To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre
An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies
Complex jazz style developed in the 1940's Also bop A jazz style which developed in the 1940's characterized by very fast or very slow tempos with improvised lines of eighth notes, irregular accents, and an extended harmony The patterns often ended with an abrupt two-note figure that sounded like "be-bop" Search Google com for Bebop
a music of riffs and improvisation, faster tempos than swing, more complicated rhythms, clipped phrase endings, and a greater use of dissonance Popular from 1945 to 1955
Bebop is a form of jazz music with complex harmonies and rhythms. The abbreviation bop is also used. a type of jazz music (From the sound of the music, or the words sung to it). or bop Jazz characterized by harmonic complexity, convoluted melodic lines, and frequent shifting of rhythmic accent. In the mid-1940s, a group of musicians, including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker, rejected the conventions of swing to pioneer a self-consciously artistic extension of improvised jazz, which set new technical standards of velocity and harmonic subtlety. Two genres grew out of bebop in the 1950s: the delicate, dry, understated approach that came to be known as cool jazz, and the aggressive, blues-tinged earthiness of hard bop
{i} (Music) early type of modern jazz music that began in the 1940s (characterized by emphasized improvisation, quick melodies, and a wide range of chords)
A bebopper whose spare, rhythmic style was shaped by his love of Thelonious Monk, he performed at countless clubs, bars and cafes in North Beach and other San Francisco neighborhoods.