Bebop Quotes

I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is.

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 can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop.

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.