bebop

Speech parts

1. bebop - Noun

2. bebop - Verb

Meaning

an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

dance the bebop

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bop sonata carol aria jabber chamber hip-hop boogie patter bash ramble music air song blues
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Antonyms

cover screen silence disagreement improper discord
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Hypernyms

dance jazz trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe

Phrases with the word

bebop scale

Examples

Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz. Dave Van Ronk

What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate. Matthew Shipp

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect on me. Mose Allison

I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is. David Sanborn

I still prefer the bebop of the '40s. The very stuff I started out with is still the best to me. I have come full circle. Carla Bley

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides. Chuck Mangione

Close letter words and terms

Beboid bebonneted bebooted bebop scale bebopper bebother