bebop
Example Sentences
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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
His playing from the ’40s, when bebop was becoming the principal jazz dialect, still sounds remarkable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
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
In the late 1940s, Billy Eckstine’s big band boasted among its ranks some of the rising stars of the bebop era: Blakey, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon and Fats Navarro.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
