Hot plates. 8 I'm trying to get this straight in my mind. I went with Charles Delaunay to meet Charlie Parker. Of course this was a dream, Charlie Parker. I loved all of his stuff. Through Kenny Clarke, I learned more and more and more. I always had a good ear, because I think that's the base, listening. I listened to everything I could get my hands on. I remember the first time I heard Dizzy Gillespie's Things to Come, I said, "Wait a minute. Play that again. " I couldn't believe what I was hearing. We came back, Charlie Parker and I. Went back to the apartment. Janis and her husband were wonderful. They were so hospitable. Charlie Parker had come from Scandinavia. He had tried to clean his act up. He said, "Do you have anything to drink? " I wasn't drinking, because I was pregnant. I said to Janis, "Do we have any alcohol? " She said, "No, what would we do with it? None of us drink. " She said, "Wait. Wait a minute. My brother-in-law made some liquor in the south of France, and he brought it with him, but it's apparently very strong. So tell him to be careful. " Tell Bird to be careful? She had a decanter. I went into his room. I said, "Charlie Parker, nobody has touched this yet, and it's very dangerous. Be very careful. Only take a little sip. " So Charlie Parker said okay. He took the decanter, he put it to his lips, and then he just, glug glug glug glug glug, the whole thing. Said, "Is there any more? " I said, "No! " I took him to a few little clubs. He had one song called My Little Suede Shoes. He learned he didn't learn it correctly, but we went, and he sat. Musicians played for him. He eventually recorded it. It was heaven. The musicians couldn't believe that Charlie Parker had walked in. I mean, they were - it was unbelievable. Eventually, I had my son. They called him, in the hospital, le petit Jesus coo-coo, the little coo-coo Jesus, because of his birthday, which was Christmas Eve. Then, when he was four months old, Dizzy Gillespie got a telegram - I mean, Kenny Clarke got a telegram from Dizzy Gillespie, saying, would you like to come back and play with my band? He said of course. We didn't have enough money for me. So Kenny Clarke said, "I'll take the baby back. I'll place him with my brother and his wife, who live in the projects in Pittsburgh. " I didn't know what a project was. I said okay. He said, "So we know that he'll be cool. " Fine. His brother was a railway porter, beautiful guy. So they took the baby. Kenny Clarke stayed in a hotel in New York with my son. But when he had stepped off the boat, he had my son in a little Moses basket. He handed him to a very dear friend of his called David Usher. David, in turn, handed him to a guy called Label, that was driving to Pittsburgh. He took the baby to Pittsburgh. 9 Then, about six months later, there was enough money for me to go. So I came to New York by ship, but not steerage, which was great. I got off the boat, and Kenny Clarke said, "What are you doing? Are you all right? " He said, "Okay. We'll go and stay at Max Roach's. " So we drove to Max Roach's house, which he was sharing with a lady. My kid was still in Pittsburgh. He said, "Annie" - Charlie Parker had come over, and he said, "Annie, I want to show you New York. " Well, I had been here many times when I was a child. Anyway, we got into Charlie Parker's car. I forget what it was, but it was big. Charlie Parker would say, "This is the Empire State Building," dah dah dah. I didn't tell him I knew what it was, because I was seeing it through his eyes. He was showing it to me through his eyes. They took me to meet everybody. Then I got on a train, and I went to Pittsburgh. I stayed in the projects for about six months. I had my little kid. I've never felt such love. I had so much love. I remember coming out with my little boy in a stroller. There were two or three little girls. They said, What are you doing here? " "What am I doing here? I live here. " They said, "No, you don't. " I said, "Yes, I do. " They said, "You're white. " I said, "I live here. This is my child. " I was the only white person in the projects, as far as I knew. But I had a wonderful time. Kenny Clarke's brother and his wife, they could make meals out of nothing, which we had to do, because nobody had money money. Then we moved. Can I just stop for a minute.