Bebop Quote by Dexter Gordon Download Open image “Bebop is the music of the future (as soon as they learn how to play it).” — Dexter Gordon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bebop Education Music Play Time
We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides. — Chuck Mangione Copy Share Image
I think the music that's called 'future stuff' is the soundtrack to the few people who have the nerve and the courage to continue,… — Wayne Shorter Copy Share Image
There is still a future with music, because people want music — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as bop music, but there's such a thing as progress. — Coleman Hawkins Copy Share Image
The future of music may not lie entirely in music itself, but rather in the way it encourages and extends, rather than limits the… — Charles Ives Copy Share Image
It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity,… — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African… — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
To have a little recognition, that is very nice, you dig. It is good for the ego, for the psyche. — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
A lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives… — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
Jazz to me is a living music. It's a music that since its beginning has expressed the feelings, the dreams, hopes, of the people. — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it. — Dexter Gordon Copy Share Image
Truth of the matter is, jazz is American music. And that doesn't mean bebop. Jazz is really about improvising. All the music that's been… — Jaimoe Copy Share Image
Musically, the bebop route was magnificent, but businesswise, it was the dumbest thing I ever did. — Woody Herman Copy Share Image
“Everything has a beginning and an end. Life is just a cycle of starts and stops. There are ends we don't desire, but they're… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s. — Robert Wyatt Copy Share Image
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… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come… — Carla Bley Copy Share Image
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,… — Cat Power Copy Share Image
You don't see the European classical musicians allowing the music of Bach, Brahms, or Beethoven to become extinct. That music has gone on for… — Rahsaan Roland Kirk Copy Share Image
My first love in music was jazz, but I like it all," "I reacted emotionally to Art Blakey and, of course, to Joe Pass… — Larry Carlton Copy Share Image
I can take any series of numbers and turn it into music, from Bach to bebop, Herbie Hancock to hip-hop, — Donald Byrd Copy Share Image