Editing Benny Goodman (section)

=== Exploring bebop ===
[[File:Benny Goodman rehearsal NYWTS.jpg|thumb| Goodman (third from left) with some of his former musicians, seated around piano left to right: Vernon Brown, George Auld, [[Gene Krupa]], Clint Neagley, Ziggy Elman, Israel Crosby and [[Teddy Wilson]] (at piano); 1952]]
By the 1940s, some jazz musicians were borrowing from classical music, while others, such as [[Charlie Parker]], were broadening the rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic vocabulary of swing to create [[bebop]] (or bop). The bebop recordings Goodman made for [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] were praised by critics. For his bebop band he hired [[Buddy Greco]], [[Zoot Sims]], and [[Wardell Gray]].<ref name="schoenberg">{{Cite AV media notes |title=Benny Goodman: Undercurrent Blues |first=Loren |last=Schoenberg |others=Benny Goodman |date=1995 |publisher=Capitol }}</ref> He consulted his friend Mary Lou Williams for advice on how to approach the music of Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. Pianist [[Mel Powell]] was also an adviser in 1945.<ref name="schoenberg" /> Goodman enjoyed bebop. When he heard [[Thelonious Monk]], he said, "I like it, I like that very much. I like the piece and I like the way he played it&nbsp;... I think he's got a sense of humor and he's got some good things there."<ref name="schoenberg" /> He also admired Swedish clarinetist [[Stan Hasselgård]]. But after playing with a bebop band for over a year, he returned to his swing band because he concluded that was what he knew best.<ref name="Guidry">{{cite web |last1=Guidry |first1=Nate |title=A Life in Tune: New works trumpet Doc Wilson's longevity on the music scene |url=http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/05128/499780.stm |website=old.post-gazette.com |access-date=November 26, 2018 |date=May 8, 2005 |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115015249/http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/05128/499780.stm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1953, he said, "Maybe bop has done more to set music back for years than anything&nbsp;... Basically it's all wrong. It's not even knowing the scales&nbsp;... Bop was mostly publicity and people figuring angles."<ref name="Firestone" />{{rp|354}}