Yes, that's one way of putting the difference between bop and swing. More precisely, its what MAKES the music undanceable (less danceable; unlindyable) that defines Bop: less attention to the rhythm both in melodies and solos, and more complex chord work that provides disharmony and chaos with the rhythm, not harmony and symetry with the rhythm.djstarr wrote: To me, that separates bop from swing or jazz; you can't really dance to bop.
I think you mispoke/mistyped when you said that it seperates bop from jazz. Perhaps from "Traditional" jazz, but Bop replaced Swing as the paradigm for jazz, and in some ways still is. Many jazz musicians consider Bop to BE jazz.