“bebop at its core: It wasn’t just art for art’s sake but art that could show contempt for its audience.” — Peter Pullman Copy Share Image
“It was really a very small window in which all of this bebop creativity happened. It took place in a few years on a few blocks. A lot of hectic activity, by some intensely creative, even desperate, souls, all working… — Peter Pullman Copy Share Image
“Aside from what he calls Powell’s “perpetual fog”, he had noticed his leader’s annoying habit of chewing his lips a lot (which involuntary, repetitive… — Peter Pullman Copy Share Image
“bebop at its core: It wasn’t just art for art’s sake but art that could show contempt for its audience.” — Peter Pullman Copy Share Image
“It could have been the toothless, haggard look that attracted some: Powell was looking more and more the part of the gently decaying, venerated… — Peter Pullman Copy Share Image
“It was really a very small window in which all of this bebop creativity happened. It took place in a few years on a… — Peter Pullman Copy Share Image
“Powell to say: “ ‘I wish I was blacker. I’d like to be as black as you are, Miles.’”(3)” — Peter Pullman Copy Share Image
“There was no chance that these three were going to prepare at all before they took the stage. In fact there was a good… — Peter Pullman Copy Share Image
