Lovely article courtesy of The Blues Poodle on hearing bebop for the first time
Inspired by http://www.opus28.co.uk/bebopperp.pdf
While surfing the internet this morning, I stumbled upon this piece and I remembered how and why I fell in love with Bebop.
Bebop is so much more than just a small movement from the 40’s, with a meagre following of die-hard supporters. According to the article above, it is “pretty much the “grammar” of modern jazz, and bebop “licks” are not so much clichés as essential elements of speech within the jazz language”.
I got hooked into Bebop from the moment I heard it in my favourite Coffee Shop. It was Charlie Parker I believe…
The first 30 seconds or so of the track started off and to a practical jazz virgin sounded pretty generic, jazz standard. Then… the bomb dropped! The next 3 minutes would change the course of my taste in music (yet again).
I remember sitting there mesmerised by the skill of…
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