Bops Quotes - Page 2

• If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom.

  Thelonious Monk

  Music, Jazz, Ifs

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• I was washing dishes at the Greyhound bus station at the time and I said, 'Awap bop a lup bop a wop bam boom, take 'em out!'

  Little Richard

  Ems, Greyhounds, Dishes

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• If a guy is gonna to play good bop, he has to have a sort of a bop soul.

  Count Basie

  Play, Guy, Soul

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• Dave Rocha is a modern player out of the hard-bop tradition, with a beautiful sound and tremendous facility on the horn. You can hear the influence of Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan and others in his playing, but Dave has his own voice, and it's a nice one!

  Dan Feiszli

  Beautiful, Nice, Player

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• Rob Mullins is a diverse keyboardist capable of both crossover and bop.

  Scott Yanow

  Diverse, Crossover, Capable

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• Chris Washburne is a superior hard bop player.

  Scott Yanow

  Player, Hard, Superiors

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• Rachel Cusk's books are like pop-up volumes for grown-ups, the prose springing out of the page to bop you neatly between the eyes with its insights.

  Julie Burchill

  Book, Eye, Pages

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