Word: bebop
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BEATS AND BEBOP LOCATION: Lowell Lecture Hall DATE: Nov. 12 PRESENTED BY: The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers and the Sunday Jazz EnsembleAlthough “Beats and Bepop” was nominally a joint presentation by The Sunday Jazz Ensemble (SJE) and The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD), it was, effectively, a night of two concerts with remarkably different musical approaches. Only a final piece by the SJE included collaboration with THUD as percussionists...
Until about five years ago, I always thought “monk” was a subgenre of jazz, like bebop or swing. After finding out the truth I filed this away as an amusing anecdote, until I heard this recording, and realized that Thelonious Monk actually is his own subgenre...
...Blue Train,” released the same year. This is not the cathartic, redemptive Coltrane of “A Love Supreme;” Coltrane, who obviously is inspired by the beauty of Monk’s music, acts as an extension of Monk. He, unlike many bebop players of that time, “gets” Monk, and his solos, while essentially Coltrane, reflect Monk’s accompaniment (and vice-versa) perfectly...
There’s a rotating schedule of swing, bebop, latin jazz, and funk, so all breeds of jazzhounds will be satisfied. The stage is about as roomy as the rest of the place, meaning that the enormously appreciative audience might as well be in the drummer’s lap. “Audience participation,” more often than not, means spilling your drink on the bandleader’s shoes...
...hats and caps for "gold-coin donations" (small-denomination silver change is frowned upon). But what's really special is the diversity of the audience. Expect to see suited office workers and bedraggled backpackers, elderly couples and trendy young things, all enjoying everything from toe-tapping swing to bebop. "Tasmanian people aren't afraid of the elements," says Bosak. Neither will you be, when the snare drums are smacked and the saxophones start to blow...