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Arturo Sandoval Sandoval, renowned for blending Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop and straight-ahead jazz, performed in 1990 at the Honors tribute to his mentor Dizzy Gillespie.
—Cathy Applefeld Olson, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024
The drummer explored a range of musical styles, from swing and bebop to jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz.
—Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2024
Throughout his seven-decade career, Jones dabbled in big-band jazz, bebop, gospel, blues, soul, funk, quiet storm R&B;, disco, rock, and rap.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
New York City’s arguably largest, most historic Black neighborhood has hummed with the rhythm of jazz, the bebop sounds of Dizzy Gillespie, the beats of hip-hop, the poetry of Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou, and given us the prose of James Baldwin.
—Lloyd Williams, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Bebop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bebop. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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