OK, my lead trumpet player is complaining about my time playing. As much as I try to "flatten" out the time at higher tempos he still detects a "swing factor" that bothers him. He says he can't phrase the way he wants because my time feel forces him to play with a non bop vocabulary (swing) and his solos are limited by the way I play the time.
The difference between "bop" and "swing" vocabulary is not that one swings and the other doesn't. Bop actually swings
most of the time; in swing, the 8ths will even out at very fast tempos, as you'll see below.
It's hard to know what to suggest without hearing you and the trumpet player- any number of things could be going wrong. I don't know where he got the idea that he has to match your interpretation exactly to play with you- you could try just playing quarter notes on the cymbal, and see how he responds to it. What's the approximate tempo in question?
When I accent the 1s and 3s he feels that this is more conducive to bop phrasing. When I bounce off the 2s and 4s ( As in John's "Uptempo ride" video) he says he hears a difference.
It's never wrong to emphasize the 2 and 4 in your time feel- it's one of the major common interpretations of jazz time- though doing it strongly may not be to everyone's taste in every situation. Accenting the 1 and 3 (while de-emphasizing the 2 and 4) is something people do as a joke- it's not a normal ride interpretation in jazz.
Is there a difference between fast swing and bop?
In this context, not really- maybe if you were playing
Cottontail back to back with
Groovin' High and were going for some kind of jazz history angle, there would be a difference in interpretation. But the degree of evenness/swingingness of the 8ths is up to the discretion/taste/personal style of the player, taking into consideration the tempo, the style of the piece, and the style of the other players.
By the way, if you listen closely to the Charlie Parker clip, you'll notice that the soloists are playing mostly even 8ths, while the drums are swinging the ride pattern- exactly what your trumpet player is complaining about.