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Thread #75517 Message #2316787
Posted By: The Sandman
15-Apr-08 - 07:23 PM
Thread Name: what is old-timey music?
Subject: RE: what is old-timey music?
The original bluegrassers modeled what they did after bebop--they wanted to be able to play modern jazz style solos that were more developed and individualized than the kind of breaks that you'd get in a Western Swing band, but very much an extension of them.
you must be joking,modern jazz style solos.
can you imagine thelonius monk and earl scruggs,chalk and cheese.