Bean, Bird, Dizzy Gillespie, and Thelonius Monk colletively started the bebop scene.
Don't tell me to get educated after you suggested that Charlie Parker wasn't innovative. Perhaps he didn't single-handedly start bebop, but you must be incredibly touched in the head to suggest he was as stale and unoriginal as, say, a West-Coast Jazz man who entertains party guest with his concoction of watered-down Basie standards.
gracias( 1 month ago by ProLatinMusic)
gracias
is this a fuckin ...( 1 month ago by nico69l1)
is this a fuckin hip hop battle? be quiet please. you disturb the music. please be quiet. shhh....
If you've noticed, ...( 1 month ago by 123obo123)
If you've noticed, neither one of us has said anything in 4 days. This is not battle, though it seems that you're intent on starting one through your unnecessary incendiary comments.
oh, sorry you wise ...( 1 month ago by nico69l1)
oh, sorry you wise guys. but PLEASE be quiet now. ok?
We've been quiet ...( 1 month ago by 123obo123)
We've been quiet for 5 days. Why are you bothering me?
Man, I love Prez!( 1 month ago by jazzmunky)
Man, I love Prez!
Lester Young was a ...( 1 month ago by bolocface)
Lester Young was a genius, no question. His tone and phrasing were sublime and influenced all that came after him. John Coltrane was supposed to have said that ' we would all play like Prez,.. if we could'. What a tribute!
are you serious? ...( 1 month ago by hallmanjon)
are you serious? for the most part bird is given credit for laying the foundation of the bebop language, which became the foundation for later, modern styles of jazz phrasing as well. I think every jazz musician that came after him learned plenty from him. That's fine that your aren't a fan, but I don't think anyone cares about your stupid opinion. Saying we couldn't learn anything from bird and that he couldn't hang with his contemporaries is ridiculous and completely untrue.
Totally agree - ...( 1 month ago by bolocface)
Totally agree - Bird modernised the harmony and structure of the music. Bird, diz, prez, and monk all made significant, original and valid contributions to the music - to argue about who was the best is just a waste of time - they were all great! What bothers me is this - who are the creative equivalents today, and is Jazz dead?
the creative " ...( 1 month ago by stones0731)
the creative "equivalents" are the ones who step up to meet the music, and Jazz is not ever gonna be dead. We build our music upon the jazz musician's music. that goes for everyone. We live in America. im just guessing here of course.
nice hat( 1 month ago by shoegazer666)
nice hat
I would say that " ...( 1 month ago by sabsaka)
I would say that "to have heard of Dexter Gordon" is not good for a jazz listener! I strongly advice you to listen to him playing ballads, just to approach jazz from another side. Anyway, Dex was involved in bop too ("Dexter digs in" and others) but he was unrivaled in ballads. Get some collections like "Ballads" or "The art of the ballad" to get familiar with Long Tall Dexter. ;-)
wynton and branford ...( 1 month ago by chogo888)
wynton and branford marsallis are incredible. Branford can switch between soprano and tenor in a performance, something which coltrane could not do!
Courtney pine, joe Lovano.....there are greats still. Jazz as popular music is dead, but jazz is not. Much like classical.
actually coltrane ...( 1 month ago by chogo888)
actually coltrane said "we would all play like stan...if we could"
talking about stan getz. Whos mentor was lester so yeah u r correct. he was a genius man
I think Coltrane ...( 1 month ago by stubs13)
I think Coltrane never switched instruments while playing a song because he believed that a song was a spiritual journey from start to finish. A change in instruments would be like a changing the scenery from climbing a mountain to crossing a sea. Also it's the style that he plays at the time. He played the Soprano in order to epress the eastern culture that he was intensively involved in.
thanks stubs13 did ...( 1 month ago by chogo888)
thanks stubs13 did not know that. awesome.
Personnel info. ...( 4 weeks ago by AndrewWoollock)
Personnel info. anyone?
Check out the ...( 4 weeks ago by MontgomerylandFunk)
Check out the Sessions I video and the narrator talks about these guys..
But I can remember it's:
Buddy Rich (ds)
Ray Brown (b)
.... I forget the others
The pianist is Hank ...( 4 weeks ago by 858jc)
The pianist is Hank Jones,Bill Harris,(tbn)Flip Phillips,(Tenor)Lester Young,(Tenor) Sweets Edison(tpt)and Ella (scatting). I hope that helps.
Array( 3 weeks ago by 123obo123)
haha, will do.
Thanks.
puro mariguano !!( 2 weeks ago by jorgeandreartea)
puro mariguano !!
i feel kerouac and ...( 2 weeks ago by tivuco)
i feel kerouac and cassady
Oh that lovely Ella ...( 1 day ago by jnm92)
Oh that lovely Ella going baddebuddebupbaaiii
I love her..
Don't tell me to get educated after you suggested that Charlie Parker wasn't innovative. Perhaps he didn't single-handedly start bebop, but you must be incredibly touched in the head to suggest he was as stale and unoriginal as, say, a West-Coast Jazz man who entertains party guest with his concoction of watered-down Basie standards.
But I can remember it's:
Buddy Rich (ds)
Ray Brown (b)
.... I forget the others
Thanks.