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DJ Dad's Review of Bop English's Constant Bop
Join in on today's discussion of bop, be-bop, and Bop English in DJ Dad's review of Constant Bop. Read on to see how artist James Petralli of White Denim catapults himself from his sunny garage jazz of yore into this succinct and toe-tapping new sound.
What is this “Bop”?
Well traditionally, bop (or bebop) is a style of fast-paced jazz music pioneered by Kenny Clark. Clark invented the classic airy ride-cymbal beat that has come to typify the common idea of what jazz music is today. The ching ching-cha ching thing, you know what I’m talking about.
Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker pushed this breakthrough to unforeseen lengths with harmonious compositions which relied on their virtuous skills for improvisation. Bebop ushered in a new era of jazz music that resulted in hard-bop, post-bop, re-bop, you-bop and me-bop, but what does this have to do… Continue with DJ Dad's Review of Bop English's Constant Bop.
