| 释义 |
bebop orig. U.S.|ˈbiːbɒp|
Also rebop, and abbrev. bop n.2
[App. imitative (see quot. 1955).]
A development of jazz, begun in the U.S. at the end of the 1939–45 war, characterized by complex harmony, dissonant chords and highly syncopated rhythm. Also attrib. Hence ˈbebopper, a performer or supporter of bebop.
P. Tamony in Jazz (1959) II. 114–19 cites instances of bebop, rebop, bop, etc., as onomatopœic or nonsense syllables, from jazz recordings of 1928 on: e.g. McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Four or Five Times (1928), Bop-do-de-de-do-do..Bebop one, bebop two, bebop three.
1945Down Beat 1 Aug. 8/2 (title of gramophone record) Dizzy Gillespie. Salted Peanuts/Be-Bop. Ibid. 1 Sept. 3/3 Much controversy has arisen of late over the claims of altoist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie to the origination of their fantastic and exciting ‘re-bop’ style. 1946Melody Maker 31 Aug. 5/4 Whenever Be-Boppers and the others got together, trouble was..the outcome. Ibid. 19 Oct. 5/2 The music isn't rebop stuff. Ibid. 26 Oct. 3/1 The re-bop (or, if you prefer it, be-bop: they're using both names for it in America) is clearly evident. 1948Life 11 Oct. 139/2 Boppers go gaga over such bebop classics as OO Bop Sha Bam. 1950E. Hyams From Waste Land 203 A kind of bebop or boogy-woogy. 1955L. Feather Encycl. Jazz (1956) 27 As musicians gathered outside the clubs along Fifty-Second Street to discuss the music of Charlie Parker..or of Dizzy Gillespie.., they would use an onomatopoetic expression to describe a typical phrase played by these musicians: ‘rebop’ or ‘bebop’ they would say. Eventually the word became shortened and ‘bop’ was accepted as the name for the new branch of jazz. 1959J. Cary Captive & Free xiv. 71 He was all for the teenager, except the Teddy boys and the bebop parties. 1966Crescendo Jan. 3/1 The young aspiring beboppers..were trying to play the new thing. |