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

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

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

Now we’re focusing on Thelonious Monk, the innovative pianist and bandleader whose angular melodies and dissonant chords made him stand out among his peers in the bebop era.

From New York Times • Nov. 1, 2023

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