Bop was in the Forties....

Sunday 15 August 2004

Great quote from American Splendor:

Harvey Pekar: The stuff he did with Thad on Bluenote in the late Fifties is more modern than that bebop revival stuff he's into now...but you should be playing something besides bop...man, bop was in the Forties...Post-bop was in the fifties..the vocabulary for them has been devloped. You can't do anything creative if you play bop now...it's like some contemporary guy composing like Bach or Mozart.....

Si rang when he got back Portland, Oregon at around 1030hrs. He had only got around 8hrs sleep since thursday. He had a great time. He predictably loved it. He bought a Coltrane CD - Live in Seattle, a Calexico EP, a few Paul Westerberg CDs, a few Mingus albums. He spent a lot of money but it was obviously well worth it. He made a load of contacts and was on the front row of one the rallies (he emailed me the photos - 60,000 peoplethere to see Kerry).

Spoke to Ben - he went to a festival at De Montford Gardens in Leicester and saw Lambchop and Super Furries amongst others. Will hopefully meet up with him next weekend. His wound is now infected - he didn't add much more than that.