Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Cool jazz started out in the late forties on the West Coast by players primarily influenced by Lester Young of the Basie Band, as opposed to the sometimes frenetic style that was bebop as played by Charlie Parker and co. The main musicians who evolved the style were probably Lee Tristano, Gerry Mulligan, Stan Kenton and Stan Getz. Ralph Burns' charts for Woody Herman (especially "Early Autumn" with its famous solo by a teenage Stan Getz) and his 'Four Brothers' sound (Getz, Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Serge Chaloff) were also hugely influential. Of course, as time went by, all these differences got quite diffused... Cheers Jayanand On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Jim Shulman <jshul at comcast.net> wrote: > The phrase was used originally by jazz musicians to differentiate more > low-key playing (aka West Coast Jazz) from traditional, full-out style. > Since the older jazz was referred to as Hot Jazz, the natural > differentiation was cool. > > Jim Shulman > Wynnewood, PA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Mark > Rabiner > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 7:14 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics > > I think it started out in the 50's as a beatnik expression influenced by > jazz. > Cool daddy'0 > Snap snap > > Its an word which just never went away. > The hippies loved about as much I think. > But its not used all that much now and does tend to get used by older > people > more than kids. But you'll hear kids say it. With a ring through their > nose. > No snap of the fingers. > No turtle neck nor beret. > Not as many cigarettes. > But poetry is on an upswing. > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 12:01:11 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] 1964 World's fair pics >> >> >> On the pics, I called my 17 year old in to look at them, and he said > "Cool". >> They say "Cool" again these days apparently.... >> >> Douglas >> _________ >> Douglas Barry >> Bray, Co. Wicklow >> Republic of Ireland > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >