known for his virtuosic improvisations.

Hershel Parker in the second volume of his biography makes it clear that Melville became a nominal member only to placate his wife.

He finally got the chance to record as a leader in 1946, with an occasional group called the Miles Davis Sextet plus Earl Coleman and Ann Hathaway — one of the rare occasions when Davis, by then a member of the groundbreaking Charlie Parker Quintet, can be heard accompanying singers.

Parker traverses through the Ultor complex, eliminating any resistance Ultor throws at him, and even ( with the help of Orion, a high-ranking Red Faction member ) kidnapping a high-ranking Ultor administrator, Gryphon, for Eos, leader of the Red Faction .< ref > Gryphon: I'll tell you what I can on the way, but more guards are going to show up soon.

Parker, 29, was a member of the Lancaster Black Self-Protection Society, and known to use violence to defend himself and the slaves who sought refuge in the area.

* Parley Parker Christensen, Los Angeles City Council member, born in Weston.

" Parker ( 1924-2012 ) was the owner of Parker Chevrolet, a director of the Mer Rouge State Bank, a deacon of the Mer Rouge Baptist Church, a long-time member of the Mer Rouge Town Council, and a former mayor of Mer Rouge.

* Barry T. Parker ( born 1932 ), member of the New Jersey General Assembly and State Senate.

* James Parker ( 1776 – 1868 ), member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey

* Dorothy Parker ( 1893 – 1967 ), writer and storied member of the Algonquin Round Table, was born on August 22, 1893, at 792 Ocean Avenue.

* Parley Parker Christensen, Los Angeles City Council member

Nixon was a founding member of the theatrical troupe The Drama Dept., which included Sarah Jessica Parker, Dylan Baker, John Cameron Mitchell and Billy Crudup among its actors, appearing in the group's productions of Kingdom on Earth ( 1996 ), June Moon and As Bees in Honey Drown ( both 1997 ), Hope is the Thing with Feathers ( 1998 ), and The Country Club ( 1999 ).

With the help of the late James Dent Walker, head of Genealogical Services at the National Archives in Washington, D. C., Batchelor was contacted by the Ezra Parker Chapter in Royal Oak, Michigan, who invited her to join their chapter ; she officially became DAR member # 623, 128.

Long on graphic demonstration of the sort of raffish traffic that flows through a squad-room of plainclothes detectives in a New York police station-house and considerably short on penetration into the lives of anyone on display ... In the performance of this business, every member of the cast rates a hand, with the possible exception of Eleanor Parker as the hero's wife, and she is really not to blame.

He was a prominent member of the Kansas Committee in Massachusetts, and with Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, George Luther Stearns, Theodore Parker, and Gerrit Smith, was interested in the plans of John Brown.

The Earth-15 psychotic Peter Parker and Carnage combine to become the " Spider ", and becomes a member of Weapon X in Exiles.

Her father, Charles Parker, became a leading member of the BNP in its early years and provided the party with a source of funding.

Originally the Teen Titans member called Golden Eagle, Charley Parker was presumed deceased after an attack by the Wildebeest Society during the event known as Titans Hunt.

The Texas Rangers were unofficially created by Stephen F. Austin in a call-to-arms written in 1823, and were formed August 10, 1823 by Daniel Parker as a member of the Permanent Council.

Joe Parker stepped down as Party Chairman soon after but remained an active NCP member until his death in 2004.

Meanwhile Parker played under Connie Mack, while as a member of the Philadelphia Athletics.

Keith Parker Williams was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's fourteenth House district, including constituents in Onslow county.