“Tico-Tico” is a Brazilian choro classic reinterpreted by Charlie Parker in several exhilarating bebop renditions during the early 1950s. Parker’s versions transform the piece’s fast, intricate melody into a virtuosic display of bebop articulation, phrasing and harmonic invention. His alto saxophone navigates rapid tempo, melodic twists and rhythmic displacement with characteristic agility and brilliance. By applying bebop vocabulary to a Latin American standard, Parker expanded the cross-cultural possibilities of jazz and demonstrated how globally rooted melodies could be absorbed into modern jazz language. His recordings of “Tico-Tico” remain celebrated examples of Parker’s technical mastery and stylistic adaptability.