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
Hip-hop reminded him of the bebop jazz of his youth.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2024
Called upon to play New Orleans music, swing, bebop, avant-garde, fusion, modal jazz, jazz rock, acid-jazz and more, he responded with extraordinary skill and imagination.
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
If death-defying, off-piste skiing at high altitude down near vertical slopes had a musical equivalent, bebop would be it.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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