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Young Ayers studied piano and vibraphone and sang in the school choir before making the rounds of the Los Angeles bebop scene in the early 1960s, releasing his solo debut, West Coast Vibes, in 1963, and accompanying jazz greats like Herbie Mann throughout the decade.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, Blumberg commissioned piano-string improvisations from Sophie Agnel, a synth-pop beat from Vince Clarke, and frenzied bebop jazz, played live on set by drummer Antonin Gerbal, double bassist Joel Grip, saxophonist Pierre Borel, and pianist Simon Sieger.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2025
Amid the bebop revolution, a young Charlie Christian blazed into Harlem jam sessions with one of music’s earliest electric guitars, sounding like a hot knife.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2025
Elsewhere, Blumberg commissioned piano-string improvisations from Sophie Agnel, a synth-pop beat from Vince Clarke, and frenzied bebop jazz, played live on set by drummer Antonin Gerbal, double bassist Joel Grip, saxophonist Pierre Borel, and pianist Simon Sieger.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2025
Amid the bebop revolution, a young Charlie Christian blazed into Harlem jam sessions with one of music’s earliest electric guitars, sounding like a hot knife.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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
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“Bebop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bebop. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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