http://jazzbonotes.com/reviews/the-best-of-joe-pass-joe-pass/ Fri, 18 May 2012 16:56:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://jazzbonotes.com/reviews/the-best-of-joe-pass-joe-pass/#comment-1846 Michael Kydonieus Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:48:09 +0000 http://jazzbonotes.com/?p=468#comment-1846 Nah, that's not what I meant. However, in the wake of Charlie Parker (who definitely wasn't square), there were a whole lot of wannabes who were bland imitators. Charlie Mingus even wrote a song about these folks -- Gunslinging Bird. The full title for that piece is "If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger There'd Be A Whole Lot Of Dead Copycats." When I was referring to "straight up bebop," that's what I was talking about. And yes, it is possible to play bebop and be utterly square. Nah, that’s not what I meant. However, in the wake of Charlie Parker (who definitely wasn’t square), there were a whole lot of wannabes who were bland imitators. Charlie Mingus even wrote a song about these folks — Gunslinging Bird. The full title for that piece is “If Charlie Parker Were A Gunslinger There’d Be A Whole Lot Of Dead Copycats.” When I was referring to “straight up bebop,” that’s what I was talking about. And yes, it is possible to play bebop and be utterly square.

]]> http://jazzbonotes.com/reviews/the-best-of-joe-pass-joe-pass/#comment-1842 Larry Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:36:59 +0000 http://jazzbonotes.com/?p=468#comment-1842 An implication in your first few sentences seems to be that being a "straight up bebop player" would make a musician a "square". That would mean that Charlie Parker was a "square". This is sort of a total reversal of what the generally accepted definition of a square had been in the first place. Anyone capable of playing bebop is, by definition, "hip"...particularly Joe Pass. An implication in your first few sentences seems to be that being a “straight up bebop player” would make a musician a “square”. That would mean that Charlie Parker was a “square”. This is sort of a total reversal of what the generally accepted definition of a square had been in the first place. Anyone capable of playing bebop is, by definition, “hip”…particularly Joe Pass.

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