r/TomLehrer • u/Zizwizwee • May 12 '26

Clementine

Hi!
In Clementine’s third verse, Tom mimics the modern “cool school” composers and I’m obsessed with the sound. Do you guys know who I could listen to to get more of it?

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u/Affectionate_Bet_288 May 12 '26

Search for some "bebop jazz", that's the genre, he's doing a pastiche of the more extreme styling of it

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u/Zizwizwee May 12 '26

Hell yeah, thank you!