MUSIC 151 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Silent Way, Wayne Shorter, Propagator
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In the mid-1940s, a new generation of musicians birthed fresh ideas about how jazz should be played. Jazz began to take the form of high art and focused on small ensembles composed of technically skilled musicians. This style acquired the name bebop , a title derived from the scat syllables used in singing the rhythms and articulations of swing eighth-notes . The development of this music took place in new york, at minton"s playhouse in harlem and the clubs along. The founders of this style were charlie parker, dizzy gillespie and thelonious. When charlie parker (1920 1955) moved to new york in 1944, he formed a quintet with. Parker"s reputation spread quickly, and the jazz world turned to the duo as the authority for its musical vocabulary. Parker and gillespie fed off of each other, because what they each had developed independently was now unified into the new jazz standard.
