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

“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 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