His 1st NEW work since "French Kiss".............
PARENTAL ADVIDORY
NAUGHTY LYRICS!
NAUGHTY LYRICS!
Recorded at Focus 27 N.Y.
B Bop...
This CD is a labor of love, because I just love Be-Bop, that's all. When I was 11 or 12, there were 3 very different musical currents in my life. One was Mr Di Caprio. my clarinet teacher, who told me I had a "good lip". Then there were Ricky Nelson's records. who I really liked more than Elvis, and Fats Domino...I liked "Blueberry Hill", and "Walkin' To New Orleans". But the music I obsessed on, and played pots and pans drums to, was Bop. I had Shorty Rogers albums, and Tony Scott albums and Gerry Mulligan albums...and Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis and John Coltrane albums. But Be-Bop was not something the junior high school girls cared anything about, So I learned the licks to "Pipeline" and "Tequila" instead. What was Bop? Bop was what the black geniuses of the late 1940's swing era thought up when they got bored with the bands they were playing in. A few people even SANG this stuff; I loved "Moodys Mood", "Lush Life", and "My Funny Valentine" and always wanted to record them...such beautiful songs! The chord changes of the Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" were the chord changes that Started Bop...and started MY favorite musical revolution.
To Miles Davis, Lester Young, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Stitt, Bud Powell, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, King Pleasure, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Griffin and so many more..Your music's is eternal..thank you!! This album dedicated to Wendy, with love!
Bob Welch plays Gibson Guitars
Thanks to Steinberg/Sonic Foundry/EMU/
Beegie Adair - Thanx!
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