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Bebop
- Genre family
- Jazz
- Starting recordings
- 85
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
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreJazz
Current genreBebop
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Happy New YearBebop · bebopOpen in new tab 02Salt PeanutsBebop · bebopOpen in new tab 03Scrapple From the AppleBebop · bebopOpen in new tab 04Salt PeanutsBebop · bebopOpen in new tab 05Scrapple From the AppleBebop · bebopOpen in new tab 06Semi-Quiet (Sonny's Bop)1947 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 07Blue Monk2013 · Bebop · bebopOpen in new tab 08Fine Dinner1940 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 09Chasin’ the Bird1947 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab 10I Didn’t Know What Time It Was1949 · Bebop · jazzOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
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ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
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