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Time period of bebop
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1940 - 1955
2
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What made bebop different?
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Bebop had the effect of removing jazz from the mainstream of popular music, Art music instead of entertainment, Completely black invention, Music for listening instead of dancing, Centered in New York City
3
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What were the characteristics of bebop?
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trumpet, saxophone and rhythm section
Designed for improvisation
A few introductions, endings, interludes, backgrounds
complex unison melodies
4
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What does bebop sound like?
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rangy, angular, very chromatic
5
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What are the two most important figures in bebop?
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Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
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