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  • Jazz at 100 Hour 24: Bebop’s Twin – Rhythm and Blues (1939 – 1951)

    Aug 11th, 2017 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Cootie Williams, Harold Land, Jimmy Forrest, Jimmy Liggins, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan, Lucky Millinder, Roy Milton, Tympany Five

    Louis Jordan Some of the same forces that launched Bebop as a break from Big Band Swing, also fueled the birth of Rhythm and Blues – the rise of independent labels in the wake of the recording ban of 1942 – 1944, the economic infeasibility of touring with 16-member orchestras, the decline of dance halls […]

  • Jazz at 100 Hour 23: Birth of Bebop (1939 – 1945)

    Aug 4th, 2017 | By Russell Perry
    Tags: Cab Calloway, Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Jay McShann, Lionel Hampton, Lucky Millinder, Thelonious Monk

    Charlie Parker – Dizzy Gillespie “By the early 1940s … a new approach to small-combo jazz playing was developing, characterized by a more flexible approach to rhythm, a more aggressive pursuit of instrumental virtuosity, and an increasingly adventurous harmonic language.” – Scott Deveaux “Because its loose, improvisatory format offers an obvious point of contrast to […]

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