Bebop Quotes

18 quotes by 18 authors

Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging -- but that weren't… — Miles Davis
Bebop was like humming along to Mitch Miller to me. — Albert Ayler
What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate. — Matthew Shipp
Basically my influences have been American influences. It's been blues, gospel, swing era music, bebop music, Broadway show music, classical music. It's like making a… — Horace Silver
Bebop has set music back twenty years. — Tommy Dorsey
Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz. — Dave Van Ronk
[Bebop is] Chinese music. — Louis Armstrong
[On bebop years] All I did was sing 'How High the Moon.' It seemed like the only song I ever sang. — Ella Fitzgerald
I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop, — Donald Byrd
From folk to tribal to Cab Calloway, Cole Porter, Gershwin to the Rolling Stones, whose first record was all covers, to country-western, bebop, blues, and… — Cat Power
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… — David Sanborn
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… — Carla Bley
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… — Mose Allison
They said Bird played bebop, but Bird could still swing. I've heard a lot of guys play bebop, but they wasn't swinging. — Jay McShann
I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know… — Quincy Jones
Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started. — Martin Denny
We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides. — Chuck Mangione
I'm betting you like bebop and I'm betting you love freak mode. And I'm betting you like girls that give love to girls and stroke… — Flo Rida

Who Wrote These Bebop Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 18 Bebop Quotes as follows: