Klarinet Archive - Posting 000140.txt from 1995/01

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Jazz/not jazz
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 1995 14:42:13 -0500

Neil,
According to the Jazz History courses I've taken, you're right on
both counts. Diz and Bird (Parker) are supposed to have pretty much
"invented" bebop but certainly Coltrane was, if not an inventor, than at
least in on the ground floor, so to speak. He certainly was one of the
pioneers in the (then) new style.

Fred Jacobowitz

On Sat, 7 Jan 1995, Neil Leupold wrote:

> Coltrane pioneered bebop? I'm not a jazz offcionado or anything, but I
> always thought Gillespie was the one who sort of "invented" bebop. Have I
> had it wrong all this time?
>
> Honest question.
>