bebop
Example Sentences
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Jean: I would literally tell everybody to do a deep dive and start with early Miles, start from the bebop and the blues, don’t just go in.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
From the outset, the festival embraced musical diversity: big band, swing, ska, blues, Dixieland and bebop.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Americans were settling down, ballrooms were fading, and audiences were turning to bebop, rhythm and blues, and singers such as Frank Sinatra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
Heath, who was known as Tootie, was primarily a bebop and hard bop drummer but was adept in a range of styles.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
The fact that the ‘new’ was narrowly defined as ‘contemporary classical’ rather than, say, bebop is indicative of this.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
