Yeah I can agree with that. I mean most really interesting artists will actually bristle, themselves, at all of these attempt to categorize forms like that, but yeah, Parker was Parker and his kind of music reached a sort of peak with him, and then that's why people want to explore something new when they come along. Miles played with Parker after all, and on and on.

I think what's more important is to recognize individual, or group, contributions as unique. There was nothing like this particular moment with these musicians-- before or after. Enough said.