From: Bjarne Roupe Date: Sat, 11 Dec 1999 21:29:32 +0100 Subject: Re: =?iso-8859-1?Q?OB=B4s?= & music
Jerry, I agree 100% on your positive input on music development concerning the pioneering state of diatonic harp & its chromatic revolution........! ...and your reasoning is completely up my alley... Only, that Louis Armstrong quote wasn´t quite, well, .... true to him...
...maybe he said some stupid things, once,..early on,....everybody else did, too.... .but, generally, he was genuinely 100% positive about the geniuses of bebop....Parker, Gillespie, amo.... ....there´s some great films where Satchmo & Dizzy plays and raps in total hipness; buddies in music;....sorry, I know you´ll agree...but just to set the record straight... ..and all the trumpet players of bebop listened to Louis´s playing; took all what he did, and went beyond....and I´m sure he loved hearing it....
You can hear Louis in all modern jazz-trpt; Wynton Marsalis is a good example.... Louis Armstrong was not against the "bebop" revolution....he appreciated a great musician when he heard him play....no matter what....especially when he got to play with the great new jazz players of the 50´s & 60´s.... I´m sure he´d be completely indifferent to whether someone played a rubber tube or a balkan zither; if it´s good; it´s good... ....a rose is a rose is a rose..... Jerry, I´m certain you feel as I do; but since Louis Armstrong is one of my musical heroes; I´ll defend him as long as I live....:-) ...but you´re so right; the bebop players listened to what he played; instead of what he said, and that made the whole difference.... regards Bjarne
