Dr. John

There was a lot of freedom, so bands in those days did not have to play for the public. They played for club owners that enjoyed music. You know, what happened - there was a lot of clubs that had bebop music or different forms of music. It was great for musicians.

American Musician

Quincy Jones

Bebop and hip-hop, in so many ways, they're connected. A lot of rappers remind me so much of bebop guys in terms of improvisation, beats and rhymes. My dream is to see hip-hop incorporated in education. You've got the youth of the world in the palm of your hand.

MC Ren

Rock and roll is not an instrument. Rock and roll isn't even a style of music. Rock and roll is a spirit that's been going since the blues, jazz, bebop, soul, R&B, heavy metal, punk rock and, yes, hip-hop.

American Rapper

Mose Allison

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.

John Densmore

I don't like totally free jazz, unless it's done by somebody like Coltrane, who did bebop and cool jazz, so he was allowed to go out there.

Carla Bley

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.

Allan Holdsworth

If the whole idea, in the original bebop days, was to get to soloing, then that's all it should be about.

British Musician

Chuck Mangione

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

Matthew Shipp

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

Alice Coltrane

I came through the bebop era, and to me that was enough.

Understand bebop as a revolutionary jazz movement originating in the 1940s.

Jazz Origin

Recognize the characteristic fast tempo of bebop compared to other jazz styles.

Fast Tempo

Bebop often features improvisation, showcasing the musicians' skills.

Improvisation

When used as a verb, 'bebop' means the act of playing bebop music.

Action of Playing

Using 'bebop' as a verb is less formal and used more casually.

Informal Use

To 'bebop' means to perform energetically, often in a way that is exciting.

Energetic Performance

 I don't know if you've heard this anecdote, but I have. He said that one of the reasons he invented bebop was that he was pretty sure that white musicians wouldn't be able to replicate the sound. He wanted to make it too difficult to copy,

Johanna Blakely: Lessons...

 I don't know if you've heard this anecdote but I have he said that one of the reasons he invented bebop was that he was pretty sure that white musicians wouldn't be able to replicate the sound he wanted to make it too difficult to