Perhaps the first musical form named after its characteristic sound (an onomatopoeia), Bebop was the brainchild of a group of second-generation Jazz musicians who disliked the brash commercialism and easy accessibility of big-band jazz. Saxophonist
Charlie Parker
and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993) evolved a technique for improvising over standard chord progressions to create entirely new and unexpected melodies. In this manner they produced new
compositions out of old standards,...
