Non bopper who did the best in the realm of Bop?

[BERIGAN]

I always find it interesting to hear someone who clearly was not all that taken with bop, but messed around with some boppish music anyway. Just heard Benny Goodman on a song called Shishkabop , from Undercurrent Blues...Very interesting! I have liked some of the Dizzy Gillespie songs Jimmy Dorsey did as well, any others???

[jlhoots]

Coleman Hawkins - although I'm not sure it's fair to say he wasn't interested in bop.

[Spontooneous]

Interesting question.

Does Don Byas count?

Sid Catlett doesn't do a single bit of damage on that 1945 Dizzy and Bird date.

And wouldn't we love to have a recording of the Earl Hines bands with Dizzy and Bird and Sass?

But surely the champ in this category is Woody Herman, who did a lot more than mess around with bop, to say the least.

[BruceH]

The recently deceased Benny Carter adjusted to bop magnificently I think.

[Jim Alfredson]

The Big Bopper?

[Chuck Nessa]

Mr Richardson? If he had to go "splat" anywhere, I glad it was in my home state. B)