What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate.
I like people not being able to be pigeon-holed.
I can imagine an utter hatred for the jazz avant-garde.
Bud Powell's probably the biggest influence on my piano playing.
His name, even, is part of the marketing scheme, I mean, Thelonious Sphere Monk - how can you think of a better name to fit his style of playing?
Thelonious Sphere Monk: there's not a more perfect name to fit his compositions than that name.