The Birth of Bebop: Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker from 1945 SEATTLE (KPLU) - It isn't everyday that you can actually hear musical history being made. But that's exactly what happened in 1945 on the Armed Forces Radio Network when audiences were introduced to a very different kind of jazz. In our music commentary this month, KPLU Music Director Nick Francis tells our own Kirsten Kendrick about a rare recording that captures the birth of Bebop. © Copyright 2009, KPLU