bebop

noun

be·bop ˈbē-ˌbäp

: bop entry 3 sense 1

bebopper

ˈbē-ˌbä-pər

noun

Examples of bebop in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web New York City’s arguably largest, most historic Black neighborhood has hummed with the rhythm of jazz, the bebop sounds of Dizzy Gillespie, the beats of hip-hop, the poetry of Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou, and given us the prose of James Baldwin. —

Lloyd Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024 For 90 years, The Apollo has been a beacon of the Harlem community; a platform for artists from the worlds of jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop. —

Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 July 2024 Circle City musicians put their own stamp on bebop as well with the 1948 launch of the Bebop Society of Indianapolis — the same year Bird played the Circle City twice. —

The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024 America’s great indigenous art had evolved from the exuberant transgressions of the 1920s to the danceable rhythms of the swing era to the prickly cubism of bebop. —

James Kaplan, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bebop

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