Armstrong vs. Gillespie

Summarize the attitude towards bebop by Louis Armstrong and Barney Bigard. What does it tell you about the
“divide” in jazz and the different attitudes between generations that the bebop revolution caused? Provide a
summary of what Armstrong and Bigard felt about the new music using evidence from the article/interview.
Of the eleven “myths” about bebop music and musicians that Dizzy Gillespie identifies in his article, choose
four that either surprise you OR make sense to you knowing what you do about the history of jazz also
summarize Gillespie’s reaction to Armstrong’s and Bigard’s critiques of bebop. Dixieland vs Bebop, do you
have a favorite? What do you like or not about each? After reading the articles, do you have comments on
what Armstrong/Bigard and Gillespie had to say?