Synonyms for bebop
ˈbiˌbɒpbe·bop

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1. bop, bebopverb

   an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940)

   Synonyms:
   bop

2. bop, bebopverb

   dance the bebop

   Synonyms:
   bash, bonk, bop, whop, sock, whap

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1. Miles Davis:

   Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn't about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.

2. Nick Spitzer:

   Ellis Marsalis great love was jazz a la bebop Ellis Marsalis was a lover of Thelonious Monk and the idea that bebop was a music of freedom. But when Ellis Marsalis had to feed Ellis Marsalis family Ellis Marsalis played R n B and soul and rock and roll on Bourbon Street.