Bebop · Subgenre of jazz music developed in the U.S. in mid-1940s · YYNN

Bebop

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Subgenre of jazz music developed in the U.S. in mid-1940s

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British-American jazz singer and actress (1930–2020)

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1946 jazz standard by Charlie Parker and Benny Harris

Andrew Hill (pianist)

American jazz pianist and composer (1931–2007)

American jazz singer and pianist (1924–1990)

American jazz pianist and composer (born 1940)

American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993)

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Genre of small-combo jazz

Subgenre of jazz music

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Apparently a characteristic of bebop was contrafact (taking melodies from other songs) (LINK: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebop) AND CLAUDE DEBUSSY MENTIONNNNN! Wiki speedruns will love this info. Anyways I recognize this music from a lot of animes, namely and obvio...

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Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed in the early to mid-1940s in the United States. It is characterized by a fast tempo, complex chord progressions—with rapid chord changes, changes of key, and substitute chords—along with virtuosic improvisation based on a combination of harmonic structure, scales, and occasional references to the melody.

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