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"Monk's Groove" acrylic painting
Jazz Works by J.
Michael Howard
Bebop
Roughly: 1940-50
"Technically, bebop was characterized by fast tempos,
complex harmonies, intricate melodies, and rhythm sections
that laid down a steady beat only on the bass and the
drummer's ride cymbal. Bebop tunes were often labyrinthine,
full of surprising twists and turns. All these factors
- plus the predominance of small combos in bebop - set
the music apart from the Swing bands of the
1930s."
- from David H. Rosenthal's book, Hard Bop,
published by Oxford Paperbacks, New York, 1992
And coming out of bebop, with the assistance of Miles
Davis, and a few other cats, came Cool,
and, following closely on its heels and borrowing the
suffix, Hard Bop.
The following is an preliminary listing of important
figures in BeBop, under their primary instruments:
- Bassists
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Ray Brown, Charles Mingus
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- Composers
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Tadd Dameron
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- Drummers
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Art Blakey, Max Roach, and Kenny Clarke
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- Pianists
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Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell
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- Saxophonists
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Charlie Parker, Jackie McLean, Sonny Stitt, and
Dexter Gordon
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- Trombonists
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J.J. Johnston
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- Trumpeters
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"Dizzy" Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, and
Kenny Dorham
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- For more detail on these legends and others:
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Visit my Jazz History Links Page
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