Bebop Quotes

Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz.

Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started.

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.

What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me.

I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle.