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Though many pretend otherwise, the once revolutionary sounds of the free jazz movement have shifted into their own form of orthodoxy, just like swing, bebop, and everything that preceded it.—Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026 The list of notables the Showcase has presented over the years could fill a book — though the club’s North Star was always Segal’s beloved bebop.—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026 Once inside, the daylight gleaming in from the windows and bebop coming from the shop speakers cast me in my element.—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026 The music was intimidating—funk and bebop, Afro-Caribbean—but Don was patient, somehow both meticulous and mellow.—Literary Hub, 13 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bebop