bebop

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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

Hip-hop reminded him of the bebop jazz of his youth.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024

His playing from the ’40s, when bebop was becoming the principal jazz dialect, still sounds remarkable.

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