Modern jazz has had from the start two main sources whencecame most of the ideas. These two founts, as it were, ofinspiration and of ideas are Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Indisputablythey have enriched the lore of jazz throughout theworld. They have taken what people have built before them,refashioned it in many ways, added to it, and have sent the jazzedifice soaring for others to look up to; be inspired by, and,eventually, build upon.