How does bebop fit into the racial history of jazz?
In the 1940’s bebop grew to be the most popular jazz subgenre. It was created in Harlem but gained popular among the mainstream on 52nd Street in New York City. There was much racial tension surrounding bebop, which led to bebop being a rebellious genre of music that fought racism and brought down racial barriers.
In what ways does the bebop revolution point toward the American civil rights movement?
Bop was high art and it demanded that the listener pay attention. It couldn’t be ignored by carefree dancers like the swing music that preceded it. Though many purists assert that the bebop era ended in approximately 1949, it laid the groundwork for the music of the civil rights movement.
What has jazz influenced?
Rock, R&B, Hip-hop, Pop and other genres have been influenced by Jazz. Jazz rhythms and harmonies have been featured in styles of music that produce a sway rhythm, like R&B or Latin styled tunes.
How does cool jazz differ from Bop?
A. Whereas bebop was “hot,” i.e., loud, exciting, and loose, cool jazz was “cool,” i.e., soft, more reserved, and controlled. Whereas bebop bands were usually a quartet or quintet and were comprised of saxophone and/or trumpet and rhythm section, cool jazz groups had a wider variety of size and instrumentation.
Was bebop a black or white music?
And it is undeniable that bebop was created exclusively (in two senses of the word) by African-American musicians. True, white musicians subsequently mastered and contributed to the bebop idiom, but that does not alter the African-American foundation of bebop.
What kind of jazz attempted to merge rock and jazz?
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues.