[Dixielandjazz] chords & melody

[Stephen Barbone]

Brian Towers wrote:

>Stephen,
>I assume we are talking about the 1939 "Body & Soul"  - there was no
bop
>phrasing in that one.

Didn't say there was, did I? ;-)

If I did, I apologize because I did not mean to say it. Only that
chordal improvisation came into its own, late 30s or so with bop. Bean
was not really a bop player, though he did become a fine chordal
improvisor.

Cheers,
Steve