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Bebop Pioneers in the 1950s (1949 - 1960)
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Bebop had its roots in the big bands of the late 1930s and was nurtured in jam sessions during the war and the musician's strike of the 1940s. By 1950, the prescient
Coleman Hawkins
saxophone, tenor1904 - 1969
Charlie Parker
saxophone, alto1920 - 1955
Dizzy Gillespie
trumpet1917 - 1993
Bud Powell
piano1924 - 1966
Max Roach
drums1925 - 2007
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- Host Intro 0:00
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- Coleman Hawkins Quintet. "Ooh-Wee, Miss GP!" from The Stanley Dance Sessions (Felsted) 7:55
- Host speaks 11:50
- Charlie Parker Quartet with Jimmy Carroll Orchestra. "Just Friends" from Charlie Parker with Strings (Verve) 13:22
- Host speaks 16:51
- Charlie Parker Quartet. "Now's The Time" from The Norton Jazz Recordings (Norton) 18:05
- Host speaks 21:05
- Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra. "Africana" from Gillespiana (Verve) 23:58:
- Host speaks 31:28
- Bud Powell Trio. "Polkadots And Moonbeams" from Smithsonian Collection of Jazz Piano (Smithsonian) 33:53
- Host speaks 37:51
- The Quintet. "Perdido" from Jazz at Massey Hall (Debut) 39:50
- Host speaks 47:42
" data-original-title="" title="">Clifford Brown -Max Roach Quintet. "Jordu" from Clifford Brown and Max Roach (EmArCy) 49:09Clifford Brown
trumpet
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