bebop

Example Sentences

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Her bowed tones flow like a violinist’s, her plucked solos sometimes bite like a bebop trumpet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

It was prompted by a dinner conversation, where Evangeline suggested the family could just get on Carlile's boat and "bebop up to Canada" if gay marriage was outlawed.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Called upon to play New Orleans music, swing, bebop, avant-garde, fusion, modal jazz, jazz rock, acid-jazz and more, he responded with extraordinary skill and imagination.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024

Mr. Heath, who was known as Tootie, was primarily a bebop and hard bop drummer but was adept in a range of styles.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2024

In bebop, whole tracks were devoted to helter-skeltering instruments, sometimes solo, sometimes in coordinated groups, tumbling across notes at high speed, wilfully oblivious of the harmonies to which they once belonged.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall