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Amid the bebop revolution, a young Charlie Christian blazed into Harlem jam sessions with one of music’s earliest electric guitars, sounding like a hot knife.
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Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Arturo Sandoval Sandoval, renowned for blending Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop and straight-ahead jazz, performed in 1990 at the Honors tribute to his mentor Dizzy Gillespie.
—Cathy Applefeld Olson, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
The drummer explored a range of musical styles, from swing and bebop to jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
Throughout his seven-decade career, Jones dabbled in big-band jazz, bebop, gospel, blues, soul, funk, quiet storm R&B, disco, rock, and rap.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Arturo Sandoval Sandoval, renowned for blending Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop and straight-ahead jazz, performed in 1990 at the Honors tribute to his mentor Dizzy Gillespie.
—Cathy Applefeld Olson, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
The drummer explored a range of musical styles, from swing and bebop to jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
Throughout his seven-decade career, Jones dabbled in big-band jazz, bebop, gospel, blues, soul, funk, quiet storm R&B, disco, rock, and rap.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Bebop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bebop. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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