"
Ko-Ko" is a
1945 bebop recording composed by
Charlie Parker. The original recorded version features Parker on alto saxophone with
trumpeter Miles Davis,
double bassist Curley Russell and
drummer
Max Roach. Due to the absence of
Bud Powell,
Dizzy Gillespie was enlisted to play piano, instead of his usual trumpet. Pianist
Sadik Hakim, then known as Argonne Thornton, was also known to be present at the session. Rumors persist to this day about on who precisely played trumpet and piano on this piece; some claim Gillespie plays trumpet and, or instead of, piano; some claim Hakim is the pianist on all or part of one or both of the takes.