bebop

Example Sentences

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Her bowed tones flow like a violinist’s, her plucked solos sometimes bite like a bebop trumpet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

It was prompted by a dinner conversation, where Evangeline suggested the family could just get on Carlile's boat and "bebop up to Canada" if gay marriage was outlawed.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

By the late ’40s, he had become a member of the group of arriving new young players associated with bebop.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

“You had classical jazz, bebop, rock, pop, and here comes a new form of music that didn’t exist.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

In bebop, whole tracks were devoted to helter-skeltering instruments, sometimes solo, sometimes in coordinated groups, tumbling across notes at high speed, wilfully oblivious of the harmonies to which they once belonged.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall