[Dixielandjazz] Mainstream - Bop - OKOM

[Stephen Barbone]

Dan Spink wrote: (polite snip)

"But here's the big puzzle to me. When you hear the experts on Jazz
history talk about the great innovators like Monk, Gillespie and Davis,
etc., etc., they almost always talk about the technical level of
musicianship these guys brought. That's what I thought real bop and
cool jazz required. Then I watch these "jazz groups" stumbling along
with fake books playing Fly Me To The Moon in Eb and I wonder. Have I
been had? Is Bop and all that musicianship talk really what these guys
are about? Please! Give me Bill Bailey in F or Bb any time."

Dan & List Mates:

You are probably not hearing bop, but a poor attempt at mainstream.
Virtually no one plays bop anymore, which did / does require a superb
technical level of musicianship in order to be correctly played. This
also points to why we need the differentiation between "bop" and
"mainstream" as musical forms.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone