These bebop performers changed the jazzy danceable music to “music for musicians”. Some of the great bebop performers of the time where Bud Powell and Charlie Parker. Bebop was able to play faster tempos and more creative syncopations due to it not being a danceable music. There were three points that Samuel Floyd stated which shows that blues is a fundamental part of bebop. First, new harmonic conception led to more variety. Secondly, more refined syncopation, linear rhythmic style and melodic plays was established. Finally, it brought back the blues as its foundation. Free jazz was also introduced in this era. Free jazz was free from basic music structure of: chords, scales, rhythmical meters and tonality. This literally gave many of these musicians a enormous amount of freedom in their
These bebop performers changed the jazzy danceable music to “music for musicians”. Some of the great bebop performers of the time where Bud Powell and Charlie Parker. Bebop was able to play faster tempos and more creative syncopations due to it not being a danceable music. There were three points that Samuel Floyd stated which shows that blues is a fundamental part of bebop. First, new harmonic conception led to more variety. Secondly, more refined syncopation, linear rhythmic style and melodic plays was established. Finally, it brought back the blues as its foundation. Free jazz was also introduced in this era. Free jazz was free from basic music structure of: chords, scales, rhythmical meters and tonality. This literally gave many of these musicians a enormous amount of freedom in their