A fast and complex style of jazz music that developed in the 1940s, featuring improvisation and rapid chord changes.
Coined in the 1940s, possibly from the onomatopoeia of the music's quick notes or the nonsense syllables singers used ('be-bop'), though the origin is uncertain.
Bebop musicians like Charlie Parker revolutionized jazz by treating the saxophone like a singer could sing—with fast runs and complex melodies—rather than just following the beat.
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