It's Bebop Week!
Bebop or
bop is a style of
jazz characterized by fast
tempo,
instrumental virtuosity and
improvisation based on the combination of
harmonic structure and
melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s. It first surfaced in musicians'
argot some time during the first two years of American involvement in the
Second World War. This style of jazz ultimately became synonymous with modern jazz, as either category reached a certain final maturity in the 1960s.