Word: bopping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...restaurant consultant Becky McGovern is situated only 100 ft. from the San Andreas fault. Although it bounced "from one side to the other," the house did not fall down. At Mariposa House Restaurant in the same town, owner Barbara Kuhl said her building "did the Shimmy, Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop, but we didn't lose a thing." Her porch, however, had "gone out to meet two little old ladies" arriving for dinner...
MILT JACKSON: BEBOP (East-West). The Modern Jazz Quartet's eminent vibes man dives deep into the bop era, working fresh wonders on eight vintage tunes, mostly by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. If Bird lives in Clint Eastwood's recent film biography, he gets a neat new lease on life here...
MILT JACKSON: BEBOP (East-West). The Modern Jazz Quartet's eminent vibes man dives deep into the bop era, working fresh wonders on eight vintage tunes, mostly by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. If Bird lives in Clint Eastwood's recent film biography, he gets a neat new lease on life here...
Director of the Harvard Jazz Band Tom Everett describes Jacquet as "...one of the great balladeers of the swing style. He represents one of the major stylists of the elements of be-bop, the new music of the 40's while retaining his own style and personality, which makes him a very exciting performer...
...styles of the songs cover the entire spectrum of rock history. At one end is the droll "I Could Have Stood You Up," featuring Jordanaires-like "bop bop" vocals in the background, Chuck Berry sideman Johnnie Johnson's rolling piano in the foreground and whimsical lyrics like "My shoes walked down the street/Only trouble is they weren't on my feet." At the other end is the funky swagger "Big Enough," which plays with tricky tape loops and loud bass and drums...