citizenship.

1950s

In 1951, on summer break from Juilliard, Bley returned to Montreal where he helped organize the Montreal Jazz Workshop. In 1953 Bley invited the bebop alto saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker to the Jazz Workshop, where he played and recorded with him, making the record Charlie Parker Montreal 1953. When Bley returned to New York City he hired Jackie McLean,

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