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"Oop Bop Sh'bam, a-Kloop-a-Mop" (1946)

Written by Dizzy Gillespie as an affectionate tribute to Kenny Clarke (Klook) on his return to New York from wartime army service.As Clarke relates in "Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie", "I'd been away three years... Such a lot was happening in music in New York, when I got back I...
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A reference to this (Klook-a-mop) was found in the following article: https://slate.com/culture/2025/12/b...s&pay=1765217673784&support_journalism=please
 
Random 2025 thoughts (musically):
Interesting year of listening - granted with a couple weeks late
Per last.fm (believe I posted this last year), 2024 was my most listening in 10 years (per scrobble data at least)
This year, 4000 less songs - what gives?

Maybe longer format songs with some more jazz/classical
But in reality, when I do some resident teaching or my schedule is busy, just can't listen as much

This makes me :(

But hey 2026 coming
1) I think though past two years I have retreated back to comfort food listening - familial artists, old songs - will probably make a conscious effort at keeping up with newer music. Not that I'm gonna abandon the old stuff that slaps (see already embracing new lingo :)) but will mix it up a bit more
2) I will be completing the 1001 Classical Recordings to Listen to Before You Die List - I have 11 left - woohoo! My wife and I are actually going to embark on a joint weekly classical listening project - go us! 31 yrs of marriage and completely different musical interests and doing this :heart:
3) Continuing my yearly Thursday playlist - started at 1955 and now up to 1962. So by year end should be well into 21st century

Musical resolutions!!
Will I succeed!
Will this distract me from that damn Penguin Jazz project!
Do you really care? :)
 
So not sure if others did their Spotify Unwrapped this year which of course was not a good reflection on my most listened to numbers/artists
Last fm has several Bruce tracks as my top tracks - "Badlands" coming up on top with 11 listens
Spotify has my top track "867-5309/Jenny" :( - only listen as part of an 80s playlist which I broke out 7x so all the songs on that list are equal
Do better, Spotify!

But to nobody's surprise my listening age per Spotify was in the 70s - yes 20 yrs older than my actual age, but given the 50s-70s stuff I spin often, not surprising.

But I call bullshit on a guy I went to med school with, another neurologist and as old and stodgily as I am posting ON FACEBOOK that his Spotify age was THIRTY. Come on - to achieve that he'd have to be spinning a ton of Sabrina Carpenter and "Baby Shark" to balance out older music even if he listening to 90s music more than my 70s and 80s. :mad:
 
Also my wife got recorded message from Jon Stewart for listening to his podcast frequently
Another friend got a message on Spotify from Taylor Swift

I got NADA - what Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney too hoity-toity to record a fan message for folks like me who spin their stuff all the time!:thumbsdown:
 
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