▁Award ▁for ▁Best ▁Sound ▁( Les ▁F resh olt z , ▁Dick ▁Alexander , ▁Vern ▁Po ore , ▁Will ie ▁Bur ton ). ▁ ▁Music ▁Initial ly , ▁when ▁Columbia ▁owned ▁the ▁project , ▁the ▁studio ▁execut ives ▁wanted ▁to ▁h ire ▁mus icians ▁to ▁re - record ▁all ▁of ▁Parker ' s ▁music , ▁largely ▁because ▁the ▁original ▁record ings ▁were ▁in ▁mon o , ▁and ▁were ▁not ▁of ▁acceptable ▁ ▁sound ▁quality ▁to ▁accomp any ▁a ▁feature ▁film . ▁East wood ▁had ▁some ▁record ings ▁of ▁Parker ▁made ▁by ▁Parker ' s ▁wife , ▁Chan , ▁from ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁sound ▁engineer ▁electron ically ▁isol ate ▁Parker ' s ▁sol os . ▁Mus icians , ▁such ▁as ▁Ray ▁Brown , ▁Walter ▁Davis , ▁Jr ., ▁Ron ▁Carter , ▁Barry ▁Harris , ▁and ▁Red ▁Rod ney , ▁were ▁then ▁h ired ▁to ▁record ▁backing ▁tracks ▁on ▁modern ▁equipment . ▁D iz zy ▁G illes pie ▁was ▁on ▁tour ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁recording , ▁so ▁tr ump et ▁player ▁Jon ▁F add is ▁was ▁h ired ▁to ▁record ▁his ▁parts . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Bibli ography ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : 1 9 8 8 ▁films ▁Category : 1 9 8 0 s ▁bi ographical ▁drama ▁films ▁Category : American ▁bi ographical ▁drama ▁films ▁Category : American ▁films ▁Category : English - language ▁films ▁Category : Bi ographical ▁films ▁about ▁mus icians ▁Category : J azz ▁films ▁Category : Char lie ▁Parker ▁Category : C ult ural ▁dep ict ions