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boppish

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bop·pish  (bpsh)
n.
In the style of bop music: "a spirited boppish essay, full of harmonic twists and darting single-note runs" (Washington Post).


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Kellock shadows Arguelles' wispy but long-lined soprano sax on the boppish Thingin', and he's richly resourceful without tripping his partner up in a tracery of glittering fills, echoed phrases and gentle pushes throughout their dialogues.
The horns also dominated Green's boppish original "Central Park South," with Moody serving up a passionate tenor saxophone and the stalwart Blanchard, another Monterey veteran perhaps best known as the composer for most of director Spike Lee's movies, blowing a fiery trumpet solo that was equal parts Miles Davis and Clifford Brown.
It got under way with two sets of neat, boppish numbers by accordionist Jack Emblow backed by the John Hallam Jazztet.
 
 
 
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