Dorhamitory

From: David Hamburger's Jazz Blues Licks, Vol. 1

I wish I could remember who it was who observed that nearly every noteworthy jazz musician has succeeded in mastering two styles of the music, but mastery of three is rare indeed. That is, someone like Benny Goodman learned to play in the New Orleans style before emerging as a leading swing clarinettist and Count Basie learned stride piano before developing his stripped-down, big band-driving approach, but while each was a major innovator, neither felt compelled to master bebop (or ‘modern jazz,’ as its creators, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk thought of it).

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