[Dixielandjazz] Swing Dance Gigs

[Robert Ringwald]

Andy Ling wrote:

> The conversations went on to speculate maybe this is were bop came from.
> The guys in the swing bands of the 30s & 40s got so bored playing for the
> dancers, they couldn't wait to try something new in the "out of hours" jam
> sessions.


I don't believe it was as simple as that.  There were a few guys who, as Charlie parker said, heard music differently.  Put a few of them together and you had Bop.  

I am sure that Bix, if he had lived, would have been right in there with the boppers.  

Listening to Wynton, I get the feeling that he would also like to be playing something a bit more challenging then "Dixieland."  

Not all the big band players embraced Bop when it started.  In fact Manny Cline, one of the great ones, thought it was garbage.  

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