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Be Bop Lives is a poem about the origins and enduring legacy of bebop jazz. It describes how bebop began as an experiment by pioneers like Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis that challenged the swing style and developed a new complex musical language. Though initially controversial, bebop grew in popularity and influence through vocalists who scatted and new musicians who built on techniques from the original bebop innovators. The poem concludes that multiple generations of jazz artists continue performing in the bebop style, keeping it alive through classic songs that remain popular standards.
Be Bop Lives is a poem about the origins and enduring legacy of bebop jazz. It describes how bebop began as an experiment by pioneers like Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis that challenged the swing style and developed a new complex musical language. Though initially controversial, bebop grew in popularity and influence through vocalists who scatted and new musicians who built on techniques from the original bebop innovators. The poem concludes that multiple generations of jazz artists continue performing in the bebop style, keeping it alive through classic songs that remain popular standards.
Be Bop Lives is a poem about the origins and enduring legacy of bebop jazz. It describes how bebop began as an experiment by pioneers like Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis that challenged the swing style and developed a new complex musical language. Though initially controversial, bebop grew in popularity and influence through vocalists who scatted and new musicians who built on techniques from the original bebop innovators. The poem concludes that multiple generations of jazz artists continue performing in the bebop style, keeping it alive through classic songs that remain popular standards.
It began as an experiment, A little new, but with the time cleverly spent, It woke up musical minds and boy, it sure made a dent, And so we know that Bebop lives.
Dizzy, Bird and Miles, they did it their way,
Swing time people didn't figure it could stay, But they split wouldn't you know because the time was pass And so we know that Bebop Lives.
And then there was a cat,
Who then started to scat, It made impressions that, establishing a school, became a popular pastime, For bop when in it's prime, Would differentiate the hot from the cool.
Second, third generation still blow,
All the flatted fifths that we certainly know, Like "Koko," don't forget "Four" and then there's Night in Tunisia so we know that Bebop Lives.