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Throughout his seven-decade career, Jones dabbled in big-band jazz, bebop, gospel, blues, soul, funk, quiet storm R&B, disco, rock, and rap.
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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
For 90 years, The Apollo has been a beacon of the Harlem community; a platform for artists from the worlds of jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 July 2024
Circle City musicians put their own stamp on bebop as well with the 1948 launch of the Bebop Society of Indianapolis — the same year Bird played the Circle City twice.
—The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
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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
For 90 years, The Apollo has been a beacon of the Harlem community; a platform for artists from the worlds of jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, soul, and hip-hop.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 22 July 2024
Circle City musicians put their own stamp on bebop as well with the 1948 launch of the Bebop Society of Indianapolis — the same year Bird played the Circle City twice.
—The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Bebop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bebop. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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