Oop Bop Sh'Bam
Oop Bop Sh'Bam is a jazz standard by Dizzy Gillespie. It has been described as "tailor made for tenor saxophone".[1] The song title and word usage developed from "verbalizing the sounds of the new music [bebop]".[2] The scat lyrics "Oop bop sh'bam a klook a mop" are an homage to drummer Kenny Clarke, nicknamed "Klook", who played drums in a 1946 recording of the composition with Gillespie's sextet.[3][4]
"Oop bop sh'bam" is based on the "Rhythm changes" chord progression with a new middle eight. It was written by Gillespie with Gil Fuller taking writing credit in order to secure publishing royalties.
References
- ^ Cole, Bill (2001). John Coltrane. Da Capo Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-306-81062-X.
- ^ Communications, Emmis (May 1976). "Texas Monthly". Domain: The Lifestyle Magazine of Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications: 42. ISSN 0148-7736.
- ^ Harris, Hyland. "Clarke, Kenny "Klook" (Kenneth Spearman)". Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
- ^ Kernfeld, Barry (1999). "Clarke, Kenny". American National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1802594.
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Dizzy Gillespie
- Bird and Diz (1952)
- Afro (1954)
- Diz and Getz (1955)
- Dizzy and Strings (1954)
- Roy and Diz (1954)
- Jazz Recital (1956)
- The Modern Jazz Sextet (1956)
- World Statesman (1956)
- Dizzy in Greece (1956)
- For Musicians Only (1956)
- Birks' Works (1957)
- Dizzy Gillespie and Stuff Smith (1957)
- Sittin' In (1957)
- Duets (1957)
- The Greatest Trumpet of Them All (1957)
- Sonny Side Up (1959)
- The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie (1959)
- Have Trumpet, Will Excite! (1959)
- A Portrait of Duke Ellington (1960)
- Gillespiana (1960)
- Perceptions (1961)
- The New Continent (1962)
- New Wave (1963)
- Something Old, Something New (1963)
- Dizzy Goes Hollywood (1964)
- Jambo Caribe (1964)
- I/We Had a Ball (1965)
- Gil Fuller & the Monterey Jazz Festival Orchestra featuring Dizzy Gillespie (1965)
- The Melody Lingers On (1966)
- It's My Way (1969)
- Cornucopia (1969)
- The Real Thing (1970)
- Portrait of Jenny (1970)
- Dizzy Gillespie's Big 4 (1974)
- The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner (1974)
- Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie (1974)
- Oscar Peterson and the Trumpet Kings – Jousts (1974)
- The Bop Session (1975)
- Jazz Maturity...Where It's Coming From (1975)
- Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods (1975)
- Bahiana (1975)
- Carter, Gillespie Inc. (1976)
- Dizzy's Party (1976)
- Free Ride (1977)
- The Gifted Ones (1977)
- The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big 4 (1980)
- The Alternate Blues (1980)
- To a Finland Station (1983)
- Closer to the Source (1984)
- New Faces (1985)
- Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (1986)
- Endlessly (1988)
- Oop-Pop-A-Da (1988)
- Jazz at Massey Hall (1953)
- Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (1957)
- An Electrifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (1961)
- Carnegie Hall Concert (1961)
- Dizzy on the French Riviera (1962)
- Dizzy Gillespie and the Double Six of Paris (1963)
- Live at the Village Vanguard (1967)
- Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac (1967)
- The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968)
- Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (1971)
- Giants (1971)
- The Giants of Jazz (1971)
- The Giant (1973)
- The Source (1973)
- The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)
- The Trumpet Kings at Montreux '75 (1975)
- Dizzy Gillespie Jam (1977)
- Digital at Montreux, 1980 (1980)
- Musician, Composer, Raconteur (1981)
- One Night in Washington (1983)
- Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989)
- Max + Dizzy: Paris 1989 (1989)
- Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (1992)
- To Bird with Love (1992)
- To Diz with Love (1992)
albums
- Modern Jazz Trumpets (1951)
- Groovin' High (1955)
- Dee Gee Days: The Savoy Sessions (1976)
- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1995)
- The Great Blue Star Sessions 1952–1953 (2004)
- Dizzy Digs Paris (2006)
- The Cool World (1964)
- The Winter in Lisbon (1990)
- "Anthropology"
- "Birks' Works"
- "Blue 'n' Boogie"
- "Con Alma"
- "Dizzy Atmosphere"
- "Groovin' High"
- "Manteca"
- "A Night in Tunisia"
- "Oop Bop Sh'Bam"
- "Salt Peanuts"
- "Woody 'n' You"
- To Be or Not to Bop (1979)
- List of works
- Bird (1988 film)
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