In episode 13 of the Jazz at Noon Podcast, host Don Linke seeks to answer this question: what is hip in the world of jazz?”

Not yet hip to the world of jazz? Linke recommends consulting Jim Lecinski and his writing of The Ten Main Classic Jazz Styles (from ~1917 to ~1967), which provides a nice history about what this music is all about. Click HERE to view these ten main classic jazz styles.

Don shares a brief outline of the history of jazz from New Orleans to New York, and details how jazz became an art form through the rise of the bebop jazz style. You’ll hear him explain why he thinks that bebop and beyond is what is hip in the world of jazz.

The selections played in this episode feature three musicians- Kenny Kosut, Victor Campbell and Don Linke- who share a distinct bond and appreciation for this bebop style of jazz. The trio studied this style of jazz all approximately at the same time through Tony King’s jazz program at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee.

With Kosut on the piano, Campbell on the drums and Linke on the bass, these three unedited, spontaneous arrangements were originally played on February 3rd, 2020.

Songs:

Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter - A track released in 1966 on Shorter’s Speak No Evil masterpiece album.

Well, You Needn’t - Thelonious Monk - According to Robin D.G. Kelley in his seminal biography Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, Monk wrote the song for one of his students, a singer named Charlie Beamon. When Monk told Beamon that he would name the song after him, Beamon replied, “Well, you needn’t,” which gave the tune its name.

On Green Dolphin Street - Bronislaw Kaper - Composed by Kaper in 1947 for the film Green Dolphin Street. It later became a jazz standard when it was recorded by Miles Davis in 1958.

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