Rok, glad you are enjoying the show. Amazing stuff. Check in on that station as a regular part of a Jazz regimen 😊. They have great programming.
**** or, is it that I just need to make myself smarter on Bird. ****
We all do. There’s a whole lot to absorb with Bird. A true genius. He really was like “a brilliant nomad”.
Every movement in every art form shares some things. There is a constant push toward something different and new; it’s the nature of the beast. In Jazz, players absorb what came before and weave it into their own personal vision of the music. Occasionally an artist comes along with such a degree of talent that they can make a much more dramatic move in that new direction and is able to establish a fully developed and mature style. In a way, the music itself has an inevitability about where it goes. It’s a never ending process. Bird was a genius, but even he built off what can before. Therein lies the answer to the question about Hawkins and Bebop; what he did with harmony in the music.
**** or, is it that I just need to make myself smarter on Bird. ****
We all do. There’s a whole lot to absorb with Bird. A true genius. He really was like “a brilliant nomad”.
Every movement in every art form shares some things. There is a constant push toward something different and new; it’s the nature of the beast. In Jazz, players absorb what came before and weave it into their own personal vision of the music. Occasionally an artist comes along with such a degree of talent that they can make a much more dramatic move in that new direction and is able to establish a fully developed and mature style. In a way, the music itself has an inevitability about where it goes. It’s a never ending process. Bird was a genius, but even he built off what can before. Therein lies the answer to the question about Hawkins and Bebop; what he did with harmony in the music.