Bebop

Word BEBOP
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Pronunciations /ˈbiːbɒp/

Definitions and meanings of "Bebop"

What do we mean by bebop?

Bop. noun

An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies. noun

To participate in bebop jazz, such as by dancing in a way associated with the genre verb

An early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) noun

Dance the bebop verb

An early form of modern jazz played by small groups and featuring driving rhythms and complex, often dissonant harmonies.

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The word "bebop" in example sentences

When 86-year-old Roy Haynes became a professional musician, in around 1942, the word "bebop" had probably not yet arrived in his native Boston. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

People are going to watch these new movies and think wow, cowboy bebop is lame, or dragonballZ is lame … while not ever knowing what the actual series or original's that stemmed from it were. but most of all, keanu reeves playing spike …? no. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Dhumraketsu on Sep 13, 2008 well … cowboy bebop is actually the only anime i would like to see in a live-action medium. the film noir/spaghetti western/bruce lee meets sci-fi background could all be well translated to film, considering that's where they come from! granted we need the right producer and director and cast. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I know in bebop there was a lot of anxiety about missing the next revolution; Ornette Coleman literally scared a lot of us in 1959. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2007)

He explained that it was called bebop, and that it was the latest thing to hit jazz back home. ❋ Tony Bennett (1998)

I knew how to play the music they called bebop, and I loved it. ❋ Charles, Ray, 1930-2004. Cn (1978)

110 - You don't have to be Chinese to be born in Singapore, remember cowboy bebop is set in the future and has characters from all races throughout the series. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Meanwhile, he recorded extensively in bebop and modal jazz settings, ranging from funky rhythms to ethereal modal harmonies; as a sideman on Blue Note albums and a leader of combos, he played original themes including “Maiden Voyage,” “Cantaloupe Island,” and “Watermelon Man,” which became a popular hit in Mongo Santamaria’s recording. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It's relatively easy for fast passagework to either float above the beat or get you from a particular beat A to beat B. (This is why I've always thought the phrases in bebop tunes are always beginning and ending on odd parts of the bar — it delineates the outline of the swing without necessarily having to swing itself. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

They were playing this new style of music called bebop, a term that I have never been really happy with. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There's no one like Mose Allison: First known as a bebop pianist and composer, then as a star blues-oriented pianist-singer, Old Man Mose is still stirring up a unique blend after 50 years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I see his harmonic ideas as being fundamental to so-called bebop, but he wasn't really out of that. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After playing in local dance bands as a teenager, he spent some years at Wilberforce University and moved to Detroit, where many future jazz stars were evolving concurrently with a new musical language called bebop. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"When the quintet came out on 1949, it was a very placid and peaceful sound, coming on the end of a very frantic and frenetic era known as bebop," Mr. Shearing said in a 1995 interview on the Web site newyorkcritic.org . ❋ By PETER KEEPNEWS (2011)

I've heard Oscar Peterson described as a bebop pianist, but I don't think that does his playing style justice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cage killed Ghost Rider, Wicker Man and plans to kill the Fly, Reeves killed constantine and plans to kill cowboy bebop which is unremakeble even more than trying to adapt for the big screen asimovs foundation or the first combert book. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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