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Bebop
- Genre family
- Jazz
- 1940s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Bebop
Bebop is a branch of the Jazz family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Bebop is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan and Charlie Parker.
GENRE FAMILY
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Parent genreJazz
Current genreBebop
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1940s · United States · Bebop
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10 recordings1940s starting recordings
01Budo1949 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 02Mean to Me1946 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 03Fine Dinner1940 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 04Pickin’ the Cabbage1940 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 05Bye Bye Blues1941 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 06Billie’s Bounce1945 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 07I Got Rhythm1946 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 08Semi-Quiet (Sonny's Bop)1947 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 09Blue Lou1947 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 10I Didn’t Know What Time It Was1949 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1940s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1940s albums
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