Bebop Quotes

What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate. - Matthew Shipp

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides. - Chuck Mangione

There was never a lighting crew, sound crew, makeup crew, anything... The list of cameramen is a list of great bebop musicians and writers in L.A., buddies of ours who just happened to be around. - Penn Jillette

That's a pretty tall order... I don't want to sound too grandiose or that I can represent jazz [in its entirety]. But as one of few remaining people from that period [the heyday of bebop during the '40s and '50s], I want to represent myself and the kind of musicians from that period, so that people who are new to the music can say, 'These people were good; they aren't just a bunch of old moldy figs.' - Sonny Rollins

People used to call us a funk band. But it was a little more complicated than that. We were a fusion group made commercial. We had a lot of progressive chord changes and bebop horn lines and then hooks that a child could sing. - Ralph Johnson

Once, there was a tiger striped cat. This cat, died a million deaths, revived and lived a million lives. And he had various owners that he didn't really care about, the cat wasn't afraid to die. Then ONE day, he met a white female cat, the two of them fell in love and lived together happily. Well, the years went by and the white female cat got old and passed away. The Tiger Striped cat cried a million times, then he also died. But this time.....he didn't come back. - Spike Spiegel

Oh yeah, that was the thing to do at that time. This was before the new wave of bebop started. - Martin Denny

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

It could touch on many things [like] the way he changed music in different decades. From Bird to bebop to hip-hop and in between. - Vince Wilburn

I'm watching a dream I'll never wake up from. - Spike Spiegel