Question

In December 1949, with great fanfare, a live radio broadcast and Charlie Parker himself performing, Birdland, the "Jazz Corner of the World" opened at the corner of 53rd and Broadway. Never before had a club been named after a jazz musician.

A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

Charles Parker Jr. was an influential American jazz saxophonist. He introduced innovative music composition with revolutionary harmonic ideas.  Parker was known as "Yardbird" or simply “Bird.”  

A new club opened in December 1949, a block west of 53rd Broadway Street in which Charlie performed live for a radio broadcast. Birdland became "Jazz Corner of the World" or the mecca of jazz. It was historic as it never happened that a club was named after musician. Charlie Parker was the sole inspiration for Birdland, an intrinsic part of Jazz history in New York